Pops A La Яusse (1990)
John Williams & Boston Pops Orchestra



Composed by Rimsky-Korsakov, Borodin, Tchaikovsky,
Moussorgsky, Prokofiev, Khatchaturian, Shostakovich, Gli�re.
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FLAC / MP3 320 kbps


During 4th to 7th of June, 1988, in Boston, John Williams conducted the Boston Pops Orchestra performing a selection of works by great Russian classical composers, and two years later the album Pops A La Russe was released. Strangely, there are almost no educated reviews of it, so here is mine:


Let's suppose that you want to impress someone by looking like you know about classical music and (s)he doesn't know a bean about it. You need something that sounds attractive and not very popular. You could fire up this album, and when asked what that great music is, reply, pretending pleased suprise: "Oh, that's Rimsky-Korsakov's Procession Of The Nobles, from Mlada, the name of a Russian princess"; or "Yes, the Dance Of The Maidens from Borodin's Prince Igor. You really have good musical taste". On the other hand, if there's no comment about any of the two first tracks, you know you have to set up a lowpass filter to that relationship. ��

Now seriously: I was looking for this simply because it's John Williams & Pops, but enjoyed the music many times since I found the album in youtube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlEIlq1lRds); and being difficult to get elsewhere, I thought I'd share it despite the low bitrate.

Edit: Finally, I got it in FLAC and encoded MP3 from it. The scans are the same as before.


Tracklist:


Track Title | Composer Duration
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1. Mlada, Procession Of The Nobles | Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov 4:30
2. Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances: Presto (Dance Of The Maidens) | Alexander Borodin 2:20
3. Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances: Andantino (Dances With Chours) | Alexander Borodin 3:47
4. Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances: Allegro | Alexander Borodin 2:17
5. Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances: Presto | Alexander Borodin 5:48
6. None But The Lonely Heart | Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky 3:51
7. The Snow Maiden: Dance Of The Buffons | Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov 3:45
8. Night On The Bare Mountain | Modeste Moussorgsky 11:44
9. Lieutenant Kije: Troika | Serge Prokofiev 3:05
10. Gayaneh: Dance Of The Young Maidens | Aram Khatchaturian 2:11
11. Gayaneh: Lullaby | Aram Khatchaturian 5:18
12. Gayaneh: Sabre Dance | Aram Khatchaturian 2:35
13. String Quartet No. 2 In D: Nocturne | Alexander Borodin 7:49
14. The Golden Age: Polka | Dmitri Shostakovich 2:34
15. The Red Poppy: Russian Sailor's Dance | Reinhold Gli�re 3:39



Download links:

The files are compressed into 7-zip (https://www.7-zip.org) archives. Type smirnoff to extract them.

- FLAC (https://ulozto.net/!RXBWWv96HdrH/palr-7z) (288.4 MiB)
- MP3 320 kbps (https://ulozto.net/!OLSlgFQUYkJp/palrm-7z) (155.4 MiB)


Enjoy.

I followed your advice, in the hope that my wife (after 27 years of marriage)
would make no comment, but, alas, she asked for a copy and she is listening
to it for the 5th time.
What shall I do now?

Thank you very much for sharing this album.

LOL :DDD
Clearly, you nailed it by choosing her (or rather, being chosen by her). I'm really glad to read that, and it's not difficult to believe, because I listened to it also several times in a row. You are very welcome. :)

Thanks !

Cool stuff, thanks for sharing!

Thank you for the 320 kbps, my friend!
I will test my wife again (after 31 years of marriage).
But first I'm going to offer her a bottle of Smirnoff.

Good idea, my friend, change must go on! And the inclusion of ethanol may bring interesting discoveries. But I suspect that your experiments might have the same result as those that tried to prove the existence of luminiferous ether: failure after failure after failure.

Be prepared. Be strong.

xD

Thank you

Many thanks!

Thanks, I missed that one.

Great upgrade Kooke! I am glad we have you back for good.

Hello !
Could you re-up, please ?
Many thanks in advance ;)

liens hs

link doesn�t work
Can you repost it?

Sure, I will, hopefully in a few hours. And this time, dedicated to jacksbrain, in FLAC too. :)

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Edit:

Uploaded FLAC and MP3 from it. No changes in scans.

@Petros: Just one year later, there's no need to torment yourself with a new test, my friend. Our thoughts are with you.

Lot of thanks!

THANK YOUUUUUUUU !!!

Downloading as I'm typing this. Can't wait to see what my husband of (almost) 40 years thinks of this, as Petros has experienced with his wife …

My thanks for this! I'm a great fan of Russian composers, John Williams, and the Bostom Pops. Killer combination!

I'm sure he will pass the test, TheCountess. Still, as sure things go wrong sometimes, in case he ended up spending the night on the bare couch, there's a second chance: a play of "None But The Lonely Heart" will bring total surrender before it finishes. Money back guarantee!

You're welcome, friends. Enjoy, and feel free to post links to other threads of Russian composers you like.

thank yoi

Great share, Kooke! Thank you very much!

Thanks a lot.

Thanks!

Thank you for this gem of a find,my friend!

I missed it all these years at this forum and the link still works. Awesome.

These old treasure are beautifully played, and even my wife who doesn't usually have the patience for classical music was hooked on some of the tracks. Thank you so much for sharing Kooke!

Thanks a lot!

Thank you!

Geoblocking - Do you have any other hoster but ulozto.net?

Despite a variety of proxyfree plattforms I was not able to download the file.

Boston Pops is always welcome. Thanks a billion!!!

You're welcome, friends. I'm glad you and your loved ones enjoyed it (congrats, Yen_ :) ).

RudiRe: I've sent you a PM. Anyone else experiencing geoblock to uloz, please PM me.

Link bybpassed and rep given. Thank you very much.

Fantastic, RudiRe; you're welcome. I'll bounce to you the rep and think about changing to a different upload service if there are more blocked users.

Thank you so much for sharing Kooke!!