Boston Symphony

[Brian]

The only Franck that comes close is Paray - who of course is of the same heritage, in the same generation, and recording in the same region of the USA at about the same time.

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I saw these forces deliver this Symphony in London a few years. It was a fine performance and I bought the CD after the concert at the Royal Albert Hall.

[Jo498]

This is an enjoyable 2-CD set (and available at a modest price via Amazon US); note:  you have to be the sort who can appreciate older/historical records though.  And it's with several different orchestras, so might not be what you are looking for.

I think one should underline the historical quality (probably in both senses but the negative of SQ prevailed for me unfortunately) of this set... Of the same series I'd recommend the Munch that has the world premiere? of the Martinu symphony dedicated to the orchestra. Is the Hindemith piece for Boston/Koussevitzky on the Steinberg DG disc?
I realized that I often only remember conductors. I wouldn't have known that Monteux/Franck was with Boston nor that it actually was not...

I'll also endorse Leinsdorf Prokofiev (although IIRC the sound is not as good as the 1970/80s DG recordings that are among this labels best efforts), almost any Munch, Tilson Thomas' Ives/Ruggles, also Ozawa's Ives 4th.
And probably everything findable with the Boston SO chamber group (on DG: Debussy, Stravinsky, Strauss/2nd viennese, not sure if more was ever on CD separately).

[JBS]

Sony/RCA has just released a set of everything the Chamber Players recorded for RCA

[staxomega]

The only Franck that comes close is Paray - who of course is of the same heritage, in the same generation, and recording in the same region of the USA at about the same time.

There are really no modern recordings that can match the old famous ones? That is sad, there are so many recordings made in the digital era. This is a work I'm quite fond of though I have limited exposure to it- Monteux, both Munch, Paray stereo*, Giulini/BPO (not so good). I recall liking Raymond Leppard, though I was cut short from hearing more than the first movement.

*sampled all the Paray mono recordings including his first recording of the Franck Symphony via Qobuz in the Eloquence boxes and didn't really care for most of the performances of Austro-German repertoire, some good French music but nearly always re-recorded in stereo in superior sound. So basically 13 CDs in mono and one or two in stereo (one of them something gimmicky) not present in the three Mercury Living Presence box sets, an easy pass on the two Eloquence boxes as I have the three MLP boxes.

[Peter Power Pop]

Holst: The Planets (Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa)

It was number two on my list of favourite Planets CDs:

https://petersplanets.wordpress.com/2015/01/01/ozawa-1979/

[Brian]

There are really no modern recordings that can match the old famous ones? That is sad, there are so many recordings made in the digital era. This is a work I'm quite fond of though I have limited exposure to it- Monteux, both Munch, Paray stereo*, Giulini/BPO (not so good). I recall liking Raymond Leppard, though I was cut short from hearing more than the first movement.

The digital one I like best is Christian Arming and the Liege Philharmonic, which is coupled with two of Franck's rarest works (including a world premiere) so it is a very valuable disc to keep around.

[vers la flamme]

Holst: The Planets (Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa)

It was number two on my list of favourite Planets CDs:

https://petersplanets.wordpress.com/2015/01/01/ozawa-1979/

Hey, I've read your blog before. I know this because something like a day or two after I read it, I saw that Ozawa Planets at a local record store, picked it up, and ultimately put it back. Then I went back for it a couple weeks later and someone else had taken it.

[Peter Power Pop]

Hey, I've read your blog before. I know this because something like a day or two after I read it, I saw that Ozawa Planets at a local record store, picked it up, and ultimately put it back. Then I went back for it a couple weeks later and someone else had taken it.

It's Shopper's Law (i.e., if you see something you want, and have the money, buy it, because if you wait until later it won't be available).

People are selling a variety of copies on Discogs:

https://www.discogs.com/sell/list?master_id=490490&ev=mb

Have at it!