John Williams & The Boston Pops Orchestra - Complete Philips Recordings (2022)

Presenting the Complete Philips Recordings of John Williams on 21 CDs, with the original jackets, celebrating the maestro's 90th birthday on February 8. This box set includes the original artwork and spined wallets, a 32-page booklet with new liner notes by Dr. Emilio Audissino (author of The Film Music Of John Williams and Film Music In Concert: The Pioneering Role Of The Boston Pops Orchestra). All packaged in a 2-piece lift-off lid box with V-shaped thumb-cuts on either side of the lid.

Tracklist
CD 1: POPS ON THE MARCH
ORIGINAL RELEASE PHILIPS 6302 082 (1980)

Under the Double Eagle (3:15) (Josef Franz Wagner) (1856-1908)
Pomp and Circumstance March Nº. 4 (4:57) (Sir Edward Elgar) (1857-1934)
Coronation March (4:36) (Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky) (1840-1893)
Orb and Sceptre (6:49) (Sir William Walton) (1902-1983)
Strike Up The Band (2:46) (George Gershwin) (1898-1937)
St. Louis Blues March (2:59) (William Christopher Handy) (1873-1958)
Midway March (4:10) (John Williams) (1932)
76 Trombones (2:58) (Meredith Willson) (1902)
South Rampart Street Parade (5:11) (Bauduc / Haggart)
Conquest (3:36) (Alfred Newman) (1901-1970)

CD 2: POPS IN SPACE
ORIGINAL RELEASE PHILIPS 9500 921 (1980)

March from Superman (4:27)
Love Theme from Superman (4:49)
The Asteroid Field from The Empire Strikes Back (4:15)
Yoda's Theme from The Empire Strikes Back (3:21)
The Imperial March from The Empire Strikes Back (3:07)
Main Theme from Star Wars (5:38)
Princess Leia from Star Wars (4:06)
Suite from Close Encounters of the Third Kind (10:09)

CD 3: THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT
ORIGINAL RELEASE PHILIPS 6302 124 (1980)

That's Entertainment: (3:37) Arranged by Richard Hayman
a. That's Entertainment ((A. Schwartz - H. Dietz)
b. Let me Entertain You (J. Styne)
Excerpts from "Fiddler On The Roof" (7:23)
(Jerry Bock - Sheldom Harnick / Arr. John Williams)
a. If I Were a Rich Man
b. To Life
c. Miracle of Miracles
d. Sunrise, Sunset
e. Matchmaker
f. Tradition
Selections from "A Little Night Music" (8:54)
(Stephen Sondheim / Arr. Jonathan Tunick)
a. Night Waltz
b. Send In the Clowns
Richard Rodgers Waltzes (6:0) (Richard Rodgers/arr. Leroy Anderson)
a. Lover
b. Falling in love with love
c. Oh, What a Beautiful Morning
d. It's a Grand Night for Singing
Pops on Broadway (6:55) Arranged by Ralph Burns
a. One (Hamlisch - Kleban)
b. Tomorrow (Charnin - Stouse)
c. Don't Cry For Me, Argentina (T. Rice - A. L. Webber)
Selections from "Gigi" (8:58) (Frederic Loewe - Andrew Lerner / Arr. Robert Russel Bennett)
a. The Night They Invented Champagne
b. Gigi
c. Watz at Maxim's
d. I'm So Glad I'm Not Young Anymore
e. The Parisians
f. Say a Prayer for me Tonight
g. Thank Heaven for Little Girls

CD 4: WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS
ORIGINAL RELEASE PHILIPS 416 287-2 (1980)

We Whish You a Merry Christmas (1:57) (Traditional / Arr. Arthur Harris)
Christmas Festival: (9:12) (Traditional / Arr. Leroy Anderson)
a) Joy to the World
b) Deck the Halls
c) God rest ye merry, Gentelman
d) Good King Wanceslas
e) Hark, the herald angels sing
f) The first Nowell
g) Silent Night
h) Jingle Bells
i) O come, all ye faithful
A Christmas Greeting (12:51) (Alfred Burt)
a) Come, dear children
b) All on a Christmas morning
c) Christ in a stranger's guise
d) Caroling, caroling
e) Some chindren see Him
f) O Harken Ye
Hollyday Cheer: (9:33) (Arranged by Billy May)
a) Let it snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow! (Styne - Cahn)
b) The Christmas Song (Tormé - Wells)
c) Jingle Bell rock (Beale - Boothe)
d) Have Yoursel a Merry little Christmas (Blane - Martin)
e) All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth (Gardner)
f) I'll be home for Christmas (Kent - Cannon/Ram)
g) Silver Bells (Evans - Livingston)
A Christmas Carol (2:15) (Charles Ives)
Carol of the drums (3:34) (Katherine K. Davis)
The Twelve days of Christmas (3:48) (Traditional / Arr. Billy May)

CD 5: POPS AROUND THE WORLD
ORIGINAL RELEASE PHILIPS 6514 186 (1981)

Colas Breugnon (4:37) (Dmitri Kabalevsky)
Boccacio (7:02) (Franz von Suppé)
The Bronze Horse (6:57) (Daniel-François-Esprit Auber)
Russlan and Ludmilla (5:23) (Mikhail Glinka)
The Cowboys (8:52) (John Williams)
L'Italiana in Algeri (8:04) (Gioacchino Rossini)
Candide (4:16) (Leonard Bernstein)

CD 6: AISLE SEAT
ORIGINAL RELEASE PHILIPS 6514 328 (1982)

E.T.: The Flying Theme (3:43) (John Williams)
Chariots of Fire: Main Theme (4:08) (Vangelis (arr. Joseph Reisman)
Raiders of the Lost Ark: March (5:28) (John Williams)
Yes, Giorgio: If We Were in Love (4:57) (John Williams)
New York, New York: Main Theme (3:21) (John Kander / Aarr. Bill Byers)
Gone With The Wind: Tara's Theme (4:40) (Max Steiner / Arr. Angela Morley)
The Wizard of Oz: Over the Rainbow (3:10) (Harold Arlen / Arr. Alexander Courage)
Singin' In The Rain: Main Theme (3:39) (Nacio Herb Brown / Arr. Conrad Salinger & Alexander Courage)
Friendly Persuation: Main Theme (3:52) (Dmitri Tiomkin / Arr. Angela Morley)
Meet Me In St. Louis: The Trolley Song (3:29) (Ralph Blane & Hugh Edward Martin / Arr. Conrad Salinger & Alexander Courage)

CD 7: OUT OF THIS WORLD
ORIGINAL RELEASE PHILIPS 422 902-3 (1983)

2001: A Space Odyssey (Introduction from "Also Sprach Zarathustra") (1:46) (Richard Strauss
E.T.: Adventures on Earth (9:10) (John Williams)
Alien: Closing Title (2:45) (Jerry Goldsmith)
Star Trek - The Television Show: Main theme (3:36) (Alexander Courage)
Battlestar Galactica: Main Title (3:26) (Stu Philips)
Star Trek - The Motion Picture: Main Title (4:03) (Jerry Goldsmith)
Twilight Zone: Theme And Variations (3:34) (Marius Constant / Arr. Stu Philips)
Parade Of The Ewoks from Return Of The Jedi (3:30) (John Williams)
Luke & Leia (4:22) (John Williams)
Jabba, the Hutt (3:30) (John Williams) with Chester Schmitz on the tuba
The Forest Battle (4:01) (John Williams)

CD 8: PETER AND THE WOLF / NUTCRACKER SUITE
ORIGINAL RELEASE PHILIPS 412 556-2 (1983)

Peter and the Wolf (26:39) (Serge Prokofiev)
Miniature Overture from The Nutcracker suite op. 71a (3:15) (Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky)
Character Dances: March (2:18) (Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky)
Character Dances: Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy (1:42) (Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky)
Character Dances: Russian Dance: Trepak (1:08) (Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky)
Character Dances: Arabian Dance (3:19) (Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky)
Character Dances: Chinese Dance (1:05) (Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky)
Character Dances: Dance of the Mirlitons (2:19) (Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky)
Character Dances: Waltz of the Flowers (6:49) (Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky)

CD 9: WITH A SONG IN MY HEART
ORIGINAL RELEASE PHILIPS 412 625-2 (1984)

Falling in love with love (2:11) (Rodgers - Hart / Arr. Hyman)
In the steal of the night (2:43) (Porter / Arr. Reisman)
Spring is here (3:32) (Rodgers - Hart / Arr. Reisman)
I'm old fashioned (2:32) (Kern - Mercer / Arr. Courage)
The sleepin' bee (4:21) (Arlen - Capote / Arr. Williams)
I Love Paris (2:42) (Porter / Arr. Hyman)
The song is you (3:43) (Kern - Hammerstein / Arr. Courage)
I love you (2:15) (Porter / Arr. Courage)
Love is here to stay (3:36) (Gershwin - Gershwin) John Williams on piano
All the thing you are (4:02) (Kern - Hammerstein / Arr. Hyman)
Love walked in (2:39) (Gershwin - Gershwin / Arr. Hyman)
With a song in my heart (2:43) (Rodgers - Hart / Arr. Courage)

CD 10: SWING, SWING, SWING
ORIGINAL RELEASE PHILIPS 412 626-2 (1984)

Opus One (3:17) (Sy Oliver - Sid Garris / Arr. Larry Wilcox)
Jerome Rosen, piano and Thomas Ferrante, clarinet
Begin the beguine (3:16) (Cole Porter / Arr. Jerry Gray & Billy May)
Thomas Ferrante, clarinet
Sunrise Serenade (2:55) (Frankie Carle / Arr. Richard Hayman)
Tuxedo Junction (2:53) (Julian Dash - Edward Hawkins - Buddy Feyne - William Johnson / Arr. Richard Hayman) Robert Winter, piano and Leone Buyse, flute
Satin Doll (2:23) (Duke Ellington - Bully Strayhorn / Arr. Richard Hayman)
Robert Winter, piano
In the mood (3:27) (Joseph Garland / Arr. Glenn Osser)
Sing, Sing, Sing (3:59) (Louis Prima / Arr. Dick Hyman) Percussion ensemble
Stopin' at the Savoy (2:39) (Benny Goodman - Edgar Sampson - Chick Webb / Arr. Glenn Osser) Percussion ensemble
Moonlight Serenade (3:47) (Glenn Miller / Arr. Richard Hayman)
String of Pearls (3:09) (Jerry Gray / Arr. Richard Hayman)
Charles Daval, trumpet
Sleepy Lagoon (2:43) (Eric Coates / Arr. Richard Hayman) Leone Buyse, flute
The Song of India (3:27) (Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov / Arr. Don Sebesky)
Norman Bolter, trombone
Snowfall (3:12) (Claude Thornhill / Arr. Dick Hyman)(John Williams) Thomas Ferrante, clarinet
Swing, Swing, Swing (4:25)

CD 11: AMERICA, THE DREAM GOES ON
ORIGINAL RELEASE PHILIPS 412 627-2 (1984)

Fanfare for the Common Man (3:01) (Aaron Copland)
America, The Dream Goes On (4:30) (John Williams - Alan & Marilyn Bergman)
Battle Hymn of the Republic (5:03) (William Steffe - Julia Ward Howe / Arr. Peter Wilhousky)
This Land Is Your Land (3:30) (Woody Guthrie - Stuart Philips)
America The Beautiful (3:09) (Samuel A. Ward - Katherine Lee Bates / Arr. Alexander Courage)
Hoe-Down from "Rodeo" (3:29) (Aaron Copland)
American Salute (4:30) (Morton Gould)
American Medley: New York, New York / Lonely Town / America (7:40) (Leonard Bernstein / Arr. Sid Ramin)
When The Saints Go Marchin' In (4:28) (Traditional / Arr. Billy May)
Prayer of Thanksgiving (2:46) (Traditional / Arr. Billy May)

CD 12: ON STAGE
ORIGINAL RELEASE PHILIPS 412 132-2 (1983)

Annie Get Your Gun: There's No Business Like Show Business (3:25)
(Irving Berlin / Arr. Morton Stevens)
A Chorus Line: Overture (9:13) (Marvin Hamlich)
Dancin': Here You Come Again (Barry Mann & Cinthia Weil / Arr. Don Sebesky)
Sophisticated Ladies: A Tribute to Duke Ellington: (8:23) Arranged by Ralph Burns
a. Sophisticated Ladies (Duke Ellington)
b. Take The "A" Train (Billy Strayhorn)
c. Mood Indigo (Duke Ellington - Albany Bigard - Irving Mills)
d. It Don't Mean A Thing (Duke Ellington)
Cats: Memory (4:34) (Andrew Lloyd Webber / Arr. Eric Knight)
A Salute to Fred Astaire: (8:29) Arranged by Alexander Courage
a. Top Hat, White Tie and Tails (Irving Berlin)
b. The Carioca (Vincent Youmans)
c. Dancing in the Dark (Arthur Schwartz)
d. I Won't Dance (Jerome Kern)
e. The Continental (Con Conrad)
On Your Toes: Slaughter On Tenth Avenue (8:46)
(Richard Rodgers / Arr. Robert Russel Bennett)

CD 13: BERNSTEIN BY BOSTON
ORIGINAL RELEASE PHILIPS 416 360-2 (1985)

West Side Story (selection) (9:09)
Simple song from "Mass" (4:10)
The Great lover (Allegro Pesante) from "On the Town" (1:54)
Lonely Town: Pas de Deux (Andante - Sostenuto) from "On the Town" (3:01)
Times Square: 1944 (Allegro) from "On the Town" (5:19)
Overture "Candide" (4:15)
Divertimento for Orchestra
I. Sennets and Tuckets (Allegro non troppo, ma con brio) (1:18)
II. Waltz (Allegro, con grazia) (1:58)
III. Mazurka (Mesto (Molto moderato)) (2:02)
IV. Samba (allegro giusto) (0:57)
V. Turkey Trot (allegretto, ben misurato) (1:52)
VI. Sphinxes (adagio lugubre) (0:59)
VII. Blues (Slow blues tempo) (1:21)
VIII. March: "The BSO forever" (Andante (In memoriam) - Doppio movimento (Alla marcia)) (3:25)
Wonderful Town (Selection) (6:22)

CD 14: POPS IN LOVE
ORIGINAL RELEASE PHILIPS 416 361-2 (1985)

Pavane (6:28) (Gabriel Fauré) (1845-1924) Leone Buyse, flute
Clair de Lune from "Suite Bergamasque" (4:35) (Claude Debussy)(1862-1918) (Arr. H. Mouton & Walter Piston)
Adagio in G minor (6:23) (Tomaso Albinoni) (1971-1751) / Remo Giazotto (1910) Max Hobart, violin
Le Cygne (The Swan) from "Le carnaval des animaux" (3:06) (Camille Saint-Saens) (1835-1921) (Arr. Paul Vidal)
Martha Babcock, cello
Gymnopédie nº. 1 (orig. Nº. 3) (2:34) (Erik Satie) (1866-1925) (Orch. Claude Debussy) Alfred Genovese, oboe
Andante cantabile from String Quartet, Op. 11 (7:13) (Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky) (1840-1893)
La fille aux cheveux de lin fom Préludes Book I (2:34) (Claude Debussy / Arr. Jerome Cohen)
Pavane pour une infante défunte (6:08) (Maurice Ravel) (1875-1937)
Richard Sebring, trumpet
Gymnopédie nº. 2 (orig. Nº. 1) (3:17) (Erik Satie) (Orch. Claude Debussy)
Alfred Genovese, oboe
Canon (5:00) (Johann Pachelbel) (1653-1706) (Arr. Robert Bockholt)
Fantasia on Greensleeves (4:41) (Ralph Vaughan Williams) (1872-1958) (Adapted by Ralph Greaves) Leone Buyse, flute

CD 15: HOLST: THE PLANETS
THE ORIGINAL CD RELEASE PHILIPS 420 177-2 (1986)

Mars, The Bringer of War (4:45)
Venus, The Bringer of Peace (8:19)
Mercury, The Winged Messenger (4:11)
Jupiter, The Bringer of Jollity (7:53)
Saturn, The Bringer of Old Age (8:24)
Uranus, The Magician (5:55)
Neptune, The Mystic (8:21) with 6-part chorus of female voices, Women's voices of the Tanglewood Festival Chorus with John Oliver as director)

CD 16: DIGITAL JUKEBOX
ORIGINAL RELEASE PHILIPS 422 064-2 (1988)

Those Were The Days (3:02) (Gene Raskin / Arr. Glenn Osser)
Never on Sunday (2:48) (Manos Hadjidakis / Arr. Richard Hayman)
More from "Mondo Cane" (3:31) (Riz Ortolani & G. Oliviero / Arr. Richard Hayman)
By The Time I Get To Phoenix (2:30) (Jimmy Webb / Arr. Richard Hayman)
The Girl from Ipanema (3:19) (Antonio Carlos Jobim / Arr. Patrick Hollenbeck)
Summer of '42 (The Summer Knows) (3:49) (Michel Legrand / Arr. Eric Knight)
Mack The Knife (3:10) (Kurt Weill / Arr. Jack Mason)
Where is your Heart (from "Moulin Rouge") (3:04) (Georges Auric)
Classical Gas (3:39) (Mason Williams / Arr. Glenn Osser)
Theme from "The Pink Panther" (3:13) (Henry Mancini)
Ebb Tide (4:02) (Robert Maxwell / Arr. Angela Morley)
Tijuana Taxi (2:48) (Ervan F. "Bud" Coleman / Arr. Richard Hayman)
Days of Wine and Roses (3:31) (Henry Mancini / Arr. Richard Hayman)
Theme from "A Summer Place" (2:38) (Max Steiner / Arr. Lee Holdridge)
Unchained Melody (3:40) (Alex North / Arr. Lee Holdridge)
Ciribiribin (2:51) (Albert Pestaloza / Arr. Glenn Osser)
Love Is a Many Splendored Thing (3:30) (Sammy Fain / Arr. Angela Morley)

CD 17: LUCKY TO BE ME
ORIGINAL RELEASE PHILIPS 422 401-2 (1992)

With soprano: Jessye Norman - John Williams on piano, but without an orchestra.

Lover from "Love Me Tonight" (2:48) (Rodgers - Hart)
I will wait for you from "Les Parapluies de Cherbourg" (3:56) (Legrand - Demy - Gimbel)
My ship from "Lady in the Dark" (5:27) (Weill - Gershwin)
But Not for Me from "Girl Crazy" (4:06) (Gershwin - Gershwin)
Falling in love with love from "The Boys from Syracuse" (2:29) (Rodgers - Hart)
Lonely Town from "On the Town" (3:20) (Bernstein - Comden - Green)
September Song from "Knickerbocker Holiday" (5:20) (Weill - Anderson)
Show Me from "My Fair Lady" (1:50) (Loewe - Lerner)
Where Is It Written from "Yentl" (5:30) (Legrand - Bergman)
Just the Way You Are (3:12) (Joel)
Papa can you hear me? from "Yentl" (5:23) (Legrand -Bergman)
Speak Low from "One Touch of Venus" (4:06) (Weill - Nash)
Lucky To Be Me from "On the Town" (4:56) (Bernstein - Comden - Green)

CD 18: SALUTE TO HOLLYWOOD
ORIGINAL RELEASE PHILIPS 422 385-2 (1988)

Hooray for Hollywood (3:28) (Richard Whiting / Arr. John Williams)
Pops Salutes the Oscars: (10:50) Arranged by Morton Stevens
a. When You Wish Upon a Star (Leight Harline)
b. Swingin' on a Star (Jimmy van Heusen)
c. Moon River (Henry Mancini)
d. Raindrops Keep Falling In My Head (Burt Bacharach)
e. Theme from "The Way We Were" (Marvin Hamlich)
f. The Shadow of Your Smile (Johnny Mandel)
Somewhere Out There (3:42) (Barry Mann, James Horner, Cynthia Weil / Arr. Glen Osser)
A Tribute to Judy Garland: (10:59) Arranged by Morton Stevens
a. Over The Rainbow (Harold Arlen)
b. We're Off to See the Wizard (Harold Arlen)
c. You Made Me Love You (James Monaco, Joe McCarty)
d. Be a Clown (Cole Porter)
e. Get Happy (Harold Arlen)
f. The Man That Got Away (Harold Arlen)
Balloon Sequence from The Witches of Eastwick - Devil's Dance from The Witches of Eastwick (9:53) (John Williams)
Love Theme from Out of Africa (2:56) (John Barry / Arr. Joseph Reisman))
La Bamba (4:44) (William Clauson / Arr. Richard Hayman)
Theme from The Bad and The Beautiful (5:37) (David Raksin / Arr. Herbert Spencer)
Dancing With Fred Astaire Arranged by Sid Ramin
a. Top Hat, White Tie and Tails (Irving Berlin)
b. I Won't Dance (Jerome Kern)
c. Dancing in the Dark (Arthur Schwartz)
d. The Continental (Con Conrad)
e. Change Partners (Irving Berlin)
f. The Carioca (Vincent Youmans)

CD 19: POPS A LA RUSE
ORIGINAL RELEASE PHILIPS 426 247-2 (1988)

Mlada: Procession of the Nobles (4:25) (Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov)
Prince Igor: Polovtisian dances
Presto (Dance of the Maidens) (2:20) (Alexander Borodin)
Andantino (Dance with chorus) (3:47) (Alexander Borodin)
Allegro (2:16) (Alexander Borodin)
Presto (5:44) (Alexander Borodin)
None But The Lonely Heart (3:46) (Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky)
The Snow Maiden: Dance of the Buffons (3:42) (Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov)
Night on the Bare Mountain (11:37) (Modest Moussorgsky)
Lieutenant Kije: Troika (3:01) (Serge Prokofiev)
Gayaneh (Aram Khachaturian)

CD 20: POPS BY GERSHWIN
ORIGINAL RELEASE PHILIPS 426 404-2 (1989)

An American In Paris (18:39) (George Gershwin / Rev. F. Campbell-Watson)
Suite from Porgy and Bess: (17:01)
(George Gershwin / Arr. R.R.Bennett & A.Courage)
a. Prelude
b. Summertime
c. I Got Plenty O'nuttin'
d. Bess, You Is My Woman Now
e. I Can't Sit Down
f. It Ain't Necessarily So
g. I Loves You Porgy
h. There's A Boat dat's Leavin' Soon For New York
i. O Lawd, I'm On My Way
Selection from Girl Crazy (5:47) (George Gershwin / Arr. Leroy Anderson)
a. I Got Rhythm
b. Embreaceble You
c. Bidin' My Time
d. But Not For Me
e. I Got Rhythm
Rhapsody In Blue (16:04) (George Gershwin / Orch. Ferde Grofé)
Misha Dichter, piano

CD 21: BY REQUEST / POPS BRITANNIA
ORIGINAL RELEASE PHILIPS 420 178-2 (1987) / 420 946-2 (1988)

BY REQUEST
Liberty Fanfare (4:14) (John Williams)
March from "1941" (4:25) (John Williams)
Mission Theme (Theme for NBC News) (3:23) (John Williams)
Olympic Fanfare & Theme (4:24) (John Williams)
Theme from Jaws (2:49) (John Williams)

POPS BRITANNIA
Jane Eyre suite
I. At Lowood (4:16) (John Williams)
II. To Thornfield (3:02) (John Williams)
III. The Return (6:06) (John Williams)
An Orkney Wedding, with Sunrise (14:00) (Sir Peter Maxwell Davies)
Max Hobart, violin and Nancy Crutcher, solo bagpipes
Brigg Fair (15:47) (Frederick Delius)
Danny Boy (3:45) (Traditional Irish "Londonberry Air" / Arr. Percy Grainger)
Molly on the Shore (4:22) (Percy Grainger)
Scotland the Brave (2:00) (Traditional Scottish / Arr. Patrick Hollenbeck)
Bay State Pipes and Drums, Iain Massie, pipe major