Charles Munch conducts Rameau/D'Indy (vaimusic.com)

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Excerpt of Charles Munch conducting Dardanus Suite (Rameau/D'Indy
From: VAI DVD 4226 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Historic Telecasts
DVD features Pierre Monteux & Charles Munch
Munch (1891-1968) is best remembered for his illustrious tenure as music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra (1949-62). Program features Ravel: La Valse and Valses Nobles et Sentimentales; Rameau/DIndy: Dardanus Suite; Berlioz: Royal Hunt and Storm from Les Troyens.
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[maxreger100]

@upwrightful Thank you so much for your knowledge & insight. I knew nothing about this series--or how it was carried out. You are most kind to inform me.

The era of the truly great Big 5.

[upwrightful]

@ipmoic It may be worth noting that this telecast was not a subscription concert but a TV taping open to the public - free admission.  These one-hour TV tapings took place on Saturdays at Noon, and were straight play-throughs, single takes, no editing. You'd think more people would show up for a free concert, but the subscription performances on Thursday night and Friday afternoon were well attended.

[kenavo2103]

@Klemperer Absolutely right.

[b286guy]

@stickershomeplus You got it. And then, the extensive renovation in 1997 made matters even worse in a lot of ways. What a shame. The orchestra, which is amazing in every way, and its audiences are stuck with an acoustical dud. Kirkegaard Associates, the firm that made the designs for the 1997 overhaul, did a nice job on the appearance of the hall but should be ashamed of themselves for the dreadful sound.

[Klemperer]

@peop1974 Hi. Vincent d'Indy lived from 1851-1931! What makes you think each and every music should only be played like "historically informed performance"?? This is what d'Indy made of a Rameau-piece, in his times, decades later! This is no Rameau piece that should be played like some musical guards "want to". Sometimes saying "this has to sound this or that way can be pure ignorance, don't you think? Munch conducts it like d'Indy/Rameau sounds for him... Music is variety...after all.

[Klemperer]

Not so difficult to guess from my nickname that I love Otto Klemperer's conducting^^ - but the Charles Munch interpretations I own are outstanding. These few minutes are hauntingly beautiful, and I'll see where to get the DVD in Germany. thanks for posting this wonderful music!

[stickershomeplus]

This must be from before 1966 "renovation" of Orchestra Hall in Chicago (now known as Symphony Center), in which the wonderful acoustics of the hall were ruined by the addition of plush seats and the removal of several reverberant surfaces.

[yaound89]

ok so I don't know who Charles Munch is (kids these days), but his conducting style is VERY untraditional AND hard to follow. It took me a few minutes just to realize that he gives the downbeat by lifting his baton... upwards!

Is it just me?

[ipmoic]

All those empty seats! Imagine having the opportunity to attend a Munch performance today! SRO

[peop1974]

This sounds so stange since the times that Historically informed performance came into use. It does not sound like Rameau (like I expierence it today) at all...