THE VERY BEST OF

JOHN WILLIAMS AND THE BOSTON POPS ORCHESTRA. (1995)

THE BOSTON POPS ORCHESTRA 

sous la Direction de JOHN WILLIAMS 

 

Album 4 CDs

Label : READER'S DIGEST MUSIC / POLYGRAM RECORDS

Réf. : 179C

Edition : 1995 READER'S DIGEST MUSIC (USA) 

Temps : 271'20

  

THE VERY BEST OF JOHN WILLIAMS AND THE BOSTON POPS ORCHESTRA

 

CD 1 :

A) America, the dream goes on :

 

1) LIBERTY FANFARE 4'12

2) America the beautiful*_WARD/BATES arr. COURAGE 3'07

3) This land is your land*_GUTHRIE arr. PHILLIPS 3'28

4) RICHARD RODGERS' waltzes :_RODGERS/HART/HAMMERSTEIN arr. ANDERSON 5'59

• Lover
• Falling in love with love
• Oh! what a beautiful mornin'
• It's a grand night for singing

5) MARCH from SUPERMAN 4'23

6) Fanfare for the common man_COPLAND 2'58

7) AMERICA, THE DREAM GOES ON*_BERGMAN 4'30

8) Hoedown from rodeo_COPLAND 3'27

9) Seventy-six trombones_WILLSON 2'58

 

B) The pops play a movie spectacular :

10) Theme from A summer place_STEINER/DISCANT arr. HOLDERIDGE 2'28

11) Singin' in the rain_FREED/BROWN arr. SALINGER/adapt. COURAGE 3'38

12) Over the rainbow_ARLEN/HARBURG arr. COURAGE 3'08

13) The trolley song_BLANE/MARTIN arr. SALINGER/adapt. COURAGE 3'25

14) Somewhere out there_HORNER/MANN/WEIL arr. OSSER 3'39

15) MARCH from RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK 5'27

16)A salute to FRED ASTAIRE :

_BERLIN/YOUMANS/ELISCU/KAHN/SCHWARTZ/DIETZ/

KERN/FIELDS/McHUGH/CONRAD/MAGIDSON arr. COURAGE 8'29

• Top hat, white tie and tails
• The carioca
• Dancing in the dark
• I won't dance
• The continental 

17) Theme from 2001 a space odyssey_STRAUSS 1'46

18) Theme from New York, New York_KANDER/EBB arr. BYERS 3'20

 

CD 2 :

C) Quiet night... with the pops :

1) Fantasia on greensleeves_VAUGHAN WILLIAMS adapt. GREAVES 4'36

2) Theme from Out of Africa_BARRY arr. REISMAN 2'55

3) Claire de lune_DEBUSSY arr. MOUTON/PISTON 4'33

4) Adagio for strings and Organ_ALBINONI arr. GIAZOTTO 6'23

 

D) Starlight swing... with the pops :

5) Sleepy lagoon_COATES arr. HAYMAN 2'45

6) A spring of pearls_GRAY arr. HAYMAN 3'08

7) Begin the beguine_PORTER arr. GRAY/MAY 3'14

8) Song of India_RIMSKY/KORSAKOV arr. SEBESKY 3'26

9) Sing, sing, sing_PRIMA arr. HAYMAN 3'58

 

E) The pops on Broadway :

10) Sophiticated ladies- A tribute to DUKE ELLINGTON_ELLINGTON/STRAYHORN/BIGARD/MILLS arr. BURNS 8'21

• Sophisticated lady
• Take the "A" train
• Mood indigo
• It don't mean a thing

11) Memory_LLOYD/WEBBER//NUNN/ELIOT arr. KNIGHT 4'29

12) There's no business like show business_BERLIN arr. STEVENS 3'22

13) Slaughter on tenth avenue_RODGERS arr. BENNETT 8'42

14) Overture to a chorus line_HAMLISCH 9'12

 

CD 3 :

F) The pops salute all-time popular favorites :

1) Ebb tide_MAXWELL/SIGMAN arr. MORLEY 4'00

2) More_ORTOLANI/OLIVIERO/NEWELL arr. HAYMAN 3'31

3) Here you come again_MANN/WEIL arr. SEBESKY 2'55

4) Unchained melody_ZARET/NORTH arr. HOLDERIDGE 3'38

5) The girl from Ipanema_DeMORAES/GIMBEL/JOBIM arr. HOLLENBECK 3'18

6) Theme from Summer of '42 (the summer knows)_LEGRAND/BERGMAN arr. KNIGHT 3'48

7) Friendly persuasion (thee i love)_TIOMKIN/WEBSTER arr. MORLEY 3'48

8) Where is your heart ? (the song from moulin rouge)_AURIC/ENGVICK 3'03

9) Love is a many-splendored thing_FAIN/WEBSTER arr. MORLEY 3'26

 

G) The pops around the world :

10) Never on sunday_HADJIDAKIS/TOWNE arr. HAYMAN 2'47

11) La bamba_Traditional/adapt. CLAUSON arr. HAYMAN 4'40

12) Irish tune from Country Derry (Danny Boy)_Traditional:WEATHERLY arr. GRAINGER 3'44

13) American medley :_BERNSTEIN/COMDEN/GREEN/SONDHEIM arr. RAMIN 7'39

• New York, New York
• Lonely town
• America

14) Tuxedo junction_JOHNSON/DASH/HAWKINS/FEYNE arr. HAYMAN 2'51

15) Fiddler on the roof medley :_BOCK/HARNICK adapt. WILLIAMS 7'22

• If i where a rich man
• To life
• Miracle of miracles
• Sunrise, sunset
• Matchmaker, matchmaker
• Tradition

16) Ciribiribin_PESTALOZZA/JAMES/LAWRENCE arr. OSSER 2'48

 

CD 4 :

H) Pops... go the classics :

1) Rhapsody in blue_GERSHWIN/ orch. GROFE 16'04

2) Pavane_FAURE 6'26

3) Orb and sceptre (Coronation march)_WALTON 6'48

4) The swan_SAINT-SAENS arr. VIDAL 3'05

 

I) A pops tribute to GERSHWIN :

5) An American in Paris_GERSHWIN arr. CAMPBELL/WATSON 18'39

 

J) Marching with the pops :

6) St. Louis blues march_HANDY 2'59

7) Under the double eagle_WAGNER 3'15

8) American salute (when Johnny comes marching home)_GOULD 4'27

9) Strike up the band_GERSHWIN 2'45

 

Musiques Composées par JOHN WILLIAMS

THE BOSTON POPS ORCHESTRA sous la Direction de JOHN WILLIAMS

*Avec THE TANGLEWOOD FESTIVAL CHORUS : JOHN OLIVER, Conductor