Zach Top Charles Munch: Boston Symphony Orchestra 1958-1962 [DVD] [2014]

In 1949 Charles Munch was appointed director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, a post that brought him to the pinnacle of his international career. He was by then fifty-eight years old, though only in his seventeenth season as a conductor (having previously been a professional violinist), and during his thirteen years with the orchestra he explored a wide range of repertoire from the Baroque to the contemporary including some sixty-eight world premieres. Munch's activities as a recording artist spanned more than three decades, and in 1955 he launched the Boston Symphony Orchestra into television a new medium to which his characteristic personality was well suited. Detailing works from the German and Austrian repertoire that occupied an important part of Munch's career (many of which he never recorded commercially), these DVDs feature some of the earliest televised concerts with the orchestra under their Musical Director. The footage is of exceptional musical interest and historical value, and has been restored using the greatest care and state-of-the-art techniques. This set of five BSO DVDs is being made available at a significant discount on the original retail price. ICAD 5016 BEETHOVEN Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus (extracts), 1960 Symphony No.4, 1961 Symphony No.5, 1959 ICAD 5028 HAYDN Symphony No.98, 1960 BRUCKNER Symphony No.7, 1958 ICAD 5039 MENDELSSOHN Symphony No.3 Scottish', 1959 Symphony No.4 Italian', 1958 MOZART Masonic Funeral Music (BONUS), 1959 ICAD 5052 SCHUMANN Overture to Genoveva', 1961 Symphony No.2, 1959 SCHUBERT Symphony No.5, 1962 ICAD 5057 HANDEL Water Music Suite arr. Harty, 1960 MOZART Symphony No.36 Linz', 1958 Symphony No.38 Prague', 1959 5 DVD Sound format: LPCM Mono (ICAD 5016, ICAD 5052), Ambient Mastering (ICAD 5028, ICAD 5039), Enhanced Mono (ICAD 5057) DVD format: NTSC Picture format: 4:3 Menu languages: English Region code: 0 Territory Restrictions: None