John N. Burk

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Liner notes author for classical releases.

APPEARANCES +

Charles Munch, Boston Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, The Philadelphia Orchestra

The Complete RCA Album Collection

2016, 86xCD, Comp, Mono, RM + Box, Ltd, RCA Red Seal, Sony Classical,

Baroque/Classical/Modern/Romantic/Opera

Sviatoslav Richter

The Complete Album Collection (Live And Studio Recordings For RCA And Columbia)

2015, 18xCD, Comp, Mono + Box, Sony Classical,

Classical/Romantic/Impressionist/Modern

Debussy* / Ibert* – Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch

La Mer · The Sea

2010, CD, Comp, RE, Sony Music, RCA Victor Red Seal

Charles Munch, Boston Symphony Orchestra

Brahms: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 2

Schumann* / Beethoven*, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Van Cliburn, Fritz Reiner

Concerto In A Minor / "Emperor" Concerto

Berlioz*, Boston Symphony* / Munch* / Primrose*

Harold In Italy / Overtures

Dvořák*, Walton* - Piatigorsky*, Munch*, Boston Symphony Orchestra

Dvořák & Walton Cello Concertos

Berlioz* : Munch*, Boston Symphony*

Symphonie Fantastique

1999, XRCD, Victor

Boston Symphony Orchestra ... Charles Munch

The French Touch

Van Cliburn - Rachmaninoff* / Beethoven* - Chicago Symphony*, Fritz Reiner

Piano Concerto No. 2 / Piano Concerto No. 5 "Emperor"

Saint-Saëns*, Debussy*, Ibert*, Boston Symphony* / Munch*, Berj Zamkochian

A Hi-Fi Spectacular! (Symphony No. 3 / La Mer / Escales)

Romantic/Impressionist/Modern

Heifetz*, Beethoven*

Complete Violin Sonatas Volume 3 Sonatas Nos. 8, 9, 10

Barber*, Menotti*, Keith Clark (3), The Pacific Symphony Orchestra*

Barber And Menotti Violin Concertos

1985, CD, Album, Varèse Sarabande,

Neo-Classical/Neo-Romantic

Ravel* - Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Dallas Symphony Chorus, Eduardo Mata

Daphnis Et Chloé (Complete Ballet)

Beethoven* / Lovro von Matačić* - The Czech Philharmonic*

Symphony No. 3 "Eroica"

1978, Cass, Album, Dol, Quintessence

Solomon (6) - Herbert Menges, Philharmonia Orchestra / Grieg* & Schumann*

Piano Concertos

Jochum*, Beethoven*

Beethoven* / Lovro von Matačić* - The Czech Philharmonic*

Symphony No. 3 "Eroica"

Edvard Grieg / Franz Liszt, Earl Wild, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra*

Earl Wild Plays Two Favorite Concertos

1977, LP, Quintessence

Barbirolli* Conducting The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra*, Sibelius*

Symphony No. 2 in D Major

Tchaikovsky*, Pierre Monteux, Boston Symphony Orchestra

Brahms*, Jascha Horenstein, The London Symphony Orchestra*

Beethoven* - Artur Schnabel, Chicago Symphony*, Frederick Stock

Mahler* / Berg* - Boston Symphony Orchestra, Erich Leinsdorf, Phyllis Curtin

Symphony No. 5 / Wozzeck (Excerpts)

Eileen Farrell, Richard Wagner, Charles Munch, Boston Symphony Orchestra

Götterdämmerung: Brünnhilde's Immolation / Tristan And Isolde: Prelude And Liebestod

Leontyne Price, Richard Strauss, Boston Symphony Orchestra / Erich Leinsdorf

Salome: Dance Of The Seven Veils / Interlude And Final Scene / The Egyptian Helen: Awakening Scene

Beethoven*, Claudio Arrau, The Concertgebouw Orchestra Of Amsterdam*, Bernard Haitink

Five Piano Concertos

Prokofieff* - Boston Symphony Orchestra / Erich Leinsdorf

Brahms* - Boston Symphony Orchestra / Erich Leinsdorf

Prokofieff*, Boston Symphony Orchestra / Erich Leinsdorf

Prokofiev* / Fauré* - Boston Symphony Orchestra, Erich Leinsdorf, Samuel Mayes

Symphony-Concerto For Cello And Orchestra / Élégie

Prokofieff* / Erich Leinsdorf, Erick Friedman, Lorin Hollander, Boston Symphony Orchestra

Violin Concerto No. 1 & Piano Concerto No. 5

Beethoven* - Heifetz*

Sonates 3 Et 4 Pour Violon Et Piano

Berlioz* - Florence Kopleff, Gérard Souzay, Giorgio Tozzi, Cesare Valletti, Orchestre Symphonique De Boston* Dir. Charles Münch* Avec Les Chœurs Du Conservatoire "New England"* Chef Des Chœurs Lorna Cooke De Varon*

L'enfance Du Christ

Sviatoslav Richter, Beethoven* / Rachmaninoff*

At Carnegie Hall (Recorded October 28, 1960 In Actual Performance)

Berlioz*, Munch* / Boston Symphony*

Symphonie Fantastique

Chausson* / Franck* - Munch*, Boston Symphony*

Symphony In B-Flat / Le Chasseur Maudit

Berlioz* - Charles Munch Conducting, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Rosalind Elias, Cesare Valletti, Giorgio Tozzi, New England Conservatory Chorus

Romeo And Juliet

Dvořák* - Munch*, Boston Symphony*

Dvořák*, Piatigorsky* / Munch*, Boston Symphony Orchestra

1961, Vinyl Shaded Dog,

Van Cliburn, Chicago Symphony*, Fritz Reiner - Beethoven*

"Emperor" Concerto

Ravel*, Charles Munch / Boston Symphony Orchestra, New England Conservatory Chorus

Daphnis And Chloe (Complete)

Mahler* – Boston Symphony Orchestra – Conducted By Charles Munch – Contralto Maureen Forrester

Songs Of A Wayfarer / Kindertotenlieder

Berlioz* - Charles Munch, Boston Symphony Orchestra

Schubert* - Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch

Symphony In C Major "The Great"

1959, Vinyl Indianapolis, Shaded Dog,

Beethoven*, Boston Symphony* / Munch*, Leontyne Price, Maureen Forrester, David Poleri, Giorgio Tozzi

The Ninth Symphony Of Beethoven And Symphony No. 8

Brahms*, Boston Symphony* / Charles Munch

Symphony No. 4 In E Minor, Op. 98

Ravel* / d'Indy* — Munch* / Boston Symphony*, Nicole Henriot-Schweitzer

Concerto In G / Symphony On A French Mountain Air, Op. 25

Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch, Pierre Monteux

8 Great Symphonies

Berlioz* - Boston Symphony* / Munch* / Primrose*

Harold In Italy

Mendelssohn* - Charles Munch . . . . Boston Symphony Orchestra

Italian And Reformation Symphonies

Piston* / Martinu* - Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch

Symphony No. 6 / Fantaisies Symphoniques

Bloch* / Walton* / Piatigorsky* / Boston Symphony Orchestra / Charles Munch

Schelomo / Concerto For Violoncello And Orchestra

Brahms*, Boston Symphony*, Charles Munch

1957, Vinyl Indianapolis Pressing,

Debussy* / Ibert*, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch

Beethoven* - Ernst Levy

Sonata in F Minor ("Appasionata") Op. 57 / Sonata in C Minor, Op. 111

1956, LP, Unicorn Records (6)

Beethoven*, Ernst Levy

Music At M.I.T.: Beethoven Piano Sonatas

Handel* - Lawrence Moe, Prof. Klaus Liepmann*, Unicorn Concert Orchestra

Music At M.I.T.: Organ Concerti

Brahms*, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch

Symphony No. 2 In D, Op. 73 - Tragic Overture, Op. 81

Heifetz*, Emanuel Bay / Beethoven*

Sonatas For Violin And Piano No. 4 In A Minor ・ No. 7 In C Minor

Tchaikovsky* - Charles Munch, Boston Symphony Orchestra

Debussy* – Munch*, Boston Symphony*

The Martyrdom Of Saint Sebastian

Wilhelm Furtwängler, Ludwig van Beethoven, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra*, Vienna State Opera Chorus*

Fidelio And Beethoven Symphony No. 1

1955, 3xLP, Mono, Aut + Box, His Master's Voice

The RCA Victor Red Seal Selector

1955, LP, Comp, RCA Victor Red Seal

Beethoven*, Arthur Rubinstein

"Appassionata" And "Pathétique" Sonatas

Wilhelm Furtwängler, Ludwig van Beethoven, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra*

Fidelio And Beethoven Symphony No. 1

The RCA Victor Red Seal Selector

Maurice Ravel — Boston Symphony Orchestra - Charles Munch Conductor, New England Conservatory And Alumni Choruses*, Robert Shaw, Lorna Cooke de Varon*

Daphnis Et Chloe Complete Ballet in One Act

Impressionist/Modern

Hector Berlioz, Charles Munch, Boston Symphony Orchestra

Symphonie Fantastique

Heifetz*, Beethoven*

Sonatas Nos. 8 And 10

Beethoven* / Edwin Fischer, Wilhelm Furtwängler, The Philharmonia Orchestra*

Concerto No. 5 In E Flat Major ("The Emperor")

Nathan Milstein, Charles Munch, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Tchaikovsky*

Violin Concerto

Beethoven* - Jascha Heifetz, Benno Moïséwitsch*

Sonata No. 9, In A, Op. 47 ("Kreutzer")

Beethoven*, Jascha Heifetz

Beethoven Violin Sonatas (Complete)

Beethoven* - Heifetz*, Emanuel Bay

Sonatas Nos. 3 and 6

Beethoven* - Artur Schnabel

Arthur Schnabel Plays Beethoven, Vol. No. I: Sonatas No. 24 In F Sharp. Op. 78 / No. 27 In E Minor, Op. 90 / No. 32 In C Minor, Op. 111

Schumann*, Leopold Stokowski And His Symphony Orchestra

Symphony No. 2, In C, Op. 61

Ludwig van Beethoven, Artur Schnabel

Artur Schnabel Plays Beethoven, Vol. No. II: Sonatas No. 9 In E, Op. 14 / No. 13 In E-Flat, Op. 27 / No. 30 In E, Op. 109

Mozart*, Chorus* And Orchestra Of The Salzburg Festival* Conducted By Prof. Joseph Messner*

Coronation Mass In C Major (K.317)

1950, LP, Festival (28)

Charles Munch, Boston Symphony Orchestra / Brahms*

Symphony No. 4 In E Minor, Op. 98

Shostakovich* - Boston Symphony Orchestra, Serge Koussevitzky

1947, 3x Shellac,

Berlioz* - William Primrose With The Boston Symphony Orchestra, Serge Koussevitzky

Harold In Italy

Serge Koussevitzky, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Claude Debussy, Erik Satie, Maurice Ravel

La Mer, Rhapsodie Espagnole, Gymnopédies Nos. 1 and 2

LP, Comp, RCA Camden

Bach*, Boyd Neel, The Boyd Neel Orchestra, Ltd.*

Brandenburg Concertos

LP, Mono, Unicorn Records (6)

Debussy* - Munch*, Boston Symphony*

La Mer / Iberia

André Cluytens, Orchestre Du Theatre National De L'Opéra*

Berlioz: Five Overtures

Bach*, Heifetz*, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Alfred Wallenstein

Two Bach Concertos: In A Minor · In E Major

Boston Symphony Orchestra, Karl Muck, Pierre Monteux, Charles Munch

The Aristocrat Of Orchestras - Golden Years Of The Boston Symphony