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100 Fiedler Favorites | 
 enlarge | Creators: Pasquale Cardillo, Kenneth J. Alford, Leroy Anderson, Johann Sebastian Bach, Edwin Eugene Bagley, Ludwig Van Beethoven, Hector Berlioz, Luigi Boccherini, Alexander Borodin, Johannes Brahms, Antonio Ortiz Calero, Hoagy Carmichael, George M. Cohan, Aaron Copland, Cory, Claude Debussy, Grigoras Dinicu, Riccardo Drigo, Edward Elgar, Daniel Decatur Emmett
Label: RCA
Category: Music
List Price: $52.98
Buy New: $24.99
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Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 47278
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 7
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 5.7 x 5 x 2
MPN: 62698
UPC: 090266269822
EAN: 0090266269822
ASIN: B000003FRA
Release Date: October 11, 1994
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | March | | • | Morning | | • | Ride of the Valkyries | | • | Hoedown |
Disc 2
| • | Act 3. Prelude | | • | No. 6 | | • | Solvejg's Song | | • | Polovtsian Dances | | • | Procession of the Nobles | | • | Sabre Dance |
Disc 3
| • | Dance of the Cammoristi | | • | Air on the G-String | | • | Largo | | • | Song of India | | • | Lullaby | | • | Intermezzo | | • | No. 3 | | • | Humming Chorus | | • | Dream Pantomime |
Disc 4
Disc 5
| • | Grand March | | • | Marche miniature | | • | Turkish March | | • | War March of the Priests | | • | Alla marcia |
Disc 6
| • | Gavotte | | • | Blues | | • | George M. Cohan Medley: Give My Regards to Broadway / Mary's a Brand Old Name / Little Nelly Kelly |
Disc 7
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
Perhaps I should start by admitting a bias: Many years ago, lying on Boston's grassy Esplanade by the Charles River on warm summer nights, I learned what a symphony orchestra should sound like, with Arthur Fiedler conducting the Boston Pops Orchestra. Those concerts were free; these seven compact discs are not--not quite. But for any lover of light classical music, they are certainly one of the best buys available. The orchestra (essentially the Boston Symphony) is one of the world's greatest; the music, from Smoke Gets in Your Eyes to the Goyescas Intermezzo and Ride of the Valkyries is instantly enjoyable and permanently valuable; the conductor is at the same time genial and exacting, convinced that any music you play, no matter how frivolous, deserves the best you can give it. --Joe McLellan
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| Customer Reviews:
Must Have May 7, 2008
Waybo (Litchfield, NH USA)
When I was a child in the late 50's and 60's, the evening meal was eaten at the dining table, with the whole family gathered together. We always had music playing ... usually Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops Orchestra. This great collection of Arthur Fiedler's works includes many of Fiedler's favorites, but also many of my family's favorites, too.
I have my entire CD collection in ITunes, and added this compilation to the others. I now have over 16 Fiedler CD collections, which total over 28 CD's. I am surprised at how many pieces are not duplicated from other CD's or CD collections in "100 Fiedler Favorites."
When I first played these 7 CD's, I was thrilled. However, when I compared the duplicates from this collection to the other CD's, I was greatly disappointed in the tonal quality.
When I mentioned this to someone who has used ITunes longer than I have, he suggested that I re-import my entire collection at 320 kbps, instead of the default setting (128 kbps) that I had used. Some hours later, I was glad that I had taken the time.
While I can still hear a SLIGHT difference in the sound quality, it is minimal. Unless you bounce back and forth between two recordings of the same piece, it IS NOT obvious. I am once again delighted with this collection.
Based on it's name, one would expect to have 100 pieces in this collection. Yet, in true Fiedler fashion, there is an encore, making a total of 101!
If you enjoy this, I would also recommend the Fiedler Legacy collection, as a supplement to 100 Fiedler Favorites. (If I could only have one, I would PROBABLY choose "100 Fiedler Favorites" but The Arthur Fiedler Legacy, as a set, is pretty spectacular, too) The Arthur Fiedler Legacy is not sold as a set; each of the 5 CD's is sold separately.
"The Arthur Fiedler Legacy: Stars and Stripes: An American Concert" includes 76 Trombones, Trumpeter's Lullaby, The Entertainer, Bernstein's Music from Mass, variations on America, etc. (Not found on Amazon on 5/7/08.)
"The Arthur Fiedler Legacy: Symphonic Spectacular" includes 1812 Overture, Sabre Dance, Bolero, Bach's Fugue in G Major, Danse Macabre, etc. The Arthur Fiedler Legacy: Symphonic Spectacular
"The Arthur Fiedler Legacy: Evening at Pops" includes Aquarius from "Hair", Blue Danube, Gypsy Baron March, Tubby the Tuba, In the Hall of the Mountain King, Dream Pantomime from Hansel & Gretel, etc.The Arthur Fiedler Legacy: Evening at the Pops
"The Arthur Fiedler Legacy: From Famous Broadway to Hollywood's Reel Thing" includes medleys from Fiddler on the Roof, Mary Poppins, Star Wars Theme, Alfie, Midnight Cowboy and Day by Day from "Godspell," etc. The Arthur Fiedler Legacy: From Fabulous Broadway to Hollywood's Reel Thing
"The Arthur Fiedler Legacy: Superstars and Songbooks" includes I think I love you, King of the Road, Do you know the way to San Jose, Leaving on a Jet Plane, etc. Superstars and Songbooks: Pops by Arrangement
Those 5 Legacy sets, each with 2 CD's, when added to "100 Fiedler Favorites," make a total of 265 pieces, for a total of nearly 21 hours of listening! Yet I only see 8 duplicates: Little Fugue in G minor, Stardust, Jalousie, Dream Pantomime from Hansel and Gretel, Sabre Dance, Days of Wine & Roses, Blue Danube and, of course, Stars and Strips Forever.
My only disappointment in either 100 Fiedler Favorites or the Legacy collections, is the arrangement of the songs. I understand why Arthur Fiedler Legacy CD's are packaged the way they are: The title of the CD explains the style of music.
With the 100 Fiedler Favorites, the first 3 CD's are a nice mix of Light Classical music. CD #4 is mostly Strauss waltzes and polkas, with a waltz by Lehar and Waldteufel thrown in for good measure. CD #5 is mostly marches, including, but not limited to, patriotic marches. CD #6 features American composers who lived in this century: Gershwin, Copeland, Gould, Rodgers, Anderson and Cohen. CD #7 is primarily a mix of more "current" songs (Bearing in mind that Fiedler died in 1979, "current" is current for his time: Mancini and the Beatles, Stevie Wonder; I Left My Heart in San Francisco; The First Time I Saw Your Face; Smoke Gets in Your Eyes).
I personally would have preferred a mix of all of these, rather than straight CD's of one type of music. (Which is why I like ITunes!)
If you are a Fiedler fan, or enjoy the light classics, this is a "Must Have" set.
Very satisfying December 20, 2007
Bjoern Linn (Sweden)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Favorites from my youth, wonderful to hear again. Fine selection, musically and technically high class. We listen to them often.
"100 FIEDLER FAVORITES- THE BOSTON POPS" November 19, 2007
L. Dequesada (JAMAICA,, NY United States)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is a great compilation recorded in the days of "The Boston Pops" greatest director Arthur Fiedler. You will be delighted in listening long and forgotten recordings by Fiedler's Pops, like Gershwin, "Cuban Overture", "Prince Igor, Polovetsian Dances" etc. etc. A must have for all classical music and Boston Pops Fans. This great compilation makes one reminisce of old times Boston and its silver shining cold autumn afternoons and strolls on the Boston Common. The days when Arthur Fiedler's Boston Pops presence was felt in "The Hub". Don't miss this great CD album set.
Much more than you ever imagine! October 8, 2007
Hiram Gomez Pardo (Valencia, Venezuela)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Who can deny Arthur Fielder was the most charismatic American conductor of the Century? . This acknowledgement goes far beyond the fact his countless efforts for bringing the academic music to wider audiences. His gifts as conductor have deserved him several insurmountable versions ( Liszt' Preludes, De Sousa, Strauss ` Thunder Polka, Mendelssohn' s Fingal cave, Gershwin's works and so many other radiant performances) .
Fielder got simply to express with major level of Dionysian euphoria, showy elegance, pristine brilliantness, and orchestral coloratura, the sense and heartfelt conviction about the meaning of the works he used to conduct.
Don't miss these jeweled performances.
Now November 3, 2006
Francisco Rios
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Now, if you are a music-lover, and you like The Boston Pops & Arthur Fiedler. You should get it as soon as posible.
I cannot find any reasonable objection to this product.
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