By Request: The Best Of John Williams And The Boston Pops Orchestra

By Request: The Best Of John Williams And The Boston Pops Orchestra | John Williams, Boston Pops Orchestra | Sparkling Boston Pops

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	By Request: The Best Of John Williams And The Boston Pops Orchestra John Williams, Boston Pops Orchestra Philips, 1990 average customer review:based on 30 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

John Williams at his finest -- played by the Boston Pops!

My daughter is playing the Cowboys Overture in an upcoming concert and needed to listen to a recording. This CD contains many of John Williams works -- and is played (excellently) by the Boston Pops. This recording has become a treasured part of my daughters extensive music library and it contains often hard to find pieces. You can't beat shopping for music with Amazon. If they don't have it -- no one will. We are happy Amazon customers and remain so! Thanks to all the fine folks that work at Amazon!

Sparkling Boston Pops

A pops orchestra is by definition a different animal from a standard classical orchestra, and what you get here are more sparkling (like soda pop, get it?) performances of Williams' familiar movie music. Basically you get emotive playing with that extra kick. The Boston Pops violin section in particular is in very good form here. If you like that kind of highly expressive playing, this is the CD for you. The NBC News "Mission Theme" in particular stands out as probably the best available on disc, and it is a joy to listen to (if you just pretend it isn't a TV newscast theme). Of historic importance are the world premiere performances of "Yoda's Theme" and "The Imperial March" (introduced to the world even before the second Star Wars movie "The Empire Strikes Back" came out in 1980!) This is a good sampling of Williams' golden age of film music conducted by the maestro's own hand.

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widest variety of spielberg/lucas music

I looked at all of the John Williams CD's, and this one seems to have the widest variety of Spielberg/Lucas/Williams classics: Raiders, Star Wars, ET, Close Encounters, Jaws. And who knew he did the NBC News theme??!!! Only knock is that it could stand to be updated with some of the newer classics: Phantom Menace, Schindler's List, Jurassic Park. A great buy though.

Rah Rah Williams

Morning walking workout is usually accompanied by music. Grabbed a tape of John Williams & the Boston Popps belting out the Olympic Fanfare and Theme (from recording named "By Request"). Such fun I instantly researched the availability of a CD version. Found it. Ordered it. Received it. Played it. Filed it. Discovered I already owned it. Want it back?

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Good popular music.

The interesting issue about this recording is that Williams himself directs. It is always a plus to listen to music played by its author. Average performance by the orchestra.

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Tracks
Olympic Fanfare And Theme | The Cowboys Overture | Close Encounters Of The Third Kind: Excerpts From Close Encounters Of The Third Kind | March From Midway | Flying Theme From 'E.T.' | Return Of The Jedi: Luke And Leia Theme From Return Of The Jedi | SUPERMAN: March From Superman | Liberty Fanfare | Raiders Of The Lost Ark: March From Raiders Of The Lost Ark | The Empire Strikes Back: Yoda's Theme From The Empire Strikes Back | '1941': March From '1941' | Jaws: Theme From Jaws | The Empire Strikes Back: Imperial March From The Empire Strikes Back | Mission Theme (Theme For NBC News) | Star Wars: Main Theme From Star Wars

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