A BERLIOZ PROGRAM

Berlioz: from Roméo et Juliette: Fête chez Capulet; La Reine Mab, Scène d'amour

Berlioz: from Les Troyens à Carthage: Chasse royale et orage

 

Charles Münch, conductor

 

DESCRIPTION: 5 discs, 78 rpm, 12 in. ffrr.; near simultaneously in LP.

 

NOTES: Mab recorded 30 May 1949, Fête, Scène d'amour 1 June 1949; Chasse royale recorded 30 May 1949, Maison de la Mutualité. The recording sessions for this record and the Ravel G-Major Concerto with Nicole Henriot (q.v.), 30 May - 1 June 1949, were Münch's last with the Sociètè des Concerts (and the first of many with Henriot).

• Issued as 5 78s, 1 + 3 + 1:

    Decca X 281 (Mab). 78 matrix nos. FAR62, FAR63.
    Decca X 293-295 (AX 293-295) (Roméo seul & Grande fête chez Capulet; Scène d'amour).78 matrix nos. FAR64, FAR65, FAR66 (Fête), FAR67, FAR68, FAR69 (Mab).
    Decca X 301 (GAG 301) (Chasse royale et orage). 78 matrix nos. FAR60, FAR61 (d. l. 1951)
• Also:
  • London LLP 3. Matrix nos. ARL.16 (label; etched + -6A), ARL.17 (etched + -7A). 1 disc, 33 1/3 rpm. ffrr. Program note unsigned. $5.95.
  • Decca LXT 2512.
  • Everest 3296 (label: SDBR 3296) (Los Angeles). Electronically re-recorded to stimulate stereo. Jacket note unsigned.
• CD:
  • CD: 1946, 1948, and 1949 Münch / Berlioz recordings (q. v.) collected in Berlioz: Orchestral Music, Decca Historic 4334052 DM. [199?].

 
INDEX: 49~030