Arthur Fielder with Boston Pops Orchestra – Pops Caviar: Russian Orchestral Fireworks (2006) [SACD / Living Stereo – 82876716182]

Title: Arthur Fielder with Boston Pops Orchestra – Pops Caviar: Russian Orchestral Fireworks (2006)
Genre: Classical
Format: MCH SACD ISO + Hi-Res FLAC

Pops Caviar — Russian Orchestral Fireworks, featuring Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops, delivers over an hour of vibrant Russian showpieces by Borodin, Rimsky-Korsakov, Khachaturian, and Tchaikovsky, with DSD remastering vividly capturing the original master tapes’ superb sound. These performances, neither strictly good nor bad, embody the Boston Pops’ middle-brow appeal, transforming the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s high-caliber playing into lush, colorful, and bold renditions tailored for excitement rather than subtlety, with sweet strings, blended winds, big brass, and gargantuan percussion. Fiedler’s capable conducting shines in the brilliant balances of Rimsky-Korsakov’s Russian Easter Overture and the driven tempos of Borodin’s Polovetsian Dances, prioritizing thrills for audiences who relish loud, sexy orchestral flair. For those seeking similar excitement with deeper interpretive nuance, Gergiev’s Kirov Orchestra recordings on Philips offer lyrical and incandescent alternatives, while RCA’s remastered stereo sound, though flashy, lacks some depth compared to the original LPs.

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Tracklist:

01. In the Steppes of Central Asia [Alexander Borodin]
02. Russian Easter: Overture [Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov]
03. Prince Igor: Overture [Alexander Borodin]
04. Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances [Alexander Borodin]
05. Gayane: Lullaby [Aram Khachaturian]
06. Gayane: Lezghinka [Aram Khachaturian]
07. Gayane: Dance of the Rose Maidens [Aram Khachaturian]
08. Gayane: Dance of the Kurds [Aram Khachaturian]
09. Gayane: Sabre Dance [Aram Khachaturian]
10. Tsar Saltan: The Flight Of The Bumblebee [Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov]
11. Eugene Onegin: Polonaise [Pyotr Tchaikovsky]
12. The Sleeping Beauty: Waltz [Pyotr Tchaikovsky]
13. Masquerade Suite: Galop [Aram Khachaturian]

Note:

Recording information: 1957 – 1959 at Symphony Hall, Boston, U.S.A. Boston Pops Orchestra, conducted by Arthur Fiedler.
Produced by John Pfeiffer & Richard Mohr. Recording Engineer: John Crawford. Mastering Engineer: Mark Donahue.
DSD Engineer: Dirk Sobotka. Remastering Supervisor: John Newton. Reissue Producer: Daniel Guss.

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