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The Music Of America - John Williams

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Track Listings

Disc: 1

1	Air and Simple Gifts - Yo-Yo Ma
2	I. Immigration and Building
3	II. The Country at War
4	III. Popular Entertainment
5	IV. Arts and Sports
6	V. Civil Rights and the Women's Movement
7	VI. Flight and Technology
8	Sayuri's Theme - Yo-Yo Ma
9	Going to School - Yo-Yo Ma
10	The Chairman's Waltz - Yo-Yo Ma
11	Brush on Silk - Yo-Yo Ma
12	Chiyo's Prayer - Yo-Yo Ma
13	Becoming A Geisha - Yo-Yo Ma
14	Song for World Peace

Disc: 2

1	Summon the Heroes
2	Hymn to New England - Utah Symphony Orchestra
3	I. Eó Mugna - London Symphony Orchestra
4	II. Tortan - London Symphony Orchestra
5	III. Eó Rossa - London Symphony Orchestra
6	IV. Craeb Uisnig - London Symphony Orchestra
7	V. Dathi - London Symphony Orchestra
8	Sound the Bells!
9	Elegy - Yo-Yo Ma
10	The Mission Theme (Theme for NBC News)
11	March (From "1941")
12	The Olympic Spirit

Disc: 3

1	Main Title (From "Star Wars") - London Symphony Orchestra
2	Main Theme (From "Jaws") - London Symphony Orchestra
3	Sugarland Express: Title Theme
4	Flying Theme (From "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial") - London Symphony Orchestra
5	I. Theme from "Born on the Fourth of July"
6	II. Cua Viet River, Vietnam 1968
7	III. Massapequa...The Early Days
8	Main Theme (From "Schindler's List")
9	Main Theme (From "Jurassic Park")
10	Cadillac of the Skies (From "Empire of the Sun")
11	Raiders March (From "Raiders of the Lost Ark")
12	Close Encounters of the Third Kind: Main Theme / When You Wish Upon a Star
13	Star Wars, Episode IV "A New Hope": Throne Room / Finale

Editorial Reviews

Jaws, Star Wars, Schindler's List, Jurassic Park, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Raiders of the Lost Ark it's the film music most of US think of when we see the name John Williams. This collection has those themes, but also raises the curtain on his beautiful pieces for the concert hall: Hymn to New England ; the CD debut of Suite from Memoirs of a Geisha for Cello and Orchestra (written for and recorded with Yo-Yo Ma and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra); Air and Simple Gifts (written for President Obama's inauguration); Elegy for Cello and Orchestra, and more!

Product details

Language ‏ : ‎ English
Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 4.9 x 0.5 inches; 3.2 Ounces
Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ SONY MASTERWORKS
Item model number ‏ : ‎ 8135695
Original Release Date ‏ : ‎ 2010
Run time ‏ : ‎ 3 hours and 6 minutes
Date First Available ‏ : ‎ April 28, 2010
Label ‏ : ‎ SONY MASTERWORKS
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B003JH0LGE
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 3

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Beautiful

Reviewed in the United States on April 29, 2021

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Beautiful music, I’m so glad I bought it!!!

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Lawrence B.

A Must Have for John Williams Fans but "Different"

Reviewed in the United States on July 15, 2013

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This is a 3 disc set. The third disc is the usual Star Wars type stuff that is found on many John Williams' sets. The first disc, however, is excellent light classical and some fun pieces - still easy but "semi-serious" stuff. The 2nd disc, especially the cello piece and about half the disc is ultra modern classical, almost depressing stuff and hard to listen to - not in keeping at all with Williams' usual style. Best piece on the 2nd disc is the Olympic piece, last piece on the disc - it makes the whole 2nd disc worthwhile and is truly inspirational.

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R. Hawn

Best Williams Collection!

Reviewed in the United States on June 17, 2010

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I am a HUGE Williams fan, and as soon as this was released I had it. The best thing about this collection is that they are actually conducted by the man himself and performed by the great orchestras of the world, instead of those other so called "Fly by night" collections that have less than adequate orchestras playing horrible renditions of his works. Also another great thing is that this set has some of the best and rarely heard concert works, such as "American Journey and Five Sacred Trees Bassoon Concerto" also the amazing recording the The great Chicago Symphony and Yo-Yo Ma playing the suite from "Memoirs Of A Geisha" Those works alone are worth the price of this album, not to mention the amazing movie scores included. I believe this set really sums up this great mans career quite nicely, and if your a big fan of John Williams than I whole Wholeheartedly recommend this CD collection!

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Signe Woodin

John Williams is a national treasure.

Reviewed in the United States on April 13, 2015

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I really like this collection a lot. The only reason I didn't give 5 stars is purely subjective--there are certain instruments that just don't "do it" for me as solo instruments, and the bassoon is one of them. (Nothing personal to any bassoonists out there-I'm a former trombone player, and I don't care for the trombone as a solo instrument either.) That one piece aside, I do love this collection, and the performances and recording quality are magnificent.

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R. Russomano

The Main Maestro

Reviewed in the United States on July 25, 2020

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What can you say!! John Williams, the greatest. This is a great set!!

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Illustrator-man

Horrible sound.

Reviewed in the United States on July 21, 2021

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The cd that I bought was horrible...I could hardly hear the music ..the quality of sound was worse than every cd I own. Not worth the money!

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Bill Taylor

A compilation of Williams best concert and film music

Reviewed in the United States on September 18, 2013

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Anyone who enjoys Williams' film music will find the concert music a revelation. The occasional pieces have tremendous and lasting impact, but the subtler stuff, like "Five Sacred Trees" will grow and grow on you with repeated listenings. Performances and recordings are brilliant.

The disk of film music is more familiar, some unnecessary (do we need another recording of "Star Wars?"), but if you do not know his music for "Born on the Fourth of July" you will be very, very glad that it's here.

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John Carpenter

John Williams is a brilliant composer and conductor

Reviewed in the United States on December 22, 2014

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John Williams is a brilliant composer and conductor. He has written the scores for many feature films which have been gone on to be classics. This 3 disc series combines a good mix of movie scores and other orchestral pieces. It is a good collection for either those well aware of Williams' work or those who just want to be introduced to this American composer.

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Pierre Aubin

Must own for John Williams fans

Reviewed in Canada on January 18, 2012

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This album is a 3 CD set which features works written and conducted by John Williams. There are several renditions of his movie music, but also some great orchestral works for the Olympics, and others like the American Adventure suite, which I liked on the first audition.

another great addition to any good music library

Jean Michaud

Parmi les plus belles pièces musicales de John Williams

Reviewed in Canada on September 6, 2021

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Si vous aimez la musique classique et les soundtrack de films, c'est un album à mettre dans votre collection.

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