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Fun fact, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Danny Devito and Ivan Reitman got their biggest paycheques from the film Twins. They all did the film for cheap and took back end payouts from the profits.
Arthur Fiedler was truly a consummate musician in every way. He chose the pops route because he was good at it, it paid well, and frankly......it's just plain FUN. However, Fiedler made many a classical recording and I've never heard a single one that I didn't find totally musical and compelling. He really knew what he was doing on the podium. Why RCA/Sony (or whoever) hasn't put together a Big Box of Fiedler's classical recordings is beyond me. I would jump on it in a heartbeat. Yes...I could do without the Boston Pops does Beatles and Saturday Night Fiedler, but I would treasure every single one of his classical and light classical recordings. If you haven't heard Fiedler's Dvorak 9th Symphony, you're in for a real treat.
I just finished reading Eliot Weisman’s book (The Way It Was) - he managed both Sinatra and Steve & Eydie. He described the recording of the Duets albums in some detail. The artists all recorded separately from Frank. So Frank was not there when Steve & Eydie recorded their part. The engineers, etc. did a fabulous job of putting it all together!
You know it's kind of funny I remember watching this when I was a little boy live on PBS and I grew up in Providence and because of this show I became a big fan of classical music and of Arthur Fiedler is to this day still my favorite conductor and my favorite composer of all time John Williams thank you all for your time happy Fourth of July 2024
