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Charles Münch
12+ albums
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Charles Munch born Charles Münch; 26 September 1891 – 6 November 1968 was an Alsacian, German-born, later French symphonic conductor and violinist. Noted for his mastery of the French orchestral repertoire, he was best known as music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Munch made his début with the Boston Symphony Orchestra on 27 December 1946. He was its Music Director from 1949 to 1962. Munch was also Director of the Berkshire Music Festival and Berkshire Music Center (Tanglewood) from 1951 through 1962. He led relaxed rehearsals which orchestra members appreciated after the authoritarian Serge Koussevitzky. Among his pupils at Tanglewood was Serge Fournier. Munch also received honorary degrees from Boston College, Boston University, Brandeis University, Harvard University, and the New England Conservatory of Music. He excelled in the modern French repertoire, especially Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel, and was considered to be an authoritative performer of Hector Berlioz. However, Munch's programs also regularly featured works by composers such as Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, and Wagner. His thirteen-year tenure in Boston included 39 world premieres and 58 American first performances, and offered audiences 168 contemporary works. Fourteen of these premieres were works commissioned by the Boston Symphony and the Koussevitzky Music Foundation to celebrate the Orchestra's 75th Anniversary in 1956. User-contributed text is available u
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Adagio for Strings, Op. 11
692Bolero
593Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
574Roméo et Juliette, for alto, tenor, bass, chorus & orchestra ("symphonie dramatique"), H.79 (Op. 17): Part II. Love Scene
535Symphony No. 8 in B minor ("Unfinished"), D. 759: Allegro moderato
436Symphony No. 3 in C minor ("Organ"), Op. 78: I. Adagio - Allegro moderato
427Boléro, ballet for orchestra
408Symphony No. 3 in C minor ("Organ"), Op. 78: Poco Adagio
399Nuages (from Nocturnes)
3810Symphonie fantastique for orchestra ("Episode de la vie d'un Artiste...en cinq parties"), H.48 (Op. 14): IV. March to the Scaffold
36albums
Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 / Debussy: La Mer / Ibert: Escales
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Tchaikovsky: Serenade for String Orchestra, Op. 48, TH 48 - Barber: Adagio for Strings, Op. 11 - Elgar: Introduction and Allegro, Op. 47
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Ravel: Bolero, La Valse; Debussy: Images
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Roussel, Debussy & Schmitt: Hommage à Charles Munch
Felix Mendelssohn & Robert Schumann: Symphonies
The French Touch
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Debussy: La Mer; Prélude à l'après midi d'un faune; Printemps; Trois Nocturnes & Ibert: Escales - Sony Classical Originals
The Complete Recordings on Warner Classics
The Legacy Of Charles Munch
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Debussy For Relaxation
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Ravel: Boléro; La Valse; Rapsodie espagnole; Debuissy: Images for Orchestra
Charles Munch Conducts Romantic Masterworks