A hard to find gem
vmzfla | 07/22/2003
(5 out of 5 stars)
"This album is great, if you can get your hands on it.
Hernando's hideaway is worth the search."
Authentic Fiedler/Boston Pops...
vmzfla | Orlando, Fl. | 07/01/2007
(4 out of 5 stars)
"The attraction to this disc perhaps more than many other Boston Pops issues is that it follows Arturo(as Toscanini affectionately called him)
Fiedler's original program formula. That is to take well known classics ("Greensleeves", "Merry Widow" Waltz ) and not so well known classics("The Bohemian Girl"Over.)and combine them with familiar "pop" tunes,("Moonglow", "Hernando's Hideaway") for a potpourri of a concert. Though recorded in 1958 as part of RCA's Living Stereo Series, the top notch digital remastering makes for a most inviting listening experience. The type of experience that could convert people to life time appreciaters of classical music. Everything played here comes off professionally polished. Long time pops arranger Richard Hayman's version of "Hernando's Hideaway" is absolutely the best I've ever heard! Only the less than 45min. running time by today's standards, prevented me from awarding a 5th. star."