Berlioz: Romeo and Juliet, a Dramatic Symphony (Charles Munch Conducting Boston Symphony Orchestra, With Margaret Roggero, Contralto, Leslie Chabay, Tenor, Yikwei Sze, Bass, and Harvard Glee Club and Radcliffe Choral Society; Rca Victor: Two 12" Lps,..

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with text, in album). On some copies of this, the first complete Romeo and Juliet on disks, RCA Victor affixed a gold sticker saying “For Hi-Fi Fans.” It’s more than that; it’s the epitome of nineteenth-century symphonic tableau-opera, presenting human drama in superhuman proportions. Munch shows mastery here, and the Bostons are at their best.