The Very Best of John Williams and the Boston Pops Orchestra

~ Release by John Williams, Boston Pops Orchestra (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

1▶CD: America, the Dream Goes On / Pops Play a Movie Spectacular
2▼CD: Quiet Night... With the Pops / Starlight Swing... With the Pops / The Pops on Broadway
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1Fantasia on "Greensleeves"
engineer:
Erdo Groot (sound engineer for recordings of classical music) (in 1986-06)
producer:
George Korngold (producer) and John McClure (recording engineer and record producer)
editor:
Amelia Rogers
flute:
Leone Buyse (American classical flautist) (in 1986-06)
orchestra:
Boston Pops Orchestra (in 1986-06)
conductor:
John Williams (American score composer and conductor) (in 1986-06)
arranger:
Ralph Greaves
balance engineer:
Onno Scholtze (sound engineer) (in 1986-06)
recorded at:
Symphony Hall (Boston) in Boston, Massachusetts, United States (in 1985-06)
recording of:
Fantasia on “Greensleeves” (in 1986-06)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (from 1924 until 1928)
arranger:
Ralph Greaves (in 1934)
publisher:
Oxford University Press (in 1936)
is based on:
Greensleeves (generic entry for traditional and unknown arrangements)
is based on:
Lovely Joan (traditional English folk song)
is based on:
Sir John in Love
Ralph Vaughan Williams4:39
2Theme from "Out of Africa"
producer:
Job Maarse
orchestra:
Boston Pops Orchestra (in 1988-05, on 1988-06-04)
conductor:
John Williams (American score composer and conductor) (in 1988-05, on 1988-06-04)
arranger:
Joseph Reisman
balance engineer:
John McClure (recording engineer and record producer) (in 1988-05)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Philips Classics Productions (not for release label use!—classical music division of Polygram, reorganized as Philips Music Group in 1997) (in 1989)
recorded at:
Symphony Hall (Boston) in Boston, Massachusetts, United States (on 1988-05-18, on 1988-06-04)
instrumental recording of:
The Music of Goodbye (Love Theme from “Out of Africa” introduced in 1987) (from 1988-05-18 until 1988-06-04)
lyricist:
Alan Bergman (American lyricist) and Marilyn Bergman
composer:
John Barry (English score composer)
part of:
Out of Africa (soundtrack of the 1985 film)
John Barry2:58
3Clair de Lune
producer:
John McClure (recording engineer and record producer)
orchestra:
Boston Pops Orchestra (in 1985-06)
conductor:
John Williams (American score composer and conductor) (in 1985-06)
arranger:
Henri-Pierre-Edouard Mouton (composer) and Walter Piston (American composer)
recorded at:
Symphony Hall (Boston) in Boston, Massachusetts, United States (in 1985-06)
recording of:
Clair de lune from Suite bergamasque (orch. Mouton) (in 1985-06)
orchestrator:
Henri Mouton (composer)
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer) (from 1890 until 1905)
orchestration of:
Suite bergamasque, L. 75, CD 82 : III. Clair de lune (for piano)
Claude Debussy4:36
4Adagio for Strings and Organ
producer:
John McClure (recording engineer and record producer)
violin:
Max Hobart (in 1985-06)
orchestra:
Boston Pops Orchestra (in 1985-06)
conductor:
John Williams (American score composer and conductor) (in 1985-06)
recorded at:
Symphony Hall (Boston) in Boston, Massachusetts, United States (in 1985-06)
recording of:
Adagio for Strings and Organ in G minor (in 1985-06)
composer:
Remo Giazotto
previously attributed to:
Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni (Italian Baroque composer)
publisher:
Ricordi London (Casa Ricordi sublabel for Classical music) and Zomba Music Publishers Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Zomba Music Publishing)
Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni6:27
5Sleepy Lagoon
engineer:
Stanley Goodall (engineer) and John Newton (editor, engineer mixer)
producer:
John McClure (recording engineer and record producer)
solo flute:
Leone Buyse (American classical flautist) (in 1984-05)
orchestra:
Boston Pops Orchestra (in 1984-05)
conductor:
John Williams (American score composer and conductor) (in 1984-05)
arranger:
Richard Hayman
recorded at:
Symphony Hall (Boston) in Boston, Massachusetts, United States (in 1984-05)
recording of:
By the Sleepy Lagoon (BBC Desert Island Discs theme) (in 1984-05)
lyricist:
Jack Lawrence (US songwriter) (in 1940)
composer:
Eric Coates (composer) (in 1930)
Eric Coates2:46
6A String of Pearls
engineer:
Stanley Goodall (engineer) and John Newton (editor, engineer mixer)
producer:
John McClure (recording engineer and record producer)
solo trumpet:
Charles Daval (in 1984-05)
orchestra:
Boston Pops Orchestra (in 1984-05)
conductor:
John Williams (American score composer and conductor) (in 1984-05)
arranger:
Richard Hayman
recorded at:
Symphony Hall (Boston) in Boston, Massachusetts, United States (in 1984-05)
instrumental recording of:
A String of Pearls (in 1984-05)
lyricist:
Eddie DeLange
composer:
Jerry Gray (US big band arranger and conductor)
publisher:
Chappell & Co. and Scarsdale Music (ASCAP)
Eddie DeLange, Jerry Gray3:11
7Begin the Beguine
engineer:
Stanley Goodall (engineer) and John Newton (editor, engineer mixer)
producer:
John McClure (recording engineer and record producer)
solo clarinet:
Thomas Ferrante (in 1984-05)
orchestra:
Boston Pops Orchestra (in 1984-05)
conductor:
John Williams (American score composer and conductor) (in 1984-05)
arranger:
Jerry Gray (US big band arranger and conductor) and Billy May
recorded at:
Symphony Hall (Boston) in Boston, Massachusetts, United States (in 1984-05)
instrumental recording of:
Begin the Beguine (in 1984-05)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1935)
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner Chappell Music, Inc., ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
part of:
Jubilee
Cole Porter3:18
8Song of India
engineer:
Stanley Goodall (engineer) and John Newton (editor, engineer mixer)
producer:
John McClure (recording engineer and record producer)
solo trombone:
Norman Bolter (trombonist) (in 1984-05)
orchestra:
Boston Pops Orchestra (in 1984-05)
conductor:
John Williams (American score composer and conductor) (in 1984-05)
arranger:
Don Sebesky
recorded at:
Symphony Hall (Boston) in Boston, Massachusetts, United States (in 1984-05)
recording of:
Song of India (catch-all for arrangements) (in 1984-05)
composer:
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (Nikolai Rimsky‐Korsakov, Russian composer)
arrangement of:
Song of India
Николай Андреевич Римский‐Корсаков3:29
9Sing, Sing, Sing
engineer:
Stanley Goodall (engineer) and John Newton (editor, engineer mixer)
producer:
John McClure (recording engineer and record producer)
bass drum:
Thomas Gauder (in 1984-05)
cymbal:
Frank Epstein (in 1984-05)
drums (drum set):
Fred Buda (in 1984-05)
membranophone:
Charles Smith (percussionist) (in 1984-05)
timpani:
Arthur Press (percussionist) (in 1984-05)
orchestra:
Boston Pops Orchestra (in 1984-05)
conductor:
John Williams (American score composer and conductor) (in 1984-05)
arranger:
Dick Hyman (jazz pianist)
recorded at:
Symphony Hall (Boston) in Boston, Massachusetts, United States (in 1984-05)
instrumental recording of:
Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing) (in 1984-05)
lyricist and composer:
Louis Prima
publisher:
Robbins Music (publishing company owned by EMI Music Publishing Ltd.) (ended) and EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP)
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label), フジパシフィック音楽出版 SBK事業部 (Fujipacific Music Inc. SBK Division) (until 2014-12-31) and フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部 (Fujipacific Music SBK Department) (from 2015-01-01 to present)
Louis Prima3:58
10Sophisticated Ladies (A Tribute to Duke Ellington): Sophisticated Lady / Take the "A" Train / Mood Indigo / It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
producer:
John McClure (recording engineer and record producer)
orchestra:
Boston Pops Orchestra (in 1983)
conductor:
John Williams (American score composer and conductor) (in 1983)
arranger:
Ralph Burns
recorded at:
Symphony Hall (Boston) in Boston, Massachusetts, United States (in 1983)
medley including a recording of:
It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing) (in 1983)
lyricist:
Irving Mills (in 1931)
composer:
Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington (Duke Ellington, US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1931-08)
publisher:
Duke Ellington Music and EMI Mills Music (ASCAP-affiliated)
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, volume I)
medley including a recording of:
Mood Indigo (1930 jazz composition and song) (in 1983)
lyricist:
Irving Mills (in 1930)
composer:
Barney Bigard (in 1930) and Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1930)
publisher:
Duke Ellington Music, Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody), Indigo Mood Music, Mills Music, Inc., EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated) (in 1930), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) (in 1930) and Lawrence Wright Music Co., Ltd. (in 1930)
sub-publisher:
ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング CMP外国事業部 (sub‐publisher for foreign (non‐Japanese) works) and ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label)
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, volume I)
medley including a recording of:
Sophisticated Lady (in 1983)
lyricist:
Mitchell Parish and Irving Mills (in 1932)
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1932)
publisher:
Duke Ellington Music (ended), Mills Music, Inc. (ended), EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated), Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody) (until 2007-05) and Sony/ATV Harmony (from 2007-05 to present)
part of:
Sophisticated Ladies (1981 musical)
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, volume I)
medley including a recording of:
Take the “A” Train (version with lyrics by Sherrill) (in 1983)
lyricist:
Joya Sherrill (in 1944)
composer:
Billy Strayhorn (in 1939)
publisher:
Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music)
version of:
Take the “A” Train (original instrumental version)
Ralph Burns, Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Billy Strayhorn8:24
11Memory
producer:
John McClure (recording engineer and record producer)
orchestra:
Boston Pops Orchestra (in 1983)
conductor:
John Williams (American score composer and conductor) (in 1983)
arranger:
Eric Knight (Alternative Rock)
recorded at:
Symphony Hall (Boston) in Boston, Massachusetts, United States (in 1983)
instrumental recording of:
Memory (Cats) (in 1983)
lyricist:
T. S. Eliot and Trevor Nunn
additional writer:
Trevor Nunn
composer:
Andrew Lloyd Webber (English composer and impresario of musical theatre)
publisher:
Bike Music, Downtown DMP Songs, Faber Music, Faber Music Ltd., The Really Useful Music Co. Ltd. (not for release label use!) and Universal Music Publishing (use ONLY if no country‐specific information is available)
sub-publisher:
フジパシフィックミュージック (Fujipacific Music, Inc.) and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division)
part of:
Cats (Andrew Lloyd Webber musical)
Andrew Lloyd Webber4:36
12There's No Business Like Show Business
producer:
John McClure (recording engineer and record producer)
orchestra:
Boston Pops Orchestra (in 1983)
conductor:
John Williams (American score composer and conductor) (in 1983)
arranger:
Morton Stevens
recorded at:
Symphony Hall (Boston) in Boston, Massachusetts, United States (in 1983)
instrumental recording of:
There’s No Business Like Show Business (from “Annie Get Your Gun”) (in 1983)
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin
publisher:
Irving Berlin Ltd., Irving Berlin Music Company and Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.)
part of:
Annie Get Your Gun
Irving Berlin3:27
13Slaughter on Tenth Avenue
producer:
John McClure (recording engineer and record producer)
orchestra:
Boston Pops Orchestra (in 1983)
conductor:
John Williams (American score composer and conductor) (in 1983)
arranger:
Robert Russell Bennett (American composer and arranger)
recorded at:
Symphony Hall (Boston) in Boston, Massachusetts, United States (in 1983)
recording of:
Slaughter on Tenth Avenue (in 1983)
orchestrator:
Robert Russell Bennett (American composer and arranger)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer)
arranger:
Sammy Nestico
part of:
On Your Toes
Richard Rodgers8:48
14Overture to "A Chorus Line"
producer:
John McClure (recording engineer and record producer)
orchestra:
Boston Pops Orchestra (in 1983)
conductor:
John Williams (American score composer and conductor) (in 1983)
arranger:
Marvin Hamlisch
recorded at:
Symphony Hall (Boston) in Boston, Massachusetts, United States (in 1983)
recording of:
A Chorus Line: Overture (in 1983)
composer:
Marvin Hamlisch
Marvin Hamlisch9:13
3▶CD: The Pops Salute All-Time Popular Favorites / The Pops Around the World
4▶CD: Pops... Go the Classics / A Pops Tribute to Gershwin / Marching With the Pops