Honegger: Symphony No. 2 for String Orchestra [and opt. trumpet] / Symphonie pour orchestre à cordes

  Molto moderato; Allegro – Adagio mesto – Vivace non troppo; Presto

Charles Münch, conductor. André Pascal, violin.

DESCRIPTION: 3 discs, 78 rpm, 12 in.

 

NOTES: Composed 1941. Performed June 1942ff. (see Programs). Recorded 15-16 October 1942 and 1 March 1944, Salle du Conservatoire [Gray: Studio Albert]. Matrix nos.: (movt. I) 2LA 3855-1 [15 October 1942], 2LA 3856-1 [16 October 1942], 2LA 3857-3 [1 March 1944]; (movt. II): 2LA 3857-3, 3858-2 [1 March 1944]; (movt. III) 1LA 3859-2, 3860-1 [16 October 1942]. Durations (from LYS CD): 10:08, 07:00, 04:55; total 22:02; (from Cascavelle CD): 10:14, 07:11, 04:54; total 22:19.

• Gramophone W 1600-1602
• LPs:
  • VSM FALP 5026.
  • With Honegger Danse des morts (q. v.): VSM FALP 453. Présentation de luxe. (d. l. June 1962)
  • EMI VSM Réferences 1109011.
• CDs:
  • CD: in Charles Münch, vol. 3: LYS 292, tr. 9-11. 1998.
  • CD: in The Art of the Conductor, vol. 1: Charles Münch (2 CDs): A Classical Record ACR 40-41. Digital transfers by Seth B. Winner.
  • CD: in Charles Münch: La France résistante, Cascavelle (Collection Flash-Back, ed. Philippe Morin) Vel 3060, tr. 12-14. July 2003.
    

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