A collection of outstanding Monteux public performances from Boston presented in high fidelity sound; includes several works not available on Monteux"s studio recordings, such as violin concertos by Bartók and Symanovski, Schumann"s "Rhenish" Symphony, Tchaikovsky"s Concert Fantasy for Piano and Orchestra and Hamlet, and Prokofiev"s Classical Symphony."This set includes a mouth-watering selection of repertoire, some familiar to Monteux"s discography (but not in these versions, everything here is "previously unpublished") and introducing pieces new to it. The sound throughout is excellent - full-bodied, well-balanced mono that has been re-mastered to the highest standards by Maggi Payne."--Colin Anderson, www.classicalsource.com"In this handy box there are insights to last a lifetime of musical listening. They are authoritative, finely played, well recorded and transferred, with perceptive notes."-- Jonathan Woolf, Musicweb International