Since you are interested in Charles Munch conducts Romantic Masterworks [8 CD set], here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
BEETHOVEN / BACH / BRAHMS / MAHLER / etc
Leopold Stokowski: The Stereo Collection 1954-1975 [14 CD set] Leopold Stokowski conducting various orchestras [ Sony Classical Masters / 14 CD Box Set - released 20/May/2012 ] "It is a vital, electrifying and colourful reading, sensuously beautiful as one would expect of Stokowski, helped by (a) refined recording." (Gramophone on Scheherazade) |
MAHLER
Bruno Walter conducts Mahler [7 CD set] New York Philharmonic, Columbia Symphony, Bruno Walter [ Sony Classical Masters / 7 CD Box Set - released 20/May/2012 ] "This record comes to us so loaded with history and legend, and it carries its burden with such triumphant sure-footedness, that I have no hesitation in declaring it one of the greatest musical monuments of our time." (Gramophone on Symphony No 9) |
HANDEL
Messiah (highlights recorded in 1967) Judith Raskin, Florence Kopleff, Richard Lewis, Thomas Paul / Robert Shaw Chorale & Orchestra, Robert Shaw [ Sony Classical Masters / CD - released 10/Dec/2011 ] Robert Shaw Chorale, Robert Shaw |
W. A. MOZART
The Six Quartets dedicated to Haydn & Six String Quintets [6 CD set] Juilliard String Quartet, with Harold Wright (clarinet) [ Sony Classical Masters / 6 CD Box Set - released 1/Sep/2011 ] Founded in 1946, this amazing group's current lineup has had only fifteen different members. The founding members were together until 1955 and the group only had two changes in the first twenty years. |
PROKOFIEV
Erich Leinsdorf conducts Prokofiev [6 CD set] John Browning (piano) Erick Friedman (violin) / Boston Symphony Orchestra, Erich Leinsdorf [ Sony Classical Masters / 6 CD Box Set - released 20/May/2011 ] "All the hard work RCA have put in on their methods of recording the Boston Symphony seems to have been well worth while. The orchestral sound is splendidly solid but not thick, with excellent internal balance and a very full dynamic range." Gramophone |
BEETHOVEN
Symphonies Nos. 5 & 7 New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein [ Sony Originals / CD - released 10/Apr/2011 ] "All told, a highly successful performance, typical of the conductor in its expressive power and dynamism, but completely free of his less admirable mannerisms." (MusicWeb on Symphony No 5) |