[ Deutsche Grammophon Arthur Fiedler Legacy Series Vol 1 / 2 CD ]
Release Date: Thursday 1 November 2007
The Boston Pops is an American musical tradition. This set covers a tapestry of light classics from Charles Ives and George Gershwin to Scott Joplin and Leroy Anderson. Fiedler recordings previously unreleased on CD include: the massive orchestral suite from Bernstein's 'Mass'; Copland's expansive 'Outdoor Overture'; and a medley of 'Waltzes' by Richard Rodgers.
SOUSA: Stars and Stripes Forever March
COPLAND: An Outdoor Overture
IVES: Variations on 'America'
GERSHWIN: Rhapsody No. 2 for Piano and Orchestra,
BERNSTEIN: Overture (Candide)
BERNSTEIN: Music from 'Mass'
WILLSON: Seventy-Six Trombones (Music Man)
GERSHWIN: Three Preludes
GERSHWIN: Wintergreen for President (Of Thee I Sing)
GERSHWIN: Suite from Girl Crazy
RODGERS: Waltzes
ANDERSON: Forgotten Dreams
ANDERSON: A Trumpeter's Lullaby
ANDERSON: Bugler's Holiday
CARMICHAEL: Stardust
HARLINE: When You Wish Upon a Star
WRUBEL: Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah
JOPLIN: The Entertainer
JOPLIN: Sugar Cane Rag
JOPLIN: The Easy Winners
JOPLIN: Maple Leaf Rag
BLAKE: Charleston Rag
BERLIN: Alexander's Ragtime Band
BOWMAN: 12th Street Rag
BROOKS/MORTON:Darktown Strutter's Ball with interpolation of 'Jelly Roll Blues