Erich Kunzel's 2007 tribute to the great Russian composers is a brilliant showcase that captures the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra at its most vibrant, and this multi-channel super audio CD offers exceptionally colorful music with extraordinarily realistic sound. The selections are among the most popular in the orchestral repertoire and are therefore already familiar to most listeners, in many cases from an early age. Indeed, who among us doesn't feel a twinge of sentiment or nostalgia for at least one of these tuneful and ...
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Erich Kunzel's 2007 tribute to the great Russian composers is a brilliant showcase that captures the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra at its most vibrant, and this multi-channel super audio CD offers exceptionally colorful music with extraordinarily realistic sound. The selections are among the most popular in the orchestral repertoire and are therefore already familiar to most listeners, in many cases from an early age. Indeed, who among us doesn't feel a twinge of sentiment or nostalgia for at least one of these tuneful and exotic pieces? Whether it's Borodin's perennially popular "Polovtsian Dances" from Prince Igor, Rimsky-Korsakov's magically orchestrated Capriccio Espagnol, Glinka's rousing "Overture" to Russlan and Ludmilla, or Tchaikovsky's breathless "Russian Dance" from The Nutcracker, there will be at least one and possibly several more pieces among the 11 here that will evoke fond memories. The program is completely accessible and largely Romantic in flavor, with only Prokofiev's March from The...
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