A CELEBRATION/ John Williams & The Boston Pops Orchestra (2CD)

The combination of John Williams and the Boston Pops Orchestra is a winner! This 2-CD compilation presents almost 2 ? hours of memorable tunes in magnificent arrangements performed with tremendous verve and panache by this incomparable combination.

Derived from the many albums recorded for Philips the first CD is devoted chiefly to music from famous films and includes several numbers by Williams himself - and what is more arresting and has achieved greater global fame than the main theme from Star Wars which opens the disc? CD 2 is devoted mainly to overtures and popular numbers from shows and opens with one of the most effervescent overtures ever written - that to Bernstein's Candide.

Even if you may think you don't know a piece by its title every track in this programme is instantly recognisable so sit back and enjoy!

This item has a planned release date of January 16. Pre-orders now being accepted!

Star Wars - Main Theme (Williams). Star Wars - Princess Leia (Williams). ET - The Flying Theme (Williams). Superman - March (Williams). Superman - Love Theme (Williams). Raiders of the Lost Ark - March (Williams). Chariots of Fire - Main Theme (Vangelis). Gone With The Wind - Tara Theme (Steiner). A Summer Place - Main Theme (Steiner). The Pink Panther - Main Theme (Mancini). Never on Sunday (Hadjidakis). Meet Me In St Louis - The Trolley Song (Blane). Singin' In The Rain - Main Theme (Brown). Pops Salutes the Oscars (arr.Morton Stevens) : When you wish upon a star / Swingin' on a star / Moon river / Raindrops keep fallin' on my head / The way we were - Theme / The shadow of your smile. Close Encounters of the Third Kind - Suite (Williams). Candide - Overture (Bernstein). New York New York - Main Theme (Kander). A Little Night Music - Night Waltz Send in the clowns (Sondheim). Cats - Memory (Lloyd Webber). Annie Get Your Gun - There's no business like show business (Berlin). Gigi - Selection (Loewe) : The night they invented champagne / Gigi Waltz at Maxim's / I'm so glad I'm not young anymore / The Parisians / Say a prayer for me tonight / Thank heaven for little girls. Sleepy Lagoon (Coates). Moonlight Serenade (Miller). Satin Doll (Ellington). In the Mood (Garland). Sing sing sing (Prima). A Chorus Line - Overture (Hamlisch). 76 Trombones (Willson). Unchained Melody (North). America Medley (Bernstein) : New York New York / Lonely Town / America.