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The Very Best of John Williams and the Boston Pops Orchestra

Boston Pops

Reader’s Digest Music1995Cat. 179C2h 43m31 tracks
MusicBrainz

Composers

George Gershwin3Aaron Copland2Richard Rodgers2Alberto Pestalozza1Andrew Lloyd Webber1Camille Saint-Saëns1Claude Debussy1Eric Coates1Gabriel Fauré1Georges Auric1Hugh Martin1Irving Berlin1Jerry Bock1John Williams1Josef Wagner1Leonard Bernstein1Manos Hatzidakis1Marvin Hamlisch1Meredith Willson1Morton Gould1Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov1Ralph Vaughan Williams1Richard Strauss1Sammy Fain1Samuel A. Ward1W. C. Handy1William Walton1

Tracklist

Disc 1

02

America the Beautiful

Samuel A. Ward - America the Beautiful

Boston Pops

3:10
04

Richard Rodgers' Waltzes: Lover / Falling in Love With Love / Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin' / It's a Grand Night for Singing

Richard Rodgers - Lover

Boston Pops

6:02
06

Fanfare for the Common Man

Aaron Copland - Fanfare for the Common Man

Boston Pops

3:01
08

Hoedown From "Rodeo"

Aaron Copland - Rodeo

Boston Pops

3:29
09

Seventy-Six Trombones

Meredith Willson - Seventy-Six Trombones

Boston Pops

3:02
13

The Trolley Song

Hugh Martin - The Trolley Song

Boston Pops

3:29
15

March from "Raiders of the Lost Ark"

John Williams - The Raiders March

Boston Pops

5:30
17

Theme from 2001: "A Space Odyssey" (Also Sprach Zarathustra)

Richard Strauss - Also sprach Zarathustra, op. 30

Boston Pops

1:48

Disc 2

01

Fantasia on "Greensleeves"

Ralph Vaughan Williams - Fantasia on “Greensleeves”

Boston Pops

4:39
03

Clair de Lune

Claude Debussy - Clair de lune from Suite bergamasque

Boston Pops

4:37
05

Sleepy Lagoon

Eric Coates - By the Sleepy Lagoon

Boston Pops

2:46
08

Song of India

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov - Song of India

Boston Pops

3:28
11

Memory

Andrew Lloyd Webber - Memory

Boston Pops

4:34
12

There's No Business Like Show Business

Irving Berlin - There’s No Business Like Show Business

Boston Pops

3:25
13

Slaughter on Tenth Avenue

Richard Rodgers - Slaughter on Tenth Avenue

Boston Pops

8:46
14

Overture to "A Chorus Line"

Marvin Hamlisch - A Chorus Line: Overture

Boston Pops

9:15

Disc 3

08

Where Is Your Heart? (the song from "Moulin Rouge")

Georges Auric - The Song From Moulin Rouge

Boston Pops

3:06
09

Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing

Sammy Fain - Love Is a Many‐Splendored Thing

Boston Pops

3:30
10

Never on Sunday

Manos Hatzidakis - Never on Sunday

Boston Pops

2:50
13

American Medley: New York, New York / Lonely Town / America

Leonard Bernstein - On the Town: New York, New York

Boston Pops

7:42
15

"Fiddler on the Roof" Medley: If I Were a Rich Man / To Life / Miracle of Miracles / Sunrise, Sunset / Matchmaker, Matchmaker / Tradition

Jerry Bock - Tradition

Boston Pops

7:24
16

Ciribiribin

Alberto Pestalozza - Ciribiribin (They’re So in Love)

Boston Pops

2:51

Disc 4

01

Rhapsody in Blue

George Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue

Boston Pops

16:09
02

Pavane

Gabriel Fauré - Pavane in F-sharp minor, op. 50

Boston Pops

6:30
03

Orb and Sceptre (Coronation March)

William Walton - Orb and Sceptre

Boston Pops

6:52
04

The Swan

Camille Saint-Saëns - Le Carnaval des animaux

Boston Pops

3:08
05

An American in Paris

George Gershwin - An American in Paris

Boston Pops

18:39
06

St. Louis Blues March

W. C. Handy - St. Louis Blues

Boston Pops

3:02
07

Under the Double Eagle

Josef Wagner - Unter dem Doppeladler, op. 159

Boston Pops

3:18
08

American Salute (When Johnny Comes Marching Home)

Morton Gould - American Salute

Boston Pops

4:32
09

Strike Up the Band

George Gershwin - Strike Up the Band!

Boston Pops

2:48