100 Fiedler Favorites (7 CD box set, FLAC)

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Number of Discs: 7 CD box set
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# Leichte Kavallerie (Light Cavalry), operetta Overture
Composed by Franz von Suppe
Performed by Boston Pops Orchestra
Conducted by Arthur Fiedler

# Fugue for organ in G minor (“Little”), BWV 578 (BC J66)
Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performed by Boston Pops Orchestra
Conducted by Arthur Fiedler

# Hora Staccato for violin & piano (or orchestra)
Composed by Grigoras Dinicu
Performed by Boston Pops Orchestra
Conducted by Arthur Fiedler

# The Love for Three Oranges, suite for orchestra, Op. 33 bis March
Composed by Sergey Prokofiev
Performed by Boston Pops Orchestra
Conducted by Arthur Fiedler

# Tambourin Chinois for violin & piano, Op 3
Composed by Fritz Kreisler
Performed by Rapee, Boston Pops Orchestra
Conducted by Arthur Fiedler

# Hungarian Rhapsody, for orchestra No. 2 in C sharp minor (after piano No. 12), S. 359/2 (LW G21/2)
Composed by Franz Liszt
Performed by Boston Pops Orchestra
with Pasquale Cardillo
Conducted by Arthur Fiedler

# Imagem Morning
Composed by Canhoto da Paraiba
Performed by Boston Pops Orchestra
Conducted by Arthur Fiedler

# Die Walküre (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b Ride of the Valkyries
Composed by Richard Wagner
Performed by Boston Pops Orchestra
Conducted by Arthur Fiedler

# In the Steppes of Central Asia (V sredney Azii), musical picture for orchestra
Composed by Alexander Borodin
Performed by Boston Pops Orchestra
Conducted by Arthur Fiedler

# Oberon, overture to the opera
Composed by Carl Maria von Weber
Performed by Boston Pops Orchestra
Conducted by Arthur Fiedler

# Rodeo, selections from the ballet (including “Four Dance Episodes”) Hoedown
Composed by Aaron Copland
Performed by Boston Pops Orchestra
Conducted by Arthur Fiedler

# Intermezzo, arranged for orchestra (from “Goyescas”), H. 71
Composed by Enrique Granados
Performed by Boston Pops Orchestra
Conducted by Arthur Fiedler

# Overture to Guillaume Tell (William Tell)
Composed by Gioachino Rossini
Performed by Boston Pops Orchestra
Conducted by Arthur Fiedler

# Dichter und Bauer (Poet and Peasant), overture to the operetta
Composed by Franz von Suppe
Performed by Boston Pops Orchestra
Conducted by Arthur Fiedler

# Die Lustigen Weiber von Windsor, opera Overture
Composed by Otto Nicolai
Performed by Boston Pops Orchestra
Conducted by Arthur Fiedler

# Lohengrin, opera, WWV 75 Act lll: Prelude
Composed by Richard Wagner
Performed by Boston Pops Orchestra
Conducted by Arthur Fiedler

# Hungarian Dances (21) for orchestra, WoO 1 No 6
Composed by Johannes Brahms
Performed by Boston Pops Orchestra
Conducted by Arthur Fiedler

# Peer Gynt Suite for orchestra (or piano or piano, 4 hands) No. 2, Op. 55 Solvejg’s Song
Composed by Edvard Grieg
Performed by Boston Pops Orchestra
with Eileen Farrell
Conducted by Arthur Fiedler

# Der Freischütz, overture to the opera
Composed by Carl Maria von Weber
Performed by Boston Pops Orchestra
Conducted by Arthur Fiedler

# Prince Igor, opera (completed by Rimsky-Korsakov & Glazunov) Polovtsian Dances
Composed by Alexander Borodin
Performed by Boston Pops Orchestra
Conducted by Arthur Fiedler

# German dance for orchestra in C major (“Die Schlittenfahrt”), K. 605/3
Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performed by Boston Pops Orchestra
Conducted by Arthur Fiedler

# Mlada, suite for orchestra Procession of the Nobles
Composed by Nikolay Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov
Performed by Boston Pops Orchestra
Conducted by Arthur Fiedler

# Parade of the Tin Soldiers for orchestra (Parade der Zinsoldaten), Op. 123
Composed by Leon Jessel
Performed by Boston Pops Orchestra
Conducted by Arthur Fiedler

# Roumanian Rhapsody No. 1, for orchestra in A major, Op. 11/1
Composed by George Enescu
Performed by Boston Pops Orchestra
Conducted by Arthur Fiedler

# Gayane Suite, for orchestra No. 3 Sabre Dance
Composed by Aram Khachaturian
Performed by Boston Pops Orchestra
Conducted by Arthur Fiedler

# Rêverie, for piano, L. 68
Composed by Claude Debussy
Performed by Boston Pops Orchestra
Conducted by Arthur Fiedler

# I gioielli della Madonna, opera Act 3: Dance of the Cammoristi
Composed by Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari
Performed by Boston Pops Orchestra
Conducted by Arthur Fiedler

# Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068 Air on the G-String
Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performed by Boston Pops Orchestra
Conducted by Arthur Fiedler

# Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. 49 No 4, Cradle Song (Wiegenlied)
Composed by Johannes Brahms
Performed by Boston Pops Orchestra
Conducted by Arthur Fiedler

# Serse (Xerxes), opera, HWV 40 Largo
Composed by George Frideric Handel
Performed by Boston Pops Orchestra
with Alfred Krips
Conducted by Arthur Fiedler

# Work(s) Serenade
Composed by Franz Schubert
Performed by Anderson, Boston Pops Orchestra
Conducted by Arthur Fiedler

# Sadko, opera in 3 (or 5) acts Song of India
Composed by Nikolay Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov
Performed by Boston Pops Orchestra
Conducted by Arthur Fiedler

# Gayane Suite, for orchestra No. 1 Lullaby
Composed by Aram Khachaturian
Performed by Boston Pops Orchestra
Conducted by Arthur Fiedler

# Work(s) Serenade for voice & piano Op.6
Composed by Henry Purcell
Performed by Boston Pops Orchestra
Conducted by Arthur Fiedler

# Song without Words for piano No. 30 in A major (“Frühlingslied”), Op. 62/6
Composed by Felix Mendelssohn
Performed by Boston Pops Orchestra
Conducted by Arthur Fiedler

# Serenade for voice & piano or orchestra (Rimpianto) No 1, Op 6
Composed by Enrico Toselli
Performed by Anderson, Boston Pops Orchestra
Conducted by Arthur Fiedler

# Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act Intermezzo
Composed by Pietro Mascagni
Performed by Boston Pops Orchestra
Conducted by Arthur Fiedler

# Minuet in A major, arrangements (after String Quintet in E major, Op.11/5 [aka Op. 13/5], G. 275)
Composed by Luigi Boccherini
Performed by Boston Pops Orchestra
Conducted by Arthur Fiedler

# Liebesträume, notturno for piano No. 3 in A flat major (“O Lieb, so lang du lieben kannst”), S. 541/3 (LW A103/3)
Composed by Franz Liszt
Performed by Boston Pops Orchestra
Conducted by Arthur Fiedler

# None but the lonely heart, song for voice & piano, Op. 6/6
Composed by Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky
Performed by Lucien Cailliet, Boston Pops Orchestra
Conducted by Arthur Fiedler

# Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera Humming Chorus
Composed by Giacomo Puccini
Performed by Boston Pops Orchestra
Conducted by Arthur Fiedler

# Hänsel und Gretel, opera Dream Pantomime
Composed by Engelbert Humperdinck
Performed by Boston Pops Orchestra
Conducted by Arthur Fiedler

# Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald (Tales from the Vienna Woods), waltz for orchestra, Op. 325 (RV 325)
Composed by Johann II Strauss
Performed by Boston Pops Orchestra
with Toni Noichl
Conducted by Arthur Fiedler

# Les Patineurs Valse (“Skater’s Waltz”), Op. 183 Skaters’s Waltz
Composed by Emile Waldteufel
Performed by Boston Pops Orchestra
Conducted by Arthur Fiedler

# Pizzicato Polka for orchestra, Op. 234
Composed by Johann II and Josef Strauss
Performed by Boston Pops Orchestra
Conducted by Arthur Fiedler

# Wein, Weib und Gesang (Wine, Women and Song), waltz for orchestra (with voice ad lib), Op. 333 (RV 333)
Composed by Johann II Strauss
Performed by Boston Pops Orchestra
Conducted by Arthur Fiedler

# Unter Donner und Blitz (Thunder and Lightning), polka schnell for orchestra, Op. 324 (RV 324)
Composed by Johann II Strauss
Performed by Boston Pops Orchestra
Conducted by Arthur Fiedler

# Rosen aus dem Süden (Roses from the South), waltz for orchestra, Op. 388 (RV 388)
Composed by Johann II Strauss
Performed by Boston Pops Orchestra
Conducted by Arthur Fiedler

# Der Graf von Luxemburg, operetta in 3 acts Waltzes
Composed by Franz Lehar
Performed by Boston Pops Orchestra
Conducted by Arthur Fiedler

# Sphären-Klänge (Music of the Spheres), Walzer, Op. 235
Composed by Josef Strauss
Performed by Boston Pops Orchestra
Conducted by Arthur Fiedler

# Accelerationen, waltz for orchestra, Op. 234 (RV 234)
Composed by Johann II Strauss
Performed by Boston Pops Orchestra
Conducted by Arthur Fiedler

# An der schönen, blauen Donau (On the Beautiful, Blue Danube), waltz for orchestra (with chorus ad lib), Op. 314 (RV 314)
Composed by Johann II Strauss
Performed by Boston Pops Orchestra
Conducted by Arthur Fiedler

# Aida, opera Grand March
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
Performed by Boston Pops Orchestra
Conducted by Arthur Fiedler

# March of the Toys, for orchestra (from “Babes in Toyland”)
Composed by Victor Herbert
Performed by Boston Pops Orchestra
Conducted by Arthur Fiedler

# Semper Fidelis, march for band
Composed by John Philip Sousa
Performed by Boston Pops Orchestra
Conducted by Arthur Fiedler

# Suite No. 1 for orchestra in D minor, Op. 43 Marche miniature
Composed by Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky
Performed by Boston Pops Orchestra
Conducted by Arthur Fiedler

# Yankee Doodle
Composed by Morton Gould
Performed by Boston Pops Orchestra
Conducted by Arthur Fiedler

# Up the Street, for orchestra
Composed by Robert G. Morse
Performed by Boston Pops Orchestra
Conducted by Arthur Fiedler

# Marche de Rákóczy (Rákóczy March), for orchestra (Le damnation de Faust), H. 109
Composed by Hector Berlioz
Performed by Boston Pops Orchestra
Conducted by Arthur Fiedler

# March of the Siamese Children, for orchestra (from “The King and I”)
Composed by Richard Rodgers
Performed by Boston Pops Orchestra
Conducted by Arthur Fiedler

# Caucasian Sketches, suite for orchestra, Op. 10 Procession of the Sardar
Composed by Mikhail Mikhaylovich Ippolitov-Ivanov
Performed by Boston Pops Orchestra
Conducted by Arthur Fiedler

# Le Régiment de Sambre et Meuse
Composed by Robert Planquette
Performed by Boston Pops Orchestra
Conducted by Arthur Fiedler

# Ruins of Athens, incidental music, Op. 113 Turkish March
Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performed by Boston Pops Orchestra
Conducted by Arthur Fiedler

# Colonel Bogey March for orchestra/band
Composed by Kenneth J. Alford
Performed by Boston Pops Orchestra
Conducted by Arthur Fiedler

# I Wish I Was in Dixie’s Land (“Dixie”), for voice & keyboard
Composed by Daniel Decatur Emmett
Performed by Boston Pops Orchestra
Conducted by Arthur Fiedler

# American Salute for orchestra
Composed by Morton Gould
Performed by Boston Pops Orchestra
Conducted by Arthur Fiedler

# Strike Up the Band, song (from Strike Up The Band; both versions)
Composed by George Gershwin
Performed by Boston Pops Orchestra
Conducted by Arthur Fiedler

# Athalie, incidental music, Op. 74 War March of the Priests
Composed by Felix Mendelssohn
Performed by Boston Pops Orchestra
Conducted by Arthur Fiedler

# Karelia Suite, for orchestra, Op. 11 No 3, Alla marcia
Composed by Jean Sibelius
Performed by Boston Pops Orchestra
Conducted by Arthur Fiedler

# Funeral March of a Marionette, for piano or orchestra in D minor
Composed by Charles Gounod
Performed by Boston Pops Orchestra
Conducted by Arthur Fiedler

# Pomp and Circumstance March No.1, for orchestra in D major, Op. 39/1
Composed by Edward Elgar
Performed by Boston Pops Orchestra
Conducted by Arthur Fiedler

# Valdres March for band (or orchestra)
Composed by Johannes Hanssen
Performed by Boston Pops Orchestra
Conducted by Arthur Fiedler

# National Emblem March for orchestra (or band)
Composed by Edwin Eugene Bagley
Performed by Boston Pops Orchestra
Conducted by Arthur Fiedler

# The Stars and Stripes Forever, march for band
Composed by John Philip Sousa
Performed by Boston Pops Orchestra
Conducted by Arthur Fiedler

# Cuban Overture
Composed by George Gershwin
Performed by Boston Pops Orchestra
Conducted by Arthur Fiedler

# Rhapsody in Blue, for piano & orchestra (orchestrated by F. Grofé)
Composed by George Gershwin
Performed by Boston Pops Orchestra
with Pasquale Cardillo, Earl Wild
Conducted by Arthur Fiedler

# El Salón México, for orchestra
Composed by Aaron Copland
Performed by Boston Pops Orchestra
Conducted by Arthur Fiedler

# American Concertette for piano & orchestra Gavotte
Composed by Morton Gould
Performed by Boston Pops Orchestra
with Leo Litwin
Conducted by Arthur Fiedler

# American Concertette for piano & orchestra Blues
Composed by Morton Gould
Performed by Boston Pops Orchestra
with Leo Litwin
Conducted by Arthur Fiedler

# Rey Aquein
Composed by Research Composer
Performed by Boston Pops Orchestra
Conducted by Arthur Fiedler

# The Typewriter, for orchestra (with typewriters)
Composed by Leroy Anderson
Performed by Boston Pops Orchestra
Conducted by Arthur Fiedler

# George M Cohan Medley Give My Regards to Broadway
Composed by George M. Cohan
Performed by Boston Pops Orchestra
Conducted by Arthur Fiedler

# George M Cohan Medley Mary’s a Grand Old Name
Composed by George M. Cohan
Performed by Boston Pops Orchestra
Conducted by Arthur Fiedler

# George M Cohan Medley Little Nelly Kelly
Composed by George M. Cohan
Performed by Boston Pops Orchestra
Conducted by Arthur Fiedler

# George M Cohan Medley You’re a Grand Old Flag
Composed by George M. Cohan
Performed by Boston Pops Orchestra
Conducted by Arthur Fiedler

# George M Cohan Medley You Remind Me of My Mother
Composed by George M. Cohan
Performed by Boston Pops Orchestra
Conducted by Arthur Fiedler

# George M Cohan Medley Harrigan
Composed by George M. Cohan
Performed by Boston Pops Orchestra
Conducted by Arthur Fiedler

# George M Cohan Medley Yankee Doodle Dandy
Composed by George M. Cohan
Performed by Boston Pops Orchestra
Conducted by Arthur Fiedler

# In the Mood
Composed by Joseph C. Garland
Performed by Boston Pops Orchestra
Conducted by Arthur Fiedler

# Eleanor Rigby
Composed by John & Paul McCartney Lennon
Performed by Boston Pops Orchestra
Conducted by Arthur Fiedler

# Stardust
Composed by Hoagy Carmichael
Performed by Boston Pops Orchestra
Conducted by Arthur Fiedler

# Die Moritat von Mackie Messer (The Ballad of Mack the Knife), song for voice & piano (from “Die Dreigroschenoper”)
Composed by Kurt Weill
Performed by Boston Pops Orchestra
Conducted by Arthur Fiedler

# Love Is Blue
Composed by Andre Popp, Pierre Cour
Performed by Boston Pops Orchestra
Conducted by Arthur Fiedler

# Smoke Gets in Your Eyes, song (from “Roberta”)
Composed by Jerome Kern
Performed by Boston Pops Orchestra
Conducted by Arthur Fiedler

# Love Me Tender
Composed by Elvis Presley
Performed by Boston Pops Orchestra
Conducted by Arthur Fiedler

# The Syncopated Clock, for orchestra
Composed by Leroy Anderson
Performed by Boston Pops Orchestra
Conducted by Arthur Fiedler

# Laura (for the film, “Laura”) Laura
Composed by David Raksin
Performed by Boston Pops Orchestra
Conducted by Arthur Fiedler

# A Man and a Woman (Un homme et une femme), film score
Composed by Francis Lai
Performed by Boston Pops Orchestra
Conducted by Arthur Fiedler

# Moonlight Serenade
Composed by Glenn Miller
Performed by Boston Pops Orchestra
Conducted by Arthur Fiedler

# Nocturne (Transcription of Nocturnes Op 15 No 1 & Op 37 No 1 by Chopin)
Composed by Auguste Joseph Franchomme
Performed by Boston Pops Orchestra
Conducted by Arthur Fiedler

# La Virgen de la Macarena
Composed by Antonio Ortiz Calero
Performed by Boston Pops Orchestra
Conducted by Arthur Fiedler

# Youth Music, for string orchestra, Op. 12
Composed by Benjamin Frankel
Performed by Boston Pops Orchestra
Conducted by Arthur Fiedler

# Days of Wine and Roses
Composed by Henry Mancini
Performed by Boston Pops Orchestra
Conducted by Arthur Fiedler

# Mame, musical
Composed by Jerry Herman
Performed by Boston Pops Orchestra
Conducted by Arthur Fiedler

# I Left My Heart in San Francisco
Composed by Cory
Performed by Boston Pops Orchestra
Conducted by Arthur Fiedler

# You Are the Sunshine of My Life
Composed by Stevie Wonder
Performed by Boston Pops Orchestra
Conducted by Arthur Fiedler

# Jalousie, tango for orchestra
Composed by Jacob Gade
Performed by Boston Pops Orchestra
with Alfred Krips
Conducted by Arthur Fiedler

Must Have

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.