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Charles Munch in Boston - The Early Years | Music and Arts WHRA6015

Charles Munch in Boston - The Early Years

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Label: Music and Arts

Cat No: WHRA6015

Barcode: 4015023160156

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 7

Release Date: 29th June 2008

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A wonderful 7 CD set of previously unissued concert performances by Charles Munch in Boston between 1952 and 1955. Features works by various composers performed by some great artists alongside the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

Contents:
CD 1
Debussy: Iberia (10/30/53)
Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin (10/17/53)
Honegger: La Danse des Morts (12/19/52)
Arnold Moss, speaker; Mariquita Moll, soprano; Betty Allen, mezzo-soprano; Gerard Souzay, baritone; NEC Chorus

CD 2
Wagner: Tristan and Isolde — Prelude and Liebestod (10/11/52)
Schubert: Symphony No.5 in Bb major (10/11/52)
Schubert: Symphony No.8 in B Minor (12/13/52)

CD 3
Auber: La Muette de Portici — Overture (12/26/53)
Mendelssohn: Symphony No.4 in A Major, Op.90 (11/01/52)
Schumann: Symphony No.2 in C Major, Op.61 (11/12/55)

CD 4
Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg — Act III Excerpts (1/24/53)
Mozart: Symphony No.41 in C Major, K 551
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.5 in Eb Major (10/18/52)
Lelia Gousseau, piano

CD 5
Beethoven: Symphony No.2 in D Major, Op.36 (10/17/53)
Beethoven: Symphony No.3 in Eb Major, Op.55 (10/30/53)

CD 6
Saint-Saëns: Symphony No.3 in C Minor, Op.78 (1/1/54)
E. Power Biggs, organ
Lalo: Symphonie Espagnole, Op.21, for violin and orchestra (12/11/53)
Ruth Posselt, violin
Ibert: Concerto pour flûte et orchestre (1/9/54)
Doriot Anthony, fl.

CD 7
Wagner: Eine Faust Ouverture (2/26/54)
Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn (11/21/53)
Brahms: Piano Concerto No.2 in Bb Major (1/9/53
Claudio Arrau, piano

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