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Charles Munch (26 Sep 1891 - 06 Nov 1968)

Male Person - France conductor and violinist

 Also known as (1)

Releases (4)

Official

Album - Live

  1. Charles Munch: 1967 Paris Live 2012

Album - Compilation

  1. The Complete RCA Album Collection 28 Oct 2016
  2. The Legacy Of Charles Munch 2020
  3. Schumann - Symphony No. 1, Manfred Overture

Relationships (10)

Students

  1. Vítězslava Kaprálová (1937 - 1939)
  2. Jean Martinon
  3. Pierre Sancan conducting
  4. Marcel Couraud

Conductor For

  1. Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire (1938 - 1946) principal
  2. Boston Symphony Orchestra (1949 - 1962) principal
  3. Orchestre Colonne (1956 - 1958) principal
  4. Orchestre de Paris (1967 - 1968) principal

Siblings

  1. Fritz Münch

Parents

  1. Ernst Münch

Recordings by (12)

  1. Can-Can 1:21 (1967)
  2. Adagio pour cordes 7:44 (1993)
  3. Nabucco : Va, pensiero 4:54 (19 Feb 1996)
  4. A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy: Symphony No. 4 "Italian"-Satorello 6:01 (1999)
  5. Concerto pour orgue, cordes et timbales, en Sol mineur 22:07 (2001)
  6. La Damnation de Faust, Op. 24: III. Concert de Sylphes 2:31 (06 Jul 2009)
  7. Der Zauberlehrling 10:26 (2011)
  8. Götterdämmerung, WWV 86D: Brunhilde's Immolation Scene (Remastered) 20:14 (27 Aug 2013)
  9. Adagio for Strings, Op. 11 7:40 (23 Mar 2015)
  10. Adagio for Strings 7:39 (2015)
  11. Boléro, M. 81 [Excerpt] 4:50 (09 Sep 2016)
  12. Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64: Montagues and Capulets (Dance of the Knights) [Excerpts] 3:34 (09 Sep 2016)

On Recordings (50)

Conducted

  1. Symphony no. 3 in C Minor, op. 78 "Organ": I. Adagio 8:52 Edouard Nies-Berger, Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra of New York, Charles Muench (1949)
  2. Symphony no. 3 in C Minor, op. 78 "Organ": II. Poco adagio 8:05 Edouard Nies-Berger, Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra of New York, Charles Muench (1949)
  3. Symphony no. 3 in C Minor, op. 78 "Organ": III. Allegro moderato 6:58 Edouard Nies-Berger, Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra of New York, Charles Muench (1949)
  4. Symphony no. 3 in C Minor, op. 78 "Organ": IV. Maestoso 7:09 Edouard Nies-Berger, Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra of New York, Charles Muench (1949)
  5. The Damnation of Faust, op. 24 : First Part 14:52 Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch (1954)
  6. The Damnation of Faust, op. 24 : Second Part 42:16 Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch (1954)
  7. The Damnation of Faust, op. 24 : Third Part 34:01 Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch (1954)
  8. The Damnation of Faust, op. 24 : Fourth Part 30:05 Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch (1954)
  9. Symphonie fantastique: III. Pastoral 13:53 Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch (1955)
  10. Symphonie fantastique: IV. Death March 4:31 Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch (1955)
  11. Symphonie fantastique: V. Witches' Dance 8:44 Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch (1955)
  12. Les Nuits d’été, op. 7: Villanelle 2:17 Victoria de los Ángeles, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch (1955)
  13. Les Nuits d’été, op. 7: La Spectre de la rose 6:27 Victoria de los Ángeles, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch (1955)
  14. Les Nuits d’été, op. 7: Sur les lagunes 7:06 Victoria de los Ángeles, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch (1955)
  15. Les Nuits d’été, op. 7: Absence 5:11 Victoria de los Ángeles, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch (1955)
  16. Les Nuits d’été, op. 7: Au cimetière 5:51 Victoria de los Ángeles, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch (1955)
  17. Les Nuits d’été, op. 7: L’Île inconnue 3:42 Victoria de los Ángeles, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch (1955)
  18. Daphnis et Chloé: Ballet in One Act (Part 2) 29:31 Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch (1955)
  19. Daphnis et Chloé: Ballet in One Act (Part 1) 24:41 Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch (1955)
  20. La Damoiselle élue 19:17 Carol Smith, Radcliffe Choral Society, Victoria de los Ángeles, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch (1955)
  21. Symphonie fantastique: I. Appassionata 13:18 Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch (1955)
  22. Symphonie fantastique: II. Waltz 6:08 Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch (1955)
  23. Leonore Overture No. 3, Op. 72a 12:20 Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch (1956)
  24. Leonore Overture No. 2, Op. 72a 13:17 Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch (1956)
  25. Leonore Overture No. 1, Op. 138 8:29 Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch (1956)
  26. Fidelio Overture, Op. 72 6:37 Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch (1956)
  27. Coriolan Overture, Op. 62 6:14 Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch (1956)
  28. Tannhäuser: Overture and Venusberg Music (Paris version) ?:?? Richard Wagner (1957)
  29. Die Götterdämmerung: Siegfried's Rhine Journey ?:?? Richard Wagner (1957)
  30. Escales (Ports of Call): I. Rome-Palermo: Calme 6:34 Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch (1957)
  31. Escales (Ports of Call): III. Valencia: Animé 6:04 Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch (1957)
  32. Die Walküre: Act III: Magic Fire Music ?:?? Richard Wagner (1957)
  33. La Mer: II. Jeux de vagues 6:15 Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch (1957)
  34. La Mer: III. Dialogue du vent et de la mer 7:58 Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch (1957)
  35. Escales (Ports of Call): II. Tunis-Nefta: Modéré très rythmé 2:42 Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch (1957)
  36. La Mer: I. De l’aube à midi sur la mer 8:37 Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch (1957)
  37. La Mer : Dialogue du vent et de la mer ?:?? Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch (1957)
  38. Rapsodie Espagnole ?:?? Maurice Ravel (1958)
  39. Prelude To The Afternoon Of A Faun ?:?? Maurice Ravel (1958)
  40. Harold en Italie op. 16: II. Marche des pélerins 6:46 William Primrose, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch (1958)
  41. La valse 11:21 Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch (1958)
  42. Boléro 13:52 Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch (1958)
  43. Harold en Italie op. 16: I. Harold aux montagnes 12:12 William Primrose, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch (1958)
  44. Harold en Italie op. 16: III. Sérénade 6:33 William Primrose, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch (1958)
  45. Harold en Italie op. 16: IV. Orgie des brigands 12:37 William Primrose, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch (1958)
  46. Cello Concerto in B minor, op. 104: III. Finale: Allegro moderato 13:08 Gregor Piatigorsky, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch (1961)
  47. Cello Concerto in B minor, op. 104: II. Adagio ma non troppo 13:14 Gregor Piatigorsky, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch (1961)
  48. Cello Concerto in B minor, op. 104: I. Allegro 15:49 Gregor Piatigorsky, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch (1961)
  49. Symphonie fantastique, op. 14: IV. Marche au supplice 4:27 Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch (Aug 1962)
  50. Symphonie fantastique, op. 14: I. Rêveries. Passions 13:59 Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch (Aug 1962)

Credited as (260)

  1. Charles Munch
  2. Hector Berlioz; Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch
  3. Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch
  4. Sibelius, Prokofiev, Glazunov; Jascha Heifetz, Walter Hendl, Charles Munch
  5. Beethoven, Mendelssohn; Jascha Heifetz, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch
  6. Doriot Anthony Dwyer; James Pappoutsakis; Bernard Zighera; Charles Munch
  7. Beethoven, Schubert; Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch
  8. Rachmaninoff; Byron Janis, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Fritz Reiner, Charles Munch
  9. Rachmaninoff; Brailowsky, Janis, San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Jorda, Munch
  10. André Navarra, Orchestre Lamoureux, Charles Munch
  11. Berlioz; Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch
  12. Jascha Heifetz, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch
  13. Claude Debussy; Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch
  14. Grieg, Bizet; Oivin Fjeldstad, London Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch, Philharmonia Orchestra
  15. Philharmonia Orchestra, Charles Munch
  16. Byron Janis, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch
  17. Beethoven; Sviatoslav Richter, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch
  18. Berlioz; Orchestre National de France, Charles Munch
  19. Berlioz; Charles Munch, Victoria de los Ángeles
  20. Hector Berlioz; Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Charles Munch
  21. Franz Schubert; Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch
  22. Rachmaninov; Byron Janis, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch
  23. Ravel; Boston Symphony, Charles Munch
  24. Beethoven; Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch
  25. Jacques Offenbach; New Philharmonia Orchestra, Charles Munch
  26. Dvořák, Walton; Gregor Piatigorsky, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch
  27. Ravel, Debussy; Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch
  28. Gregor Piatigorsky, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch
  29. Dvořák, Walton; Piatigorsky, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Munch
  30. Mendelssohn; Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch
  31. Mendelssohn; Claus Peter Flor, Charles Munch
  32. Brahms, Beethoven; Leinsdorf, Munch, Richter
  33. Berlioz; Orchestre de Paris, Charles Münch
  34. Orchestre de Paris, Charles Munch
  35. Bizet; Philharmonia Orchestra, Charles Munch
  36. Debussy; Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch
  37. Ravel; Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch
  38. Ravel; The Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy, Charles Munch
  39. The Philadelphia Orchestra, Charles Munch
  40. César Franck, Paul Dukas, Jacques Ibert; Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch
  41. Barber; Leonard Slatkin, Charles Munch
  42. Alfred Cortot, Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, Charles Munch
  43. Alfred Cortot, Charles Munch
  44. Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest, Charles Munch
  45. Arthur Rubinstein, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch
  46. David Poleri, Martial Singher, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch
  47. Victoria de los Ángeles, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch
  48. Orchestre National de France, Charles Munch
  49. Nicole Henriot-Schweitzer, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch
  50. Rotterdams Philharmonisch Orkest, Charles Munch
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Works (4)

Commissioned

  1. Symphony no. 4 in E major, op. 91

Dedicated Works

  1. Concerto grosso, H. 263
  2. Symphony no. 3 "Liturgique"
  3. Timbres, espaces, mouvement avec interlude

Events (4)

Conductor At

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Links (12)

Other Databases

  1. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81120380
  2. https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-871683
  3. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n81120380
  4. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb138977980
  5. https://openlibrary.org/works/OL137926A
  6. http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6959kn9
  7. https://d-nb.info/gnd/119063808

Wikipedia

  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Munch_(conductor)

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/406273

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000752879

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/32184142

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q503940