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The tapes were in excellent condition and sound quality throughout is superb. Originally drawn from live radio broadcasts, I have retained short sections of the introductions and pay-offs, tracked separately from the music. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn both cases the broadcasts captured one of several performances: the Sibelius was played by Ricci and the Boston Symphony three times in January 1960, with another four performances to follow in Connecticut, New York and at Tanglewood later that year, whilst Boston concert-goers had four opportunities in 1959 to hear Munch conduct the Strauss \u003ci\u003eSymphonia Domestica\u003c\/i\u003e, a work he also conducted with the BSO in three concerts elsewhere that year. As the review below indicates, the Strauss was a work Munch had put to one side for a decade before its 1959 resurrection:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\"Dr. Charles Munch this week has been able to formulate a Boston Symphony\nOrchestra program which avoids overly familiar music. The result is a\nconcert of freshness and exceptional interest. As matters turned out\nyesterday, condustor and orchestra rose magnificently to the occasion and\nachieved a glowing performance of Richard Strauss' Symphonia Domestica.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\nFor not readily discernible reasons. Dr. Munch had not given us the\nDomestica since 1949, near the beginning of his first season here.\nAccordingly both the work itself and his approach to it, after nearly a\ndecade, had whetted one’s anticipation.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\nThe Domestica, with its alternately droll and sentimental regard for the\nprinciple and the details of family ¡life, including the baby’s bath and\nthe not uncommon disputes between Papa and Mama, might not be thought to\nhave exceptional appeal to an interpretive artist.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\nBut the purely musical side is something else again, with its large design,\nits blend and contrasts of instrumental colors, and the exacting details of\nStrauss’ counterpoint. These are a powerful challenge to a dynamic\nconductor, and, not unexpectedly, Dr. Munch seemed to have been fired by\nthe challenge.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\nFrom a beginning of comparatively low- voltage, this reading took on power\nand tension, until, midway in the score, the attentive listener was well\naware that the orchestra had similarly responded, and that we were hearing\na remarkably intense but superbly controlled performance.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\nThe tone was marvelously rich and deep, the moving contrapuntal voices as\nclear as you could have wanted, and imagination was playing freely between\nconductor and orchestra.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\nAt the end, consequently, there was a largo and wholly merited ovation.\nThis performance, from a conductor who has never seemed to be deeply\nsympathetic to Strauss, though on the other hand he has not shunned that\ncomposer, was truly by way of being an artistic dividend of the season.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e - \u003cb\u003eBoston Globe, 28 February 1959\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\"The name of Ruggiero Ricci is a great deal better-known elsewhere than\nhere. San Francisco-born in 1920, Ricci was acclaimed as a prodigy, and\ngrew into an artistic maturity which has proved to have solid foundation.\nHe is a virtuoso of his instrument, and more than that, he is an artist.\nOnly an artist would have elected to play so intimate and prevailingly\nundisplayful a Concerto as that by Sibelius.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\nFrom a superb Guarnerius del Gesu violin of 1784, Ricci draws a luminous\nwarm tone of silky finish. His bowing is a marvel of grace, his feeling for\nboth his instrument and the music at hand unmistakably sensitive.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\nRicci’s share of the Concerto made the most of its inward but very\nemotional and rhapsodic nature. The entire performance, however, had its\nperfunctory aspects, for the orchestral portion, though competent, seemed a\nlittle uneasy, as if Dr. Munch were not completely at home in this work,\nand hesitated to give its feeling free rein. It was good to hear, however,\nand Ricci may feel satisfied that the Friday subscribers regard him warmly.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- \u003cb\u003eBoston Globe, 30 January 1960\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_thumbnail1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_thumbnail2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_download_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample3_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample4_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample5_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample6_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_labelfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fFull Track Listing578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_typefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5ftrack_listing578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_contentfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 24px;\"\u003eMUNCH conducts Sibelius and R. Strauss\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. RADIO Sibelius introduction  (0:45)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eSIBELIUS  \u003c\/b\u003eViolin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cbr\u003e2. 1st mvt. - Allegro moderato  (15:54)\u003cbr\u003e3. 2nd mvt. - Adagio di molto  (7:57)\u003cbr\u003e4. 3rd mvt. - Allegro, ma non tanto  (7:23)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRuggiero Ricci\u003c\/b\u003e, violin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e5. RADIO Sibelius applause and outro  (1:01)\u003cbr\u003e6. RADIO Strauss introduction  (0:37)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eR. STRAUSS\u003c\/b\u003e  Symphonia Domestica, Op. 53\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e7. Bewegt - Thema I - Thema II - Thema III  (5:12)\u003cbr\u003e8. Scherzo (Munter)  (6:28)\u003cbr\u003e9. Wiegenlied - Maessig langsam  (6:25)\u003cbr\u003e10. Adagio - (Langsam)  (12:05)\u003cbr\u003e11. Finale (Sehr lebhaft)  (12:13)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e12. 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