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A Celebration (2 CD) John Williams & The Boston Pops Orchestra CD
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  • 1. Star Wars -- Main Theme
  • 2. Star Wars -- Princess Leia
  • 3. E.T. -- The Flying Theme
  • 4. Superman -- March
  • 5. Superman -- Love Theme
  • 6. Raiders of the Lost Ark -- March
  • 7. Chariots of Fire -- Main Theme
  • 8. Gone With The Wind -- Tara Theme
  • 9. A Summer Place -- Main Theme
  • 10. The Pink Panther -- Main Theme
  • 11. Never on Sunday
  • 12. Meet Me In St Louis -- The Trolley Song
  • 13. Singin' In The Rain -- Main Theme
  • 14. Pops Salutes the Oscars
  • 15. Close Encounters of the Third Kind -- Suite
  • 1. Candide -- Overture
  • 2. New York, New York -- Main Theme
  • 3. A Little Night Music -- Night Waltz * Send in the clowns
  • 4. Cats -- Memory
  • 5. Annie Get Your Gun -- There's no business like show business
  • 6. Gigi, The night they invented champagne
  • 7. Sleepy Lagoon
  • 8. Moonlight Serenade
  • 9. Satin Doll
  • 10. In the Mood
  • 11. Sing, sing, sing
  • 12. A Chorus Line -- Overture
  • 13. 76 Trombones
  • 14. Unchained Melody
  • 15. America Medley
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A Celebration (2 CD) by John Williams & The Boston Pops Orchestra on CD


Celebration, John Williams' 2012 release on Decca, is a double-disc sampler of his recordings from the 1980s with the Boston Pops Orchestra that also serves as a kind of snapshot album of the conductor and composer. The first disc is entirely devoted to film music, and Williams' popular scores are well-represented by excerpts from Star Wars, E.T., Superman, Raiders of the Lost Ark, and Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Williams shares the limelight with other prolific film composers, notably Max Steiner and Henry Mancini, and the longest track, Pops Salutes the Oscars, is an evocative medley of familiar movie themes, including When You Wish Upon a Star, Moon River, The Way We Were, and The Shadow of Your Smile. For the second CD, Williams turns to the orchestra's repertoire of Broadway hits that have enlivened pops concerts for years. Overtures from Candide and A Chorus Line frame a series of arrangements of songs from musicals and the swing era, such as "Send in the Clowns," "Memory," and "There's No Business Like Show Business," while the closing America Medley by Leonard Bernstein draws on the musicals On the Town and West Side Story. Fans of Williams and the Boston Pops will already know their exuberant playing and entertaining programming, and newcomers will find this package to be a fun introduction. ~ Blair Sanderson, Rovi
  • Label: Umgd/Decca
  • Genre: Classical, Stage & Screen, Classical, Stage & Screen, Easy Listening, Classical
  • Style: Modern, Soundtracks, Classical Crossover, Movie Themes, Orchestral Pop, Crossover
  • Album Time: 147:58

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  • A Celebration (2 CD) John Williams & The Boston Pops Orchestra CD
A Celebration (2 CD) John Williams & The Boston Pops Orchestra CD