Review: Sony's John Williams Box Beats Decca's
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 1 ต.ค. 2024
- OK, I understand that 20 CDs of show tunes and film music experts may be too much of a good thing, but at least in this collection you get a couple of discs of John Williams directing his own concert music, plus a few welcome surprises in the "serious" music department. On the whole, I like this collection better than Decca's otherwise very similar Big Box, and I suspect you will too.
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Congrats! You kept the 2nd Viennese School gag going for 2'47." I was almost taken in. 😃
I’m a John Williams fan so I got both boxes and I’m happy to have them! He’s done a new album with Yo-Yo Ma that just came out, too (also on Sony).
"Four discs of Milton Babbitt"
And I fell for it! We all fell for it!
I for one was hoping to hear the John Williams arrangement of Maderna's Hyperion 😃 😃 😃!
Yeah, I was eagerly searching Idagio and Qobuz for this set while listening here. And then...
I'll probably get it because it holds some great memories for me, but I wish there was a complete Kunzel/Telarc box.
Overall, they blew Boston Pops out of the water 👍
Speaking of John Williams, may be you can make a video of John Williams the guitarist?
You kid, of course, but Williams and Babbitt actually were good friends!
I know.
Too bad his theme and incidental music for the TV series Lost In Space isn't included.
Phillip Glass was also a plumber (not cited as a contractor) according to what I heard in a film -Glass A Portrait of Phillip in Twelve Parts
Any thoughts on which of the the various John Williams “highlight concerts” collections are most worth getting? We got Williams in Berlin, Williams in Vienna and Dudamel’s LA Phil John Williams celebration (at last count!)
I haven't a clue. They all sound much the same to me.
@@DavesClassicalGuide And they aren't.
Here's the playlist for the Berlin concert.
Olympic Fanfare and Theme
Close Encounters of the Third Kind excerpts
Far and Away Suite
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone: Hedwig’s Theme
Nimbus 2000
Harry’s Wondrous World
Jurassic Park Theme
Superman March
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: Scherzo for Motorcycle and Orchestra
Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark: Marion’s Theme
The Raiders March
Elegy for cello and orchestra*
Solo: A Star Wars Story The Adventures of Han
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back: Yoda’s Theme
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope: The Throne Room/Finale
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope: Princess Leia Theme
E.T. the extra-terrestrial: Flying Theme
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back: The Imperial March
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Here's the playlist for the Vienna concert with Anne Sophie Mutter
(*) Newly arranged for violin and orchestra
1. Flight to Neverland from Hook
02. Excerpts from Close Encounters of The Third Kind
03. Devil’s Dance from The Witches of Eastwick (*)
04. Adventures on Earth from E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
05. Theme from Jurassic Park
06. Dartmoor, 1912 from War Horse
07. Out to Sea and the Shark Cage Fugue from Jaws
08. Marion’s Theme from Raiders of The Lost Ark
09. Main Title from Star Wars
10. The Rebellion is Reborn from The Last Jedi
11. Luke & Leia from Return of the Jedi
12. The Imperial March from The Empire Strikes Back
13. The Raiders March from Raiders of The Lost Ark (*)
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Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Gustavo Dudamel
1-1 Olympic Fanfare And Theme
1-2 Excerpts From Close Encounters Of The Third Kind
1-3 Out To Sea / The Shark Cage Fugue From Jaws
1-4 Hedwig’s Theme From Harry Potter And The Sorcerer’s Stone
1-5 Fawkes The Phoenix From Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets
1-6 Harry’s Wondrous World From Harry Potter And The Sorcerer’s Stone
1-7 Theme From Schindler’s List
1-8 Adventures On Earth From E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
1-9 The Flight To Neverland From Hook
2-1 Theme From Jurassic Park
2-2 Scherzo For Motorcycle And Orchestra From Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade
2-3 Marion’s Theme From Raiders Of The Lost Ark
2-4 The Raiders March From Raiders Of The Lost Ark
2-5 Sayuri’s Theme From Memoirs Of A Geisha
2-6 The Imperial March From The Empire Strikes Back
2-7 Yoda’s Theme from The Empire Strikes Back
2-8 The Throne Room And Finale From Star Wars
2-9 Adagio From The Force Awakens
2-10 Superman March
So stop saying he's doing the same thing, which isn't true at all. Yes, there is some overlap but the programs are different. The fact is that you really didn't look at the playlist of any of the albums and just assumed.
@@ErikWoodsCinSoundRadio I didn't say the programs were identical, I said they all sound much the same, and they do, meaning they consist of little movie bits most of which have been recorded many times before, and when you've heard one, or two, or ten of these things, you've heard 'em all. The fact is, you have no idea if I looked at the playlists or not (in fact I did--I got the press releases, after all). These would have been far more valuable had they contained (a) original concert works exclusively or (b) extended suites from just one or two (or three) films, with each disc completely different. As it stands, the situation is a case of "been there, heard that." So yes, he is doing the same thing, over and over. Now behave yourself. You have no reason to act like a dick just because I gave you the honest opinion you asked for, and it wasn't what you wanted to hear.
@@ErikWoodsCinSoundRadio Thank you! It’s about time someone called him out! This isn’t a review. This is a guy reading a booklet and assuming what’s on the albums. It’s clear to me that he hasn’t listen them especially with that flippant if you’ve heard one you’ve heard them all comment. Would you say the same about all of the recording of Beethoven’s 9th, David? If someone said that you’d call them out on their BS much like Erik here was calling you out on yours. So no, he wasn’t being a dick.
Hi Mr. Hurwitz, a John Williams question for you- in your opinion, do you think that his music (attached to the famous movies) will outlast the knowledge of the films themselves? Or do you think that some of the music tied to the films is so connected with the films that they’ll always be associated with each other? Just some thoughts.
I think he's a tremendous composer and the music will have an independent existence. I don't think the "outlast" aspect of the question is reasonable, since some of the films themselves are masterpieces that will surely endure as well.
It's ironic that a "green album" is sold on non recyclable materials.
Leonard Bernstein's least-known mature orchestral work is in this box. The Olympic Hymn was premiered at a meeting of the International Olympic Congress in September 1981. Apparently Bernstein hoped the IOC would choose it for the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, but the sports bureaucrats preferred John Williams' "Olympic Fanfare and Theme", and Bernstein's piece was never heard of again until John William's recorded it with the Boston Pops in 1996 (in the box under review, also in Sony's 25 CD Bernstein the Composer box).
Bernstein composed more than just a fanfare - it's six minutes long.
Babbitt Maderna Karlheinz where are you ? 😭
Have you ever done a video on György Ligeti recordings? I found nothing. Not your cup o tea?
I've only been doing this for 2 years. How long did it take Western Music to get to Ligeti?
Love the Ligeti piano music. His etudes are quite strong.
@@DavesClassicalGuide Two years - but at a breathtaking pace!
@@Bachback Right. Also a very unique cello concerto and a mesmerizing "Clocks and Clouds"