Pierre Monteux Decca & Philips Recordings 1956-1964 [Box Set]
Album review: At one time, Pierre Monteux was such a fixture in San Francisco spectators riding on trolley cars could count on seeing this world-famous conductor walk his little poodle up the hill as a kind of a tourist attraction if they boarded at the right car at the right time of day. However, in 1952 Monteux 's San Francisco contract expired; he was 77 years old and one might have thought this a good time to consider retirement. Not Monteux ; he went onto the Boston Symphony Orchestra , maintaining...