NEW | "John Williams: Conductor" 20 CD box coming from Sony on January 2018

[Josh500 1,615]

2 minutes ago, rough cut said:

In the order of most listened to:

 

Unforgettable

1. My Funny Valentine

2. Evergreen

3. Lover

4. The Way We Were

5. Sophisticated Lady

 

Digital Jukebox

1. Never On Sunday

2. Theme from “The Pink Panther”

3. Tijuana Taxi

4. A Summer Place

5. Love Is A Many Splendored Thing

 

I also love Begin the Beguine and S Wonderful. 

 

Unforgettable is great, but imo Night and Day and Swing! are better.

[rough cut 1,714]

Yup, “Begin The Beguine” is great as well!

[Holko 9,499]

Hmm. I'm pretty new to soundtrack collecting, and only have the new Spielberg-Williams Collab set and the Decca 2-disc BPO space collection from Johnny. I also like jazz. This might be just the box for me if the price is semi-friendly or will drop on a sale soon!

[rough cut 1,714]

If you’re new to discovering the magic that is John Williams, you’re in for a treat. Just start putting aside money for the box right now, you’ll be doing yourself a favor.

 

This box packs a punch when it comes to a top-of-the-crop selection of movie themes and jazz standards alike.

[Ollie 1,059]

Surprised By Request.... wasn’t included.

[Disco Stu 15,495]

20 minutes ago, El Jefe said:

Surprised By Request.... wasn’t included.

 

That's from the Philips era of Williams and the BPO.  They switched to Sony Classical in 1990.

[Bespin 8,480]

Well, there should be a boxset for the Philips era too.... it would be what... 19 to 22 CD..., it depends if they want to put the "By Request" album integrally and the two albums made with Jessye Norman.... 

[Ollie 1,059]

8 minutes ago, Disco Stu said:

 

That's from the Philips era of Williams and the BPO.  They switched to Sony Classical in 1990.

 

 

I stand corrected. Was thinking Sony reissued it.

[Bespin 8,480]

JW recorded a album on Philps with Jessye Norman in 1992. But not with the Boston Pops, of course. He plays the piano on that album. The last album with the BPO on Philips is "Pops by George" (aka Pops by Gershwin) (1990).

[Josh500 1,615]

52 minutes ago, Bespin said:

Well, there should be a boxset for the Philips era too.... it would be what... 19 to 22 CD..., it depends if they want to put the "By Request" album integrally and the two albums made with Jessye Norman.... 

 

Yes! I own around 20 JW&BPO CDs issued by Philips, but I still don't own them all. There always seem to be one or two left... It's funny.

[rough cut 1,714]

Haha, yeah, I know, it’s crazy! 

[Miguel Andrade 1,260]

11 hours ago, Bespin said:

JW recorded a album on Philps with Jessye Norman in 1992. But not with the Boston Pops, of course. He plays the piano on that album. The last album with the BPO on Philips is "Pops by George" (aka Pops by Gershwin) (1990).

 

Norman's "Lucky to Be Me" was recorded in New York in two different occasions in 1987 and 1989. The CD was released in 1991, after Williams had already signed the new contract with Sony in late 1989.

[Bespin 8,480]

5 hours ago, Miguel Andrade said:

 

Norman's "Lucky to Be Me" was recorded in New York in two different occasions in 1987 and 1989. The CD was released in 1991, after Williams had already signed the new contract with Sony in late 1989.

 

Discogs says 1992.

[Miguel Andrade 1,260]

My CD says 1991.

[rough cut 1,714]

Touché!

[Bespin 8,480]

1991 and 1992.SO it's 1992.

 

[Bespin 8,480]

I just realized the suggested price on the website is 599,99 DKK, which is about 95 $ US.

 

Not bad.

 

I Think I will buy it, just to have a big box with "John Williams" written in big on it.

[Miguel Andrade 1,260]

On 23/10/2017 at 10:07 PM, Bespin said:

1991 and 1992.SO it's 1992.

 

 

In all this years I never noticed that there was another date in there... My mind read the 1991 date and disregarded the other... Thanks for the correction

On 25/10/2017 at 5:33 PM, Bespin said:

I just realized the suggested price on the website is 599,99 DKK, which is about 95 $ US.

 

Not bad.

 

I Think I will buy it, just to have a big box with "John Williams" written in big on it.

 

As much as I would love to have a huge box with Williams name on it, I don't think I'll spent all that money unless there is any unreleased stuff.

[Josh500 1,615]

Does this set include all the JW & BPO albums released by Sony Classical?

[Bespin 8,480]

For the moment, if we assume this content, yes.

 

1 Music of the Night (BPO)
2 Star Wars Trilogy (Skywalker Symphony)
3 The Spielberg/Williams Collaboration (BPO)
4 I Love a Parade (BPO)
5 The Green Album (BPO)
6 Joy to the World (BPO)
7 Night and Day (BPO)
8 Unforgettable (BPO)
9 Music for Stage and Screen (BPO)
10 It Don't Mean a Thing if it Ain't Got That Swing (BPO)
11 Williams on Williams (BPO)
12 Summon the Heroes (BPO)
13 Cinema Serenade (Itzhak Perlman, Pittsburgh SO)
14 The Five Sacred Trees album (London SO)
15 The Hollywood Sound (London SO)
16 Gershwin Fantasy (Joshua Bell, London SO)
17 Cinema Serenade 2 (Itzhak Perlman, BPO)

18 Yo-Yo Ma Plays The Music Of John Williams (LA orchestra)
19 American Journey (Utah SO/ LA orchestra)
20 The Spielberg/Williams Collaboration Part III (LA orchestra)

 

A little bonus, like the 2006 "Memoirs of a Geisha - Live Sessions" EP would be welcome... we don't know... it has never been released on an "album" yet.

 

As the Oboe Concerto released digitally in 2013 on another EP, I'm not sure that Sony Classical is the right holder.  It was a iTunes digital release and I think that's a Boston Symphony Orchestra Inc. production.

 

Anyway, it would be welcome too as a bonus in the boxset!

[Miguel Andrade 1,260]

The Oboe Concerto was released digitally by BSO Classics, available on iTunes, but also in lossless format through the BSO store. My hope is that they release both the Oboe and Harp concertos on CD someday -- and maybe the Viola Concerto, in case that was recorded at the time of the premiere.

[TownerFan 4,983]

 

https://musique.fnac.com/a11191330/John-Williams-John-Williams-Conductor-Coffret-Inclus-un-livret-illustre-de-64-pages-CD-album

 

 

There are no details available yet, but it's safe to assume that the 20 CDs will be:

 

Williams Conducts Williams: The Skywalker Symphony

The Spielberg/Williams Collaboration

Music of the Night

I Love a Parade

Joy to the World

Music for Stage and Screen

Williams on Williams: The Classic Spielberg Scores

Night and Day: The Pops Salutes Sinatra

Unforgettable

The Green Album

Swing

The Five Sacred Trees

The Hollywood Sound

Cinema Serenade

Cinema Serenade Vol.2

Gershwin Fantasy

Call of the Champions

Yo-Yo Ma Plays the Music of John Williams

The Spielberg/Williams Collaboration Vol.3

A CD with the Memoirs of a Geisha Suite for Cello and Orchestra and the Geisha Suite for Cello and Piano (plus perhaps the American Masterpiece Collection Theme)

 

[Matt S. 492]

You forgot the Summon the Heroes album. That would certainly be the 20th CD on the list.

[TownerFan 4,983]

You're right!

[Bespin 8,480]

Is it possible to merge with the existing thread?
 

 

[Incanus 5,713]

Done!

[Joni Wiljami 1,206]

Great!! I need more Williams/Spielberg collaboration CDs

thanks sony

[fommes 153]

There seem to be details on the fnac site:

• CD 1
• 01 Music of the Night: Pops on Broadway 1990
• CD 2
• 01 John Williams Conducts John Williams: The Star Wars Trilogy 1990
• CD 3
• 01 The Spielberg/Williams Collaboration 1990
• CD 4
• 01 I Love a Parade 1991
• CD 5
• 01 The Green Album 1992
• CD 6
• 01 Joy to the World 1992
• CD 7
• 01 Night and Day: Celebrate Sinatra 1993
• CD 8
• 01 Unforgettable 1993
• CD 9
• 01 Music for Stage and Screen 1994
• CD 10
• 01 It Don’t Mean a Thing If It Ain’t Got That Swing 1994
• CD 11
• 01 Williams on Williams: The Classic Spielberg Scores 1995
• CD 12
• 01 Summon the Heroes 1996
• CD 13
• 01 Cinema Serenade 1997
• CD 14
• 01 The Five Sacred Trees 1997
• CD 15
• 01 The Hollywood Sound 1997
• CD 16
• 01 Gershwin Fantasy 1998
• CD 17
• 01 Cinema Serenade 2 1999
• CD 18
• 01 Yo-Yo Ma Plays the Music of John Williams 2002
• CD 19
• 01 American Journey 2002
• CD 20
• 01 Spielberg/Williams Collaboration, Part III 2017

[Bespin 8,480]

@fommes Oh com'on look at my post dating from october. 

[fommes 153]

What post? The post in which you say "assume" and "we don't know"?

[Bespin 8,480]

But I was right!

[Matt S. 492]

 

I was right first!!!  

[JohnnyD 1,220]

 

• CD 1
• 01 Music of the Night: Pops on Broadway 1990
• CD 2
• 01 John Williams Conducts John Williams: The Star Wars Trilogy 1990
• CD 3
• 01 The Spielberg/Williams Collaboration 1990
• CD 4
• 01 I Love a Parade 1991
• CD 5
• 01 The Green Album 1992
• CD 6
• 01 Joy to the World 1992
• CD 7
• 01 Night and Day: Celebrate Sinatra 1993
• CD 8
• 01 Unforgettable 1993
• CD 9
• 01 Music for Stage and Screen 1994
• CD 10
• 01 It Don’t Mean a Thing If It Ain’t Got That Swing 1994
• CD 11
• 01 Williams on Williams: The Classic Spielberg Scores 1995
• CD 12
• 01 Summon the Heroes 1996
• CD 13
• 01 Cinema Serenade 1997
• CD 14
• 01 The Five Sacred Trees 1997
• CD 15
• 01 The Hollywood Sound 1997
• CD 16
• 01 Gershwin Fantasy 1998
• CD 17
• 01 Cinema Serenade 2 1999
• CD 18
• 01 Yo-Yo Ma Plays the Music of John Williams 2002
• CD 19
• 01 American Journey 2002
• CD 20
• 01 Spielberg/Williams Collaboration, Part III 2017

Wow! This is cool; an awesome set.

[Bespin 8,480]

I really wonder how many times the content of the box can be reposted. 

[Tom 4,639]

I would not want to cross this guy: 

[Bespin 8,480]

It's the exact same photo.

 

OMG, they photoshoped the inclination of his head!

 

[Disco Stu 15,495]

25 minutes ago, Bespin said:

It's the exact same photo.

 

OMG, they photoshoped the inclination of his head!

 

 

 

...

 

[Josh500 1,615]

20 hours ago, Bespin said:

It's the exact same photo.

 

OMG, they photoshoped the inclination of his head!

 

Probably not.

 

It's two takes from the same photo session! 

[Bilbo 3,709]

I don't have most of these albums and ~€100 seems pretty decent. I don't see it on Amazon yet though. 

[Bespin 8,480]

I wonder now if Decca will do the same with the "Philips" years... It would be a boxset of what, 21-22 CD (depending of what they do with the new recordings featured on the By Request compilation)?

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265]

That would be great! America: The Dream Goes On.

[Josh500 1,615]

2 hours ago, Bespin said:

I wonder now if Decca will do the same with the "Philips" years... It would be a boxset of what, 21-22 CD (depending of what they do with the new recordings featured on the By Request compilation)?

 

I'd buy that!

 

And I'm thinking of buying this Sony boxset too, even though I already own 80% of its contents!

[Bespin 8,480]

Just now, Josh500 said:

 

I'd buy that!

 

And I'm thinking of buying this Sony boxset too, even though I already own 80% of its contents!

 

I have 100 % and I'll probably buy it, even if it's not remastered.

[Josh500 1,615]

13 minutes ago, Bespin said:

 

I have 100 % and I'll probably buy it, even if it's not remastered.

 

It's a Collector's Item, nice to have on your John Williams shelf!

[Jay 37,287]

So Sony is going through the effort of collecting the 20 albums they've already released of his work in one box, yet not finding a way to include the Memoirs suites or Happy Birthday Variations?  Bah!

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265]

Could have done with a 21th CD which had some unreleased works on it.

[Ollie 1,059]

Pass!

[Bespin 8,480]

We need a spy friend at Sony.

[Jay 37,287]

2 minutes ago, Stefancos said:

Could have done with a 21th CD which had some unreleased works on it.

 

Seriously!  Both Memoirs suites, Happy Birthday Variations, surely there's some other odds and ends he recorded during his time signed to Sony that haven't been released.  Like that Close Encounters suite recorded last year!

[Josh500 1,615]

29 minutes ago, Jay said:

So Sony is going through the effort of collecting the 20 albums they've already released of his work in one box, yet not finding a way to include the Memoirs suites or Happy Birthday Variations?  Bah!

 

It doesn't say that it's not a Complete Boxset. Just the top 20, if you will.