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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Stars and Stripes For Ever: An American Concert Boston Pops Orchestra, Arthur Fieldler [ Deutsche Grammophon Arthur Fiedler Legacy Series Vol 1 / 2 CD - released 1/Nov/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... |
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JOHN WILLIAMS
Star Wars - Return of the Jedi [remastered] The Boston Pops Orchestra, John Williams [ Decca CD / CD - released 1/Aug/2019 ] This collection has a lot going for it. Musically, it sounds gorgeous; Williams turned in a score incorporating layer upon layer of thematic elements, risking a tendency toward composing music that was too ornate. |
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JOHN WILLIAMS
Star Wars - The Last Jedi The Boston Pops Orchestra, John Williams [ Decca CD / CD - released 1/Aug/2019 ] Jedi Master-in-hiding Luke Skywalker unwillingly attempts to guide young hopeful Rey in the ways of the force, while Leia, former princess turned general, attempts to lead what is left of the Resistance away from the ruthless tyrannical grip of the... |
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Boston So/Davis
Sibelius: Symphonies 5 & 7/En [ Pentatone / Hybrid SACD - released 9/Jun/2008 ] |
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Boston So/Koussevitzky
Great Conductors: Koussevitzky [ Naxos Historical / CD - released 31/Dec/2001 ] |
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JEAN SIBELIUS
Sibelius: Symphony No 7 / Tapiola BBC Symphony Orchestra; Boston Symphony Orchestra, Sergey Koussevitzky [ Naxos Historical Great Conductors / CD - released 2/Feb/2004 ] "..of his Seventh Symphony and will not be disappointed. It is finely shaped and superbly paced. A Festival Hall performance from 1963, it is well worth rescuing from oblivion. Good sound too." Penguin Guide |
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Boston So/Munch
Menotti: Maria Golovin/Violin [ Naxos Historical / 2 CD - released 10/Oct/2011 ] |
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RAVEL
Daphnis et Chloe, La Valse & Bolero [with works by Debussy] Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Bernard Haitink [ Decca Ballet Edition / 2 CD - released 5/Nov/2012 ] This collection brings together all the ballets by the two so-called Impressionistic composers, Ravel and Debussy, in recordings by Bernard Haitink. Ravel's masterpiece is the three act ballet Daphnis et Chloé, commissioned by Diaghilev, with... |
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Boston So/Wakao
Oboe Quartets & Quintets [ Pentatone / Hybrid SACD - released 7/Jul/2003 ] |
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Boston Spaceships
Let it Beard (Vinyl) [ Guided By Voices / 2 LP - released 17/Oct/2011 ] Robert Pollard has called the epic 2011 double-LP 'Let It Beard' "a subconscious concept album about the sorry state of rock 'n' roll". |
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Boston Spaceships
Planets are Blasted [ GBV / CD - released 30/Mar/2009 ] Following a four-star review in Mojo and a successful whirlwind US tour, Boston Spaceships return to Earth just five months later with their sophomore album! |
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CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Debussy: Chamber Music (Incls Violin Sonata, Cello Sonata, Sonata for Flute, Viola and Harp, etc) Boston Symphony Chamber Players [ Deutsche Grammophon Australian Eloquence / CD - released 27/Jul/2005 ] 'remarkably transparent [Prelude] ... an attractive collection' (Penguin Guide to CDs) |
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IGOR STRAVINSKY
Bernstein Conducts Stravinsky Boston Symphony, London Symphony, New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein [ Sony Classical / 6 CD Box Set - released 21/May/2021 ] "Bernstein was an incomparably great Stravinsky interpreter, certainly a better conductor than the composer himself, and this set of his complete recordings for Sony has more than it's share of reference versions." ClassicsToday |
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DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Symphonies; Concertos; Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk District Boston Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons, with Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Yuja Wang (piano), Thomas Rolfs (trumpet), Baiba Skride (violin) [ Deutsche Grammophon / 19 CD Box Set - released 18/Jul/2025 ] The Boston Symphony Orchestra and their music director Andris Nelsons announce their upcoming album, on which they present their acclaimed Shostakovich symphony cycle to mark the 50th anniversary of the composer's death in 1975. . |
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CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS / CLAUDE DEBUSSY / JACQUES IBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: A Hi-Fi Spectacular Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch [ RCA Victor Living Stereo / CD - released 6/Dec/1993 ] "..the real value of this disc lies in the Debussy. This has to be one of the most sensitive of all La mers, fluent and fluid with a real francophile feel to the dancing rhythms - this is a real Frenchman's response to the sea" MusicWeb |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphonies 1 - 9 (5 CD set) Boston Symphony Orchestra, Erich Leinsdorf [ Sony Classical Masters / CD - released 20/May/2012 ] "The recording is atmospheric in the Boston manner, and with Dynagroove makes even small machines give an impression of opulence." (Gramophone on the LP release) |
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PROKOFIEV
Symphony No.2 in D minor, Op.40 / Symphony No.6 in E flat minor, Op.111 Boston Symphony Orchestra / Erich Leinsdorf [ Testament / CD - released 24/Oct/2005 ] The Boston Symphony had a close relationship with Prokofiev. Their great conductor, Serge Koussevitzky conducted première of the Second Symphony in Paris and commissioned Fourth for the orchestra’s fiftieth anniversary along with other... |
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PROKOFIEV
Symphony No.5 in B flat, Op.100 / Symphony No.3 in C minor Op 44 Boston Symphony Orchestra / Erich Leinsdorf [ Testament / CD - released 24/Oct/2005 ] The Boston Symphony had a close relationship with Prokofiev. Their great conductor, Serge Koussevitzky conducted the première of the Second Symphony in Paris and commissioned the Fourth for the orchestra's fiftieth anniversary. |
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PIOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky - Symphonies 1 'Winter Daydreams', 2 "Little Russian", 4 / 'Nutcracker' Suite Boston Symphony Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas [ Deutsche Grammophon Eloquence / 2 CD - released 16/Mar/2017 ] "The New Philharmonia play with precision and polish … and on recording quality this DGG version […] is clearly the smoothest and most faithful" Gramophone Symphony No 2 |
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DEBUSSY
Images / Nocturnes / Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune Boston Symphony Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas & Claudio Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon SBS Eloquence / CD - released 10/Jan/2014 ] "Abbado's account of the Nocturnes is one of the finest in the catalogue ... The playing of the Boston Orchestra is immensely polished but not glossy, and there is a naturalness about this performance that also distinguishes the recording" Penguin |