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Arthur Fiedler, Boston Pops Orchestra – Jacques Offenbach – Gaite Parisienne / Rossini, Respighi – La boutique fantasque (2004)
SACD ISO (2.0): 1,07 GB | 24B/88,2kHz Stereo FLAC: 1,19 GB | Partial Artwork
Label/Cat#: RCA Red Seal “Living Stereo” # 82876-66419-2 | Country/Year: US 2004, 1956/1954
Genre: Classical | Style: Romantic, Ballett
Anyone who knows the history of this recording knows it ranks as one of the best, most beloved recordings in the Classical genre. It was so well recorded in 1954 that even the 1993 CD reissue could do it no harm. The 2002 JVC XRCD2 definitely & dramatically bested the ’93 reissue, & this SACD far surpasses the JVC undertaking. The effortlessness & naturalness of the sound contained on this SACD is astounding. The smoothness of the strings bounding in & out of the mix (not to mention the woodwinds & brass), the precisely placed percussion enhancing this lighthearted romp, the pacing & coherence of the entire score, & the refined & tight grip on the bass drums, bass viols & cellos, combine to make this far & away the best iteration of RCA Living Stereo’s Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne in the digital domain.
If you have either of the above reissue CDs, you will not be disappointed, or even pleasantly surprised, by this new SACD rendering of this monumental recording – you will be BLOWN AWAY!! This SACD reissue is a veritable time machine that transports you back to June 18, 1954, Symphony Hall in Boston, Orchestra Center, Row A, & leaves you wondering how your listening room grew so enormous (& how Arthur Fiedler still lives).
This is a revolutionary reissue of THE revolutionary Classical recording that will leave you, your ears & your mind spinning in utter disbelief at its impeccable quality, dramatic dynamics, scintillating percussion & orchestra, & matchless realism. This is Living Stereo at its MOST ALIVE! You certainly cannot spend your musical entertainment dollars on anything better.
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Not much to add to the other reviews. I am impressed how close this SACD comes to the original “Living Stereo” release.
~~ Amazon review by Richard Falgione
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Arthur Fiedler & Boston Pops – Pops Christmas Party (1959/1994/2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 01:12:40 minutes | 2,36 GB | Genre: Christmas
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © RCA Records
This Boston Pops Orchestra holiday compilation, first released in 1959 then reissued in 1994, features some recordings that have become hallmarks of the holiday season, like Leroy Anderson’s arrangement of “Sleigh Ride”. Arthur Fiedler was the first conductor of Boston Pops and was famous for popularizing orchestral music.
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Arthur Fielder with Boston Pops Orchestra – Pops Caviar: Russian Orchestral Fireworks (2006)
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DST64 2.0 & 3.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 69:38 mins | Scans included | 3,19 GB
or FLAC 2.0 Stereo (converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Scans included | 1,57 GB
Over an hour of the most beloved Russian orchestral showpieces, in performances worthy of a great maestro & his orchestra. Arthur Fiedler & the Boston Pops perform orchestral works from composers Alexander Borodin, Rimsky-Korsakov, Aram Khachaturian, & Tchaikovsky. DSD remastering brilliantly reproduces the superb sound quality of the original master tapes.
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Arthur Fiedler & The Boston Pops – Up, Up and Away & Fiedler’s Choice (1968 & 1970) [Reissue 2019]
SACD Rip | SACD ISO | DST64 2.0 & 5.1 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 76:03 minutes | Scans NOT included | 3,22 GB
or FLAC 2.0 Stereo (converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/96 kHz | Scans NOT included | 1,57 GB
2 LP on 1 SACD | Features Stereo and Quadrophonic Surround Sound | Vocalion # CDLK4623
A populist programmer, avuncular podium presence, and constant visitor to small-town concert halls and living room televisions, Arthur Fiedler personified orchestral music in America. He was less glamorous, less intellectual, and in many ways less respected than Leonard Bernstein, but those deficiencies worked to Fiedler’s advantage in the minds of ordinary Americans. He also enjoyed greater longevity on his home turf – nearly 50 years in the national limelight, as opposed to Bernstein’s one decade of unmatched glory in New York before running off to Europe to become another gray eminence. Fiedler’s success, though, was also the source of some frustration; he was forever pigeonholed as a pops conductor.
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Arthur Fiedler & Boston Pops – Hi-Fi Fiedler (2005)
SACD ISO: 3,08 GB (Stereo + MCH DSD) | FLAC @ 24bit/88.2kHz: 1,35 GB | Full Artwork | 5% Rec. Info
Label/Cat#: RCA Red Seal “Living Stereo” # 82876-67895-2 | Country/Year: Europe 2005, 1956-1960
Genre: Classical | Style: Romantic
RCA Victor began recording in multichannel five years before the introduction of the first single-groove stereo LPs in 1958. They began using two-channel 1/4-inch Ampex decks but soon moved up to three-channel 1/2-inch models as the Mercury Living Presence label had been doing from the start. The idea was to provide the mixing engineers with more flexibility in preparing the final master for production. The center channel signal could be raised slightly in level to bring a solo violin or piano more forward, and/or its signal could be mixed in varying amounts into the left and right channels to achieve a more uniform and balanced stereo soundstage. But also at this time things weren’t completely jelled as to stereo being limited to only two channels. Alan Blumlein had never stated in his original patent that only two channels were required. It was just as easy to make tape heads with three channels as two. But the single-groove stereodisc locked the format into two channels – it was quite impossible to get three channels with the 45/45 system of cutting and playback.
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