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Munch conducts Romantic Favourites

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Label: Music and Arts

Cat No: WHRA6017

Barcode: 4015023160170

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 5

Release Date: 26th May 2008

Works

Schumann
Cello Concerto in A minor, Op.129

Schumann
Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op.120

Brahms
Concerto for Violin, Cello and Orchestra in A minor, Op.102

Brahms
Symphony No.2 in D, Op.73

Brahms
Academic Festival Overture, Op.80

Brahms
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No.1 in D minor, Op.15

Dvorak
Symphony No.9 in E minor, “From the New World”, Op.95

R Strauss
Tod und Verklärung (Death and Transfiguration)

R Strauss
Don Juan - Tone Poem after Lenau, Op.20

R Strauss
Orchestral Songs

R Strauss
Ein Heldenleben, Op.40

R Strauss
Divertimento (after Couperin), Op.86

Artists

Pierre Fournier (cello)
Zino Francescatti (violin)
Samuel Mayes (cello)
Rudolph Serkin (piano)
Irmgard Seefried (soprano)
Richard Burgin (violin)

Conductor

Charles Munch

Works

Artists

Pierre Fournier (cello)
Zino Francescatti (violin)
Samuel Mayes (cello)
Rudolph Serkin (piano)
Irmgard Seefried (soprano)
Richard Burgin (violin)

Conductor

Charles Munch

About

Charles Munch conducts romantic favorites, and not a note of French music in the lot! That really shouldn’t be too surprising, considering that he had a solid grounding in the German repertoire, both classic and romantic.

Perhaps the fact that he performed so much French music, in Boston and elsewhere, led to the perception that French music dominated his programs when, in fact, it held merely an equal position with the non-French repertoire.

But the fact that Munch was born in Strasbourg when that city was part of Germany, and that he held the concertmaster position with the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra and played under such great German maestros as Wilhelm Furtwängler and Bruno Walter prior to embarking on his own conducting career, does indicate an intimate familiarity with the German repertoire and its traditions. Of course, he was nevertheless French by nationality and temperament, and thus able to bring a certain leavening process to his interpretations of the German classics, resulting in performances that were less ponderous than those of some of his German contemporaries.

Contents:
CD 1:
Robert Schumann: Cello Concerto in A minor, Op.129 (12/6/57)
Pierre Fournier, cello
Robert Schumann: Symphony No.4 in D minor, Op.120 (10/26/56)
Richard Strauss: Tod und Verklärung (Death and Transfiguration) (10/6/51)

CD 2:
Johannes Brahms: Concerto for Violin, Cello and Orchestra in A minor, Op.102 (4/13/56)
Zino Francescatti, violin / Samuel Mayes, cello
Johannes Brahms: Symphony No.2 in D, Op.73 (9/30/55)

CD 3:
Johannes Brahms: Academic Festival Overture, Op.80 (12/6/57)
Johannes Brahms: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No.1 in D minor, Op.15 (1/20/56)
Rudolph Serkin, piano

CD 4
Antonin Dvorak: Symphony No.9 in E minor, “From the New World”, Op.95 (10/8/54)
Richard Strauss: Don Juan - Tone Poem after Lenau, Op.20 (9/30/55)

CD 5:
Richard Strauss: Orchestral Songs (11/12/54)
Irmgard Seefried, soprano
Richard Strauss: Ein Heldenleben, Op.40 (2/15/57)
Richard Burgin, violin
Richard Strauss: Divertimento (after Couperin), Op.86 (7/26/53)