Browse: DVD Video, Charles Munch (conductor)

Munch was noted for his performances of French music and the [Franck] is treasure indeed...searing, warm-blooded and slightly brisker than Monteux's benchmark recording made the same year with... — Gramophone Magazine, September 2011 More…

he conveys a natural, relaxed, humane demeanour that justifies the nature of his physical activity...he shows himself to be a musician with both considerable expressive range and a direct, unaffected... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2011, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Munch's Valses nobles is one of the very finest accounts of the piece we have heard...perfectly paced, much more relaxed than we hear nowadays and with plenty of time for the artists to breathe.... — Penguin Guide, 2011 edition More…

Some of the most expert playing here comes in the Beethoven Symphonies, in which strings demonstrate effortless synchronisation and winds pass phrases between one another seamlessly....[Munch]... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2011, 4 out of 5 stars More…

These are worthwhile acquisitions, despite their limitations in sound and picture quality. Munch’s performance of the Second I find preferable to the First, but seeing him in action – well, most... — MusicWeb International, February 2012 More…

Exhilarating performances of Mozart's Linz and Prague Symphonies and a splendid Handel Water Music, all from 1959-60. Occasional picture fuzziness. — BBC Music Magazine, May 2012, 4 out of 5 stars More…