Charles Munch wasn't known as a Brahms interpreter like his BSO predecessor Serge Koussevitzky..... But he was phenomenal with the Brahms Two conducting the Boston Symphony..... The "Koussevizky Sound" in full glory here. (The wind playing is as good as it gets.) This is also a superlative recording for its time.
Link is audio-only. Studio recording.
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Topic - Speaking of Brahms........ [yt] - Todd Krieger 23:42:00 09/16/14 (12)
- Very nice! Competition for Bruno Walter... - andy evans 12:03:54 09/18/14 (2)
- RE: Very nice! Competition for Bruno Walter... - Todd Krieger 23:59:49 09/18/14 (1)
- There's a rehearsal of Brahms 2 here.. - andy evans 02:43:31 09/19/14 (0)
- Great recording! Odd that RCA didn't issue it in stereo until much later, except for: - vinyl phanatic 06:03:36 09/17/14 (0)
- RE: Speaking of Brahms........ [yt] - pbarach 03:50:02 09/17/14 (0)
- Exactly - I've always liked that recording even more for its engineering - Chris from Lafayette 00:51:26 09/17/14 (6)
- RE: Exactly - I've always liked that recording even more for its engineering - learsfool 22:01:05 09/17/14 (5)
- But. . . but. . . you can have minimalist microphoning with digital too - Chris from Lafayette 22:32:35 09/17/14 (4)
- RE: But. . . but. . . you can have minimalist microphoning with digital too - learsfool 18:17:35 09/18/14 (2)
- Yup, I agree - we need audiophile fighters in charge of the recording companies! [nt] ;-) - Chris from Lafayette 21:55:42 09/18/14 (1)
- Hmm. . . that didn't come out the way I wanted it to - Chris from Lafayette 01:01:15 09/19/14 (0)
- RE: But. . . but. . . you can have minimalist microphoning with digital too - Old SteveA 08:03:53 09/18/14 (0)