One of the world's great conductors, he became conductor of the Boston
Symphony Orchestra upon
Serge Koussevitzky's retirement in 1949, and led that
orchestra until his own retirement in 1962. However, as Conductor
Emeritus, he continued to conduct the orchestra on television. Under
his leadership, the Boston Symphony Orchestra made its first stereo
recordings. Munch is widely considered to be the twentieth-century's
greatest conductor of the music of
Hector Berlioz.