Arthur Fiedler - The Arthur Fiedler Legacy: Symphonic Spectacular (2007)

• Title: The Arthur Fiedler Legacy: Symphonic Spectacular
  
• Year Of Release: 2007
  
• Label: Deutsche Grammophon
  
• Genre: Classical
  
• Quality: FLAC (*image + .cue,log)
  
• Total Time: 02:32:30
  
• Total Size: 853 mb (+3%rec.)
  
• WebSite: Album Preview
  

This double-CD set represents the classical cream of Arthur Fiedler's final decade of recording with the Boston Pops, for Decca and Deutsche Grammophon. Although the Pops by then were just as likely to be doing orchestral arrangements of music from Broadway shows, movies, or contemporary popular songwriters (from Melanie to the Bee Gees), they didn't neglect the classical side of their repertoire, and the state-of-the-art recording facilities of the two labels (long since merged) made these especially rewarding as listening experiences. What may prove surprising to some listeners is the sheer range of Fiedler's repertoire, which extends up from the expected Baroque (Bach), romantic (Mendelssohn, Tchaikovsky, Verdi, Dvorák, et al.), and post-romantic (Vaughan Williams) to the modern era, encompassing Shostakovich (Festive Overture) and Ginastera (Danza Final). The playing is excellent, and if the interpretations aren't exactly daring or challenging, they're at least spot-on as representations of the pieces at hand, crowd-pleasers all. The tapes have also held up very well and, as with other releases in this series, the reissues are of audiophile quality.

Tracks:

CD1
01. Shostakovich.Festive Overture, Op.96 (5:38)
02. Mendelssohn.'A Midsummer Night's Dream', Op.61:Wedding March (5:40)
03. J.S. Bach.Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 (9:45)
04. J.S. Bach.Fugue in G major ('a la Gigue), BWV 577 (3:23)
05. J.S. Bach.Easter Oratorio, BWV 429:Sinfonia (4:19)
06. J.S. Bach.Partita No.3 in E major for Solo Violin, BWV 1006:Preludio (3:54)
07. J.S. Bach.Gavotte en rondeau (3:04)
08. J.S. Bach.Sonata No.3 in C major for Solo Violin, BWV 1005:Adagio (4:18)
09. J.S. Bach.'Little' Fugue in G minor, BWV 578 (3:58)
10. J.S. Bach.Cantata BWV 208 ('Hunting Cantata'):Sheep May Safely Graze (4:44)
11. Vaughan Williams.March:Seventeen come Sunday (3:35)
12. Vaughan Williams.Intermezzo:My Bonny Boy (3:43)
13. Vaughan Williams.March:Folk Songs from Somerset (3:53)
14. Tchaikovsky.'1812' Overture, Op.49 (15:11)


CD2
01. Arthur Sullivan.Overture di Ballo (11:14)
02. Maurice Ravel.Bolero (14:49)
03. Giuseppe Verdi.'Aida': Ballet Music (10:26)
04. Anton'in Dvor'ak.Slavonic Dance No.1 in C major, Op.46 (4:25)
05. Anton'in Dvor'ak.Slavonic Dance No.7 in C major, Op.72 (3:27)
06. Fr'ed'eric Chopin.Polonaise in A major, Op.40 No.1 'Military' (4:26)
07. Modest Mussorgsky.Night on Bald Mountain (10:46)
08. Camille Saint-Saens.Danse Macabre, Op.40 (7:08)
09. Aram Khachaturian.'Gayaneh': Sabre Dance (2:18)
10. Igor Stravinsky.'The Firebird':Danse Infernal (4:22)
11. Alberto Ginastera.'Estancia' Op.8:Danza Final (Malambo) (3:52)

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