Charles Munch, Boston Symphony - Saint Saens: Symphony 3 (1959) [2014 SACD]

Remastered by Ryan Smith at Sterling Sound! Cut from Original 3-Track Session Tapes!

RCA Living Stereo — the gold standard for top quality orchestral performance and sound!

This performance of the Saint-Saëns Symphony No. 3 (Organ Symphony) is a favorite Living Stereo release. To say that it is incredible might be an understatement. The original 3-track session tapes were used in mastering for the LPs and SACDS in this Analogue Productions reissue series. The record reveals all of the glory of the recording and the precision and passion of Munch and the Boston Symphony Orchestra in Boston's Symphony Hall. It doesn't get any better than this.

"...I'd have to say that the usual stumbling blocks have been sidestepped. Great care has been taken to do the right things, starting with the way the decision to remaster these RCAs was made." -Jonathan Valin, The Absolute Sound.com, June 11, 2013


Tracks:

01-First Movement: Adagio; Allegro moderato
02-First Movement: Poco adagio
03-Second Movement: Allegro moderato
04-Second Movement: Maestoso; Allegro

Personnel:

Boston Symphony Orchestra
Charles Munch, conductor
Berj Zamkochian, organ
Leo Litwin, piano
Bernard Zighera, piano