The French Touch - Charles Munch Boston Symphony Orchestra
When RCA Victor issued The French Touch in 1959, it was more than a cleverly branded anthology of orchestral showpieces. It was a declaration of identity. Under Charles Munch, the Boston Symphony Orchestra had become, in the American imagination, the supreme custodian of French orchestral style. This album, pairing Dukas’s The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, Saint-Saëns’s Omphale’s Spinning Wheel, and Ravel’s Ma mère l’Oye, distilled that identity into thirty-odd minutes of color, wit, sensuality, and technical polish. In the context of RCA’s celebrated “Living Stereo” series, it also became one of the label’s most prized sonic documents of Symphony Hall, Boston, and of the Mohr–Layton production team at full strength.
Artist(s): Conductor - Charles Munch
Orchestra - Boston Symphony Orchestra
Recording Info: Engineer - Lewis Layton
Producer - Richard Mohr
Dukas & Saint-Saëns recorded in Symphony Hall, Boston, November 4, 1957.
Ravel recorded in Symphony Hall, Boston, February 19, 1958.
Sourced from RCA Living Stereo 1/S 1/S original pressing
Components used for this transfer: Analog: Transferred using a VPI - HW-40 Anniversary Direct Drive Turntable - Cartridge used Ortofon MC Anna - Merrill Jens Phono Preamp
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Power Conditioning: Shunyata Research Everest 8000 for all components with Shunyata Sigma-X Power Cords. All components are grounded to Shunyata ALTAIRA Hubs
1 Dukas The Sorcerer's Apprentice 10:29
2 Saint-Saëns Omphale's Spinning Wheel 7:35
Ravel Mother Goose (18:14)
3 Pavan Of The Sleeping Beauty 1:48
4 Hop-O'-My-Thumb 3:54
5 Laideronette, Empress Of The Pagodas 3:24
6 Beauty And The Beast Converse 4:49
7 The Fairy Garden 4:08
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