Charles Munch conducts Berlioz

 

Label : RCA

Format : Flac track

Cover : Front

Tracklist :

CD 1-2

Berlioz: Roméo et Juliette, H.79 (Op. 17) (record 1953)

Margaret Roggero, mezzo-soprano

Leslie Chabay, tenor

Yi-Kwei Sze, bass

Berlioz: Les Nuits d'été, H. 81 (Op. 7)

Victoria de los Angeles, soprano

CD 3-4

Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust, H. 111 (Op. 24)

Marguerite - Suzanne Danco, soprano

Faust - David Poleri, tenor

Méphistophélès - Martial Singher, baritone

Brander - Donald Gramm, bass

McHenry Boatwright, bass (Disc 4, Track 11)

Harvard Glee Club, Radcliffe Choral Society

Berlioz: Overture Béatrice et Bénédict, H. 138

Berlioz: Overture Le Corsaire, H. 101 (Op. 21)

Berlioz: Overture Benvenuto Cellini, H. 76a, Op. 23

CD 5-6

Berlioz: L' Enfance du Christ, H. 130 (Op. 25)

Narrator (and Centurian) - Cesare Valletti, tenor

Mary - Florence Kopleff, contraito

Joseph - Gérard Souzay, baritone

Polydorus, officer of the watch - Giorgio Tozzi, bass

Herod - Giorgio Tozzi, bass

The Father of a Family - Giorgio Tozzi, bass

New England Conservatory Chorus

Lorna Cooke de Varon, director

Lucien Olivier, baritone (Disc 5, Track 4)

Doriot Anthony Dwyer, James Pappoutsakis, flutes

Bernard Zighera, harp

Berlioz: Harold en Italie (Harold in Italy), H. 68 (Op. 16)

Roman Carnival Overture, H.95 (Op. 9)

CD 7-8

Berlioz: Requiem (Grande Messe des morts), H. 75 (Op. 5)

Leopold Simoneau, tenor

New England Conservatory Chorus

Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, H.48 (Op. 14)

CD 9-10

Berlioz: Roméo et Juliette, H.79 (Op. 17) (record 1961)

Rosalind Elias, mezzo soprano

Cesare Valletti, tenor

Giorgio Tozzi, bass

New England Conservatory Chorus

Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, H.48 (Op. 14)

Berlioz: Overture Béatrice et Bénédict, H. 138

Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch