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Erich Kunzel and the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra bring us a remarkable performance of select masterpieces from Tchaikovsky, including the well-known 1812 Overture, complete with live cannon recordings.

Erich Kunzel and the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra bring us a remarkable performance of select masterpieces from Tchaikovsky, including the well-known 1812 Overture, complete with live cannon recordings.

The Cincinnati Pops is one of America's favorite orchestras, playing classical hits, orchestral versions of pop and jazz, movie themes and show tunes.

Movies let the imagination soar. Entire worlds of fantasy are brought to the screen to thrill, excite, lift us above the everyday, and remain embedded in our hearts and minds. This collection of GREAT FILM FANTASIES by Erich Kunzel and The Cincinnati Pops Orchestra gathers together music from some of cinema greatest flights of imagination - Star Wars, Harry Potter, and The Lord Of The Rings. Just close your eyes and then the world of fantasy to be with you.

The Cincinnati Pops is one of America's favorite orchestras, playing classical hits, orchestral versions of pop and jazz, movie themes and show tunes. This rootin'-tootin' salute to Westerns on TV and movie screens was the most popular demonstration disc at the 1987 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

This is a good, solid pops recording; a disc that's fun to hear. It's not necessarily for hardcore jazzheads or swing dancers, but might be just the thing to introduce some of these classic tunes to folks who think they don't like jazz. Most of these tracks don't swing hard, but there are a few that even a dedicated dancer would want to try out.

This is a good, solid pops recording; a disc that's fun to hear. It's not necessarily for hardcore jazzheads or swing dancers, but might be just the thing to introduce some of these classic tunes to folks who think they don't like jazz. Most of these tracks don't swing hard, but there are a few that even a dedicated dancer would want to try out.

The Cincinnati Pops is one of America's favorite orchestras, playing classical hits, orchestral versions of pop and jazz, movie themes and show tunes. This rootin'-tootin' salute to Westerns on TV and movie screens was the most popular demonstration disc at the 1987 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

From the moment Arthur Fiedler lifted his baton in 1964 to lead the Boston Pops in a wild, surprisingly effective arrangement of "I Want To Hold Your Hand," symphony orchestras have tried to include Beatles music in their "pops" song bags. The trouble is, the Beatles' brilliant original recordings are so indelibly embedded in our collective mental hard drives that they are a tough act to follow – despite the high quality of the songs on their own merits, despite the good intentions of those who pay them homage. So it is with Erich Kunzel, the Cincinnati Pops and the British early music/classical/pop vocal sextet The King's Singers – an undoubtedly sincere labor that gets it all wrong. From this album, a visitor from Saturn would get the idea that the Beatles' music was all about pretty tunes and satin-smooth harmonies.

From the moment Arthur Fiedler lifted his baton in 1964 to lead the Boston Pops in a wild, surprisingly effective arrangement of "I Want To Hold Your Hand," symphony orchestras have tried to include Beatles music in their "pops" song bags. The trouble is, the Beatles' brilliant original recordings are so indelibly embedded in our collective mental hard drives that they are a tough act to follow – despite the high quality of the songs on their own merits, despite the good intentions of those who pay them homage. So it is with Erich Kunzel, the Cincinnati Pops and the British early music/classical/pop vocal sextet The King's Singers – an undoubtedly sincere labor that gets it all wrong. From this album, a visitor from Saturn would get the idea that the Beatles' music was all about pretty tunes and satin-smooth harmonies.