Charles Munch - Boston Rarities Volume 2 (1949-58) [2014]

More rare and long out-of-print recordings by Charles Munch and the Boston Symphony Orchestra

"These Munch performances from RCA archives make an immediate, entirely gratifying impact, poetic and powerful" - Audiophile Audition


This second volume is a follow-up to an earlier Pristine release (PASC 403), and similarly features Munch/Boston recordings which, with the exceptions noted below, have never seen an “official” CD reissue, not even in the 40-CD (plus one bonus CD) Japanese RCA series, “The Art of Charles Munch”.

Tracks:

BEETHOVEN Gratulations-Menuet
SCHUBERT Symphony No. 2 in B-Flat
DEBUSSY Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
BLOCH Schelomo
HAIEFF Symphony No. 2

Personnel:

Charles Munch
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Gregor Piatigorsky, cello