Boston Pops Orchestra, John Williams - Swing Swing Swing

If You Like Music, You Like This

When discussing this album with a friend who happens to like the same kind of music as I do ("the good kind," as Arthur Fiedler once put it), he explained that he preferred the "old" recordings with their "more authentic" sound quality.

Frankly I don't know what makes that "more authentic," when what you hear on those scratchy old records is almost nothing like what great music was actually played in the recording studio. I, for one, prefer the high fidelity of modern recording equipment, but I suppose its a matter of taste. It's the only matter I can't argue against, since if you do not like the Boston Pops Orchestra - John Williams, Keith Lockhart, Arthur Fiedler, or whoever - your tastes are so radically different from mine that I can't say what to recommend to you. August 11, 2007

Swing--never gone!

Great to have these to give as gifts to our swingers who don't age! May 12, 2007

SWING, SWING, SWING- The Boston Pops

Listening to this great album clearly demonstrates that John Williams continued Arthur Fiedler's great work in the Boston Pops. "Sleepy Lagoon" is my favorite in the gorgeous repertoire of this great compilation. I highly recommend it, especially for lovers of the big band era. March 14, 2007

Let's dance...

Je suis un certain "fan" des Boston pops,sachant que sur Amazon, je pouvais me procurer ce CD qui est discontinué dans les magasins de musique,je ne pouvais que mettre la main sur ce chef-d'oeuvre musical, qui nous donne la frénésie et l'envie de danser sur ces vieux succes, repris par les "POPS".Un incontournable selon moi.John Williams est un des meilleurs conducteur des Boston Pops et Swing Swing Swing, le démontre tres bien. November 10, 2006

Excelente

Boston Pops logra hacer toda la musica genial, nos acerca a distintos esquemas y logra llamar nuestra atencion.
John Williams por su parte aficionado y experto en swing, jazz y otras yendencias, ademas de creador y genial director hace que todo esto sea eficazmente alucinante y envolvente. Las obras incluidas suenan genial y son grandiosas. La orquesta logra un sonido sorprendente, percucion, saxo, trompetas y todos los vientos, sonidos llamativos, que rememoran lo mejor de Glenn Miller.
Williams ademas de dirigir a los Boston Pops de manera soberbia compuso una breve obra, casi un meddley, que es sutilmente un homenaje.
Disfruten de este CD genial, entretenido y que los hara bailar o recordar. December 14, 2004

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