Chausson: Symphony in B Flat Major, Poeme for Violin and Orchestra / Saint-Saens: Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso for Violin and Orchestra
Given Charles Munch's success with the Franck Symphony in D Minor, you  would expect him to do just as well with the Chausson. This attractive  composition would be much more popular if it had a nickname, and the one that  most suits it would undoubtedly be "The Revenge of the Franck Symphony in D  Minor," since Chausson was a pupil of Franck's and basically copied the entire  concept from his teacher. That's not to say there aren't original features:  Chausson's symphony saves its most anguished music for the finale (with Franck  it's the first movement), and ends quietly (Franck ends in triumph); but the  basic idea, in which themes recur from one movement to another, is Franck's.  Pretty music, then, and a great performance. Nice couplings, too.--David  Hurwitz