John Williams and the Boston Pops Orchestra - Conductor

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John Williams and the Boston Pops Orchestra - Conductor 20CD Sony

20 CD compilation by Sony consisting on as many albums, but only 12 conducting the Boston Pops Orchestra. This is the listing for the first 10 discs.
The remaining 10 are listed in the Part 2 of this page.

CD 1: MUSIC OF THE NIGHT - POPS ON BROADWAY
ORIGINAL RELEASE SONY CLASSICAL SK 45567 (1990)
John Williams conducts the Boston Pops Orchestra.
  1. Everything's Coming Up Roses from Gypsy (4:48) (Styne / Arr. Ramin)
  2. No One Is Alone from Into the Woods (4:05) (Sondheim / Arr. Morley)
  3. Gotta Dance - A Tribute To Jerome Robins: (9:59) Arranged by Ramin
    a. Gotta Dance from Look Ma, I'm Dancin' (Martin)
    b. Papa, Won't You Dance With Me from High Button Shoes (Styne)
    c. Tonight Quintet from West Side Story (Bernstein)
    d. Comedy Tonight from A Funny Thing Hapenned (Sondheim)
    e. Small World from Gypsy (Styne) 
    f. Rose's Turn from Gypsy (Styne)
    g. Sunrise, Sunset from Fiddler on the Roof (Bock) h. I'm Flying from Peter Pan (Charlap)
  4. I Dreamed a Dream from Les Misérables (4:17) (Schonberg / Arr. Stevens)
  5. Bernstein on Broadway: (7:59) (Bernstein / Arr. Ramin)
    a. New York, New York from On the Town  
    b. Lonely Town from On the Town   
    c. America from West Side Story
  6. The Music of the Night from Phamtom of the Opera (3:37) (Webber / Arr. Morley)
  7. Andrew Lloyd Webber Trilogy: (8:19) (Webber / Arr. Stevens)
    a. Don't Cry for Me, Argentina from Evita
    b. Memory from Cats
    c. Jellicle Songs for Jellicle Cats from Cats
  8. Send In The Clowns from A Little Night Music (2:57) (Sondheim / Arr. Knight)
  9. Let Me Entertain You: The Music of Jule Styne: (11:41) (Styne / Arr. Stevens)
    a. Together Wherever We Go from Gypsy  
    b. Just in Time from Bells are Ringing
    c. Make Someone Happy from Do Re Mi  
    d. The Party's Over from Bells are Ringing
    e. Let Me Entertain You from Gypsy  
    f. People from Funny Girl
  10. Suite from Miss Saigon: (6:49) (Schonberg / Arr. Brohn)
    a.Sun and Moon
    b. The American Dream
    c. The Last Night of the World
    d. This Is The Hour
  11. Love Changes Everything from Aspects of Love (4:35) (Webber / Arr. Hill)
  12. The Trolley Song from Meet Me in St. Louis (3:22) (Martin & Blane / Arr. Salinger, Courage)

CD 2: JOHN WILLIAMS CONDUCTS JOHN WILLIAMS: THE STAR WARS TRILOGY
ORIGINAL RELEASE SONY CLASSICAL SK 45947 (1980)
John Williams conducts the Skywalker Symphony Orchestra.
All tracks composed by John Williams.
  1. Star Wars: Main Theme (5:51)
  2. Star Wars: Princess Leia (4:43)
  3. Star Wars: The Little People (5:15)
  4. The Empire Strikes Back: The Imperial March (3:03)
  5. The Empire Strikes Back: Yoda's Theme (3:15)
  6. Return of the Jedi: Parade of the Ewoks (3:47)
  7. The Empire Strikes Back: The Asteroid Field (4:34)
  8. Return of the Jedi: Luke and Leia (4:59)
  9. Star Wars: The Cantina Band (2:16)
  10. tar Wars: Here They Come! (2:16)
  11. Return of the Jedi: Jabba the Hutt (3:07)
  12. Return of the Jedi: The Forest Battle (4:20)
  13. Star Wars: Throne Room (7:57)

CD 3: THE SPIELBERG/WILLIAMS COLLABORATION
ORIGINAL RELEASE SONY CLASSICAL SK 45997(1990)
John Williams conducts the Boston Pops Orchestra.
All tracks composed by John Williams.
  1. Raiders of the Lost Ark: Raiders's March (5:11)
  2. Always: Theme (5:31)
  3. E.T.: Adventures on Earth (9:47)
  4. Sugarland Express: Theme (3:36) Toots Thielmanns, harmonica
    Jaws:
  5. Theme (2:57)
  6. a. Out to Sea   b. The Shark Cage Fugue (4:23)
  7. Empire of the Sun: Exsultate Justi (4:57)
  8. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom: Parade of the Slave Children (4:52)
  9. E.T.: Over The Moon (2:11)
  10. 1941: March (4:12)
  11. Empire of the Sun: Cadillac of the Skies (4:59)
  12. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: Scherzo for Motorcycle and Orchestra (2:48)
  13. Close Encounters of the Third Kind: Excerpts (9:47)

CD 4: I LOVE A PARADE
ORIGINAL RELEASE SONY CLASSICAL SK 46747 (1991)
John Williams conducts the Boston Pops Orchestra.
  1. I Love a Parade (5:34) (Harold Arlen / Arr. Richard Hayman)
  2. Midway March (4:09) (John Williams)
  3. Washington Post March (2:36) (Meredith Wilson / Arr. Leroy Anderson)
  4. Seventy-Six Trombones (3:07) (John Philip Sousa)
  5. El Capitan (2:26) (John Philip Sousa)
  6. South Rampart Street Parade (5:18) (Steve Allen, Ray Bauduc, Robert Haggart / Arr. Billy May)
  7. Semper Fidelis (2:43) (John Philip Sousa)
  8. Liberty Bell March (3:36) (John Philip Sousa)
  9. Colonel Bogey March (3:00) (Kenneth J. Alford / Arr. Peter Bodge)
  10. Strike Up the Band (2:44) (George Gershwin / Arr. John Green)
  11. The Thunderer (2:44) (John Philip Sousa)
  12. Hands across the Sea (3:03) (John Philip Sousa)
  13. King Cotton (2:47) (John Philip Sousa)
  14. Pops on the March (4:51) (John Williams)
  15. Under the Double Eagle (Under dem Doppeladler) (3:20) (Josef Franz Wagner)
  16. The Stars and Stripes Forever (3:31) (John Philip Sousa)

CD 5: THE GREEN ALBUM
ORIGINAL RELEASE SONY CLASSICAL SK 48224 (1992)
John Williams conducts the Boston Pops Orchestra.
  1. God Bless America  (4:13) (Irving Berlin / Arr. Glenn Osser)
  2. Theme for Earth Day (4:16) (Patrick Williams)
  3. Shenandoah (2:45) (Traditional / Arr. Alexander Courage)
  4. This Land Is Your Land  (3:15) (Woody Guthrie / Arr. Joe Reisman)
  5. America (4:13) (Paul Simon / Arr. Angela Morley)
  6. Deep River (4:58) (Traditional / Arr. Robert De Cormier)
  7. On The Trail from Grand Canyon Suite (7:39) (Ferde Grofé)
  8. Simple Gifts from Appalachian Spring (5:38) (Aaron Copland)
  9. Make Our Garden Grow from Candide (3:46) (Leonard Bernstein; Richard Wilbur / Arr. Alexander Courage)
  10. Wind On The Water from The Last Whale (3:29) (Graham Nash / Arr. Angela Morley)
  11. The Green Leaves of Summer from The Alamo (3:23) (Dmitri Tiomkin / Arr. Joe Reisman)
  12. The Promise of Living from The Tender Land (5:39) (Aaron Copland; Horace Everett / Arr. Alexander Courage)
  13. Sunrise from Grand Canyon Suite (4:52) (Ferde Grofé)
  14. Appalachian Morning (4:24) (Paul Halley / Arr. Patrick Williams)
  15. America The Beautiful  (3:45) (Samuel A. Ward; Katherine L. Bates / Arr. Alexander Courage)

CD 6: JOY TO THE WORLD
ORIGINAL RELEASE SONY CLASSICAL SK 48232 (1992)
John Williams conducts the Boston Pops Orchestra.
  1. A Christmas Festival: (9:27) (Leroy Anderson / Arr. Alexander Courage)
    a. Joy to the World (Handel/Watts)  
    b. Deck the Halls (Traditional)   
    c. God rest Ye Merry, Gentelmen (Traditional)
    d. Good King Wansceslas (Cantiones - Neale)
    e  . Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Mendelssohn - Wesley)
    f. The First Noel (Traditional)    
    g. Silent Night (Gruber - Mohr)     
    h. Jingle Bells (Pierpoint)
    i. O come, All Ye Faithful (Reading - Wade)
  2. A Visit from Saint Nicholas ('Twas the Night before Christmas) (3:49) (Joe Reisman - Clement Moore) Robin Williams, narrator
  3. White Christmas (4:04) (Irving Berlin / Arr. Courage)
  4. March of the Toys from Babes in Toyland (3:44) (Victor Herbert)
  5. Somewhere in My Memory from Home Alone (3:46) (John Williams & Leslie Bricusse)
  6. Holiday Fight from Home Alone (1:09) (John Williams)
  7. A Christmas Bouquet: (10:34) (Alfred Burt / Arr. Courage)
    a. We'll Dress the House (poem by Wihla Hutson)   
    b. The Star Carol (poem by Wihla Hutson)
    c. Nigh Bethlehem (poem by Bates G. Burt)   
    d. Jesu Parvule (poem by Bates G. Burt)
    e. This Is Christmas (poem by Wihla Hutson)
  8. Parade of the Wooden Soldiers (4:25) (Leon Jessel / Arr. Gould)
  9. Star of Bethlehem from Home Alone (3:25) (John Williams & Leslie Bricusse / Arr. Neufeld)
  10. Christmas Night Medley: (9:14) Arranged by Angela Morley
    a. O Tannenbaum (Traditional)  
    b. I Go to Bethlehem (Traditional)  
    c. Still, Still, Still (Traditional)
    d. From Heaven above to Earth I Come (Bach - Luther)
    e. Foom, Foom, Foom (Traditional)
    f. O How Joyfully (Traditional)   
    g. O Holy Night (Adam - Roquemaure)
  11. We Wish You a Merry Christmas (1:55) (Traditional / Arr. Arthur Harris)
  12. Sleigh Ride (2:52) (Leroy Anderson)
  13. A Merry Little Sing-Along: (7:38) Arranged by Joe Reisman
    a. Rudolf the Red-Noised Reindeer (Marks)   
    b. Have Your Self a Merry little Christmas (Martin - Blane)  
    c. Let It Snow (Styne - Cahn)   
    d. The Christmas Song (Tormé - Wells)   
    e. Winter Wonderland (Bernard - Smith)
    f. Jingle Bells (Pierpoint)

CD 7: NIGHT AND DAY - CELEBRATE SINATRA
ORIGINAL RELEASE SONY CLASSICAL SK 47235 (1993)
John Williams conducts the Boston Pops Orchestra.
  1. You Make Me Feel So Young (3:23) (Myrow & Gordon / Arr. Osser)
  2. In The Wee Small Hours of the Morning (3:37) (Mann & Hilliard / Arr. Mishkin)
  3. Night and Day (3:34) (Porter / Arr. Morley)
  4. Witchcraft (3:09) (Coleman & Leight / Arr. Nestico)
  5. The Lady is a Tramp (3:26) (Rodgers & Hart / Arr. Perito)
  6. Strangers in the Night (2:51) (Kaempfert, Snyder, Singleton / Arr. Morley)
  7. I Have Dreamed (3:47) (Rodgers & Hammerstein II / Arr. Mishkin)
  8. Fly Me To The Moon (3:21) (Howard / Arr. Karam)
  9. New York, New York (3:18) (Kander & Ebb / Arr. Byers)
  10. Luck Be a Lady (3:16) (Loesser / Arr. Ramin)
  11. I Get a Kick Out of You (4:30) (Porter / Arr. Karam)
  12. Mack The Knife (Moritat) (3:04) (Weill & Brecht / Arr. Mason)
  13. The Shadow of Your Smile (2:55) (Mandel & Webster / Arr. Hayman)
  14. Softly, As I Leave You (2:32) (DeVita / Arr. May)
  15. Chicago (2:36) (Fisher / Arr. Nestico)
  16. The Summer Wind (Sommerwind) (2:52) (Mayer & Bradtke / Arr. Osser)
  17. One For My Baby (4:12) (Arlen & Mercer / Arr. Ramin)

CD 8: UNFORGETTABLE
ORIGINAL RELEASE SONY CLASSICAL SK 53380 (1993)
John Williams conducts the Boston Pops Orchestra.
  1. Unforgettable (3:33) (Gordon / Arr. Morley)
  2. My Funny Valentine (3:55) (Rodgers / Arr. Morley)
  3. Lover (3:24)
  4. The Way We Were (2:40) (Hamlisch / Arr. Knight)
  5. The Song Is You (4:34) (Kern / Arr. Hayman)
  6. Long ago and Far Away (3:23) (Kern / Arr. Courage)
  7. Satin Doll (3:32) (Ellington, Strayhorn / Arr. Hayman)
  8. Sophisticated Lady (3:18) (Ellington / Arr. Hayman)
  9. Begin the Beguine (3:40) (Porter / Arr. May)
  10. Stella by Starlight (2:50) (Young / Arr. Mason)
  11. Laura (5:07) (Raksin)
  12. Moonlight Serenade (4:02) (Miller / Arr. Hayman)
  13. 'S Wonderful (3:05) (Gershwin / Arr. Ramin)
  14. Evergreen (3:44) (Streisand / Arr. Hayman)
  15. Through The Eyes of Love (4:00) (Sager, Hamlisch / Arr. Byers)
  16. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (4:10) (Kern / Arr. Bodge)
  17. Star Dust (3:17) (Charmichael / Arr. Mason)

CD 9: MUSIC FOR STAGE AND SCREEN
ORIGINAL RELEASE SONY CLASSICAL SK 64147 (1994)
  1. Morning on the Ranch (4:41)
  2. The Gift (4:58)
  3. Dream March (2:30)
  4. Circus March (1:55)
  5. Walk to the Bunkhouse (2:49)
  6. Grandfather's Tale (4:47)
  7. Happy Ending (3:18)
    Suite from "Born on the Fourth of July" - John Williams
  8. I. Theme from "Born on the Fourth of July" (6:21)
  9. II. Cua Viet River, Vietnam 1968 (3:37)
  10. III. Massapequa... The Early Years (4:06)
  11. Quiet City for String, Trumpet and English Horn (10:35) (Aaron Copland) Tim Morrisson, trumpet
  12. The Reivers (18:42) (John Williams) (Text by Williams Faulkner, Narration adapted by Irving and Harriet Ravetch)

CD 10: IT DOESN'T MEAN A THING IF AIN'T GOT THAT SWING
ORIGINAL RELEASE SONY CLASSICAL SK 66294 (1994)
  1. Don't Be That Way (4:01) (Parish, Goodman, Sampson / Arr. May) Thomas Ferrant, clarinet
  2. Cherokee (2:52) (Noble / Arr. Nestico)
  3. I Can't Get Started (4:07) (I. Gershwin/V. Duke / Arr. Nestico) Nancy Wilson, vocalist
  4. One O'Clock Jump (3:15) (Count Basie / Arr. Nestico) Bob Winter, piano
  5. Marie (2:33) (Berlin / Arr. Morley) Norman Bolter, trombone
  6. Sing, Sing, Sing (8:21) (Prima, Goodman / Arr. Hyman) Thomas Ferrante, clarinet and Fred Buba, drums
  7. Frenesi (4:23) (Dominguez / Arr. May) Thomas Ferrante, clarinet
  8. Imagination (5:27) (Burke - van Heusen / Arr. Mishkin) Nancy Wilson, vocalist
  9. Little Brown Jug (3:20) (Winner / Arr. Nestico)
  10. Back Bay Shuffle (4:13) (McRae, Shaw / Arr. May) Thomas Ferrante, clarinet
  11. Trumpet Blues and Cantabile (3:11) (Matthias, James / Arr. May) Timothy Morrison, Thomas Rolfs, Bruce Hall, Thomas Smith, trumpets
  12. Green Eyes (3:30) (Utrera/Menendez / Arr. Mishkin) Timothy Morrison, trumpet
  13. Chattanooga Choo Choo (3:48) (Gordon/Warren / Arr. Hayman)
  14. Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy (2:42) (Prince, Raye / Arr. Hayman) Timothy Morrison, Thomas Rolfs, Bruce Hall, Thomas Smith, trumpets
  15. It Don't Mean a Thing (If You Ain't Got That Swing) (2:27) (Mills/Ellington / Arr. Nestico)) Nancy Wilson, vocalist and rhythm section with Bob Winter, piano - John Damian, guitar - Lawrence Wolfe, bass - Fred Buba, drums



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