Charles Munch’s uncle was the distinguished missionary and organist Albert Schweitzer, and his father was the Alsatian choral conductor and organist Ernst Münch (1859–1928), who gave his son his first music lessons on the violin. Charles studied the violin at the Strasbourg Conservatoire, where his father was a professor, and continued with Lucien Capet in Paris in 1912 and Carl Flesch in Berlin. As Alsace was part of Germany at the outbreak of World War I, he was conscripted into the German army and saw active service: he was made a sergeant of artillery, was gassed at Peronne and wounded at Verdun. Following the end of hostilities he returned to Alsace-Lorraine (now part of France), and took French citizenship. Munch became a professor of vio...

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BEETHOVEN, L. van: Symphonies Nos. 4 and 5 / Die Geschopfe des Prometheus (excerpts) (Munch)
BEETHOVEN, L. van: Symphonies Nos. 4 and 5 / Die Geschopfe des Prometheus (excerpts) (Munch)
Composer: Beethoven, Ludwig van
Artists: Boston Symphony Orchestra -- Munch, Charles
Label/Producer: ICA Classics
BRAHMS, J.: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2 (Munch)
BRAHMS, J.: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2 (Munch)
Composer: Brahms, Johannes
Artists: Boston Symphony Orchestra -- Munch, Charles
Label/Producer: ICA Classics
DEBUSSY, C.: La mer / Iberia / RAVEL, M.: Ma mere l'oye (Munch)
DEBUSSY, C.: La mer / Iberia / RAVEL, M.: Ma mere l'oye (Munch)
Composers: Debussy, Claude -- Ravel, Maurice
Artists: Boston Symphony Orchestra -- Munch, Charles
Label/Producer: ICA Classics
HAYDN, J.: Symphony No. 98 / BRUCKNER, A.: Symphony No. 7 (Munch)
HAYDN, J.: Symphony No. 98 / BRUCKNER, A.: Symphony No. 7 (Munch)
Composers: Bruckner, Anton -- Haydn, Franz Joseph
Artists: Boston Symphony Orchestra -- Munch, Charles
Label/Producer: ICA Classics
MENDELSSOHN, Felix: Symphonies Nos. 3 and 4 (Munch)
MENDELSSOHN, Felix: Symphonies Nos. 3 and 4 (Munch)
Composers: Mendelssohn, Felix -- Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
Artists: Boston Symphony Orchestra -- Munch, Charles
Label/Producer: ICA Classics
SCHUMANN, R.: Genoveva Overture / Symphony No. 2 / SCHUBERT, F.: Symphony No. 5 (Munch) (1959-1962)
SCHUMANN, R.: Genoveva Overture / Symphony No. 2 / SCHUBERT, F.: Symphony No. 5 (Munch) (1959-1962)
Composers: Schubert, Franz -- Schumann, Robert
Artists: Boston Symphony Orchestra -- Munch, Charles
Label/Producer: ICA Classics
WAGNER, R.: Meistersinger von Nurnberg (Die) (excerpts) / FRANCK, C.: Symphony in D minor (Munch)
WAGNER, R.: Meistersinger von Nurnberg (Die) (excerpts) / FRANCK, C.: Symphony in D minor (Munch)
Composers: Faure, Gabriel -- Franck, Cesar -- Wagner, Richard
Artists: Boston Symphony Orchestra -- Munch, Charles
Label/Producer: ICA Classics