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I Love a Parade John Williams

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As a former high school and college marching band member, I remember playing many of these marches, and listening to them done by the Boston Pops is fantastic. I love the arrangements. I bought a tape of this cd on impulse, and now I plan to buy the cd for myself and another for one of my brothers. I have been listening to it every time I get in my car. Marches really do make most people feel good, I think. I would recommend this to anyone.

If you like the sounds of American music at its best then this is the C.D.to own in your collection. The Boston Pops has 16 of the best march tunes around on the c.d. From 76 Trombones to the Liberty Bell March to The Stars and Strips Forever, this is a highly recommended C.D.! Enjoy!

After being at a summer spectacular event where the fireworks were coordinated with upbeat "march" music, I set out to find a CD that contained similar songs. I found "I Love A Parade" to be the prefect solution. The Boston Pops are great to begin with and this collection of songs is no different! I have it in the CD player and have it playing in the background when we have BBQ's or dinner parties and people always ask where I got it! Bottom line, it's a fun, upbeat collection that reminds us of simpler times and what it means to be proud of our country!

The performances of this music, all of which is top-quality material, are generally quite good, and some are great - but something is missing. There is a presence and brilliance missing that these pieces need to shine. It may be the recording quality, the engineering, or maybe the conductor, but where the music should ring and blaze and knock your socks off, it doesn't. The brass and percussion sound weak and too far back. Overall, it is a bit too mellow, too recessed, too soft.

It isn't because of Symphony Hall in Boston - despite its rich acoustics, Arthur Fiedler made plenty of recordings here with this band, for RCA and Decca and Deutsche Grammophon, that are bright and snazzy and dazzling. In fact, John Williams has made several excellent recordings here that are impressive in their own right, notably for Philips. My guess is that Sony engineers miscalculated the space and got it wrong, or else Williams somehow miscalculated the dynamics needed for the recording. In any case, there are lots of recordings available of this music, including with the same orchestra and conductor, that surpass this one. Try the 1980's Philips/Polygram recordings by this orchestra.

If your looking for fun music to listen to to this is the cd to get. I play the trombone and its fun to listen to these great players.

Nothing here except a grand collage of patriotic music. Many of the pieces were tunes I immediately recognized but didn't know the exact titles, many of which you may hear on Inauguration Day or Memorial Day or Independence Day. Most surprising of all for me was the "Colonel Bogey March". The name may not mean much, but it is the famous whistle-tune from THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI, and parodied in THE PARENT TRAP.

My complaints are minor and few. In fact, they are probably the some as most other people's: why wasn't Such-And-Such included? And there's always going to be something they could have or should have included in a CD like this. But as patriotic CDs are concerned this is one of the best.

This CD contains a varied and enjoyable program of marches. The sound is very good. When a symphony orchestra plays marches, strange things happen. The example that comes to mind is Mantovani doing THE YELLOW ROSE OF TEXAS. I find these interpretations to be of medium quality, except for numbers such as WASHINGTON POST MARCH, EL CAPITAN, SEMPER FIDELIS and LIBERTY BELL MARCH. Williams has given us here the best versions of these that I have ever heard. His tempo is quite unique - like the music almost necomes danceable. For a sharper sound of military marches, check out the Frederick Fennell recordings.

I wanted a CD of rousing marches, but this doesn't sound like it could get anyone out of their seat.

As far as a patriotic cd goes, this is one that you will probably want to kill for. Just kidding! This is a great selection of patriotic music. The orchestra gives a great performance of these masterful songs. I personally rather listen to beautiful romantic love songs than patriotic songs, but this music is an important part of American history and i think we need it.

I WOULD LUKE WARMLY RECOMMEND THIS CD