John Williams In Tokyo - New live concert album coming May 3rd, 2024 from Deutsche Grammophon

[Nathan95 76]

Look what's just released on spotify. Maybe this concert is finally getting an album and blu-ray?

C

[igger6 1,031]

Promising, but weird!  On my end it says it's releasing on Monday.  I thought all music releases have moved to Fridays.

[MaxTheHouseelf 365]

Hell yeah! I was hoping they would release this great concert. Especially the E.T. Suite (Stargazing ) was so beautiful and I also liked "For Seiji" a lot too!

 

Just now, igger6 said:

Promising, but weird!  On my end it says it's releasing on Monday.  I thought all music releases have moved to Fridays.

Yeah this will release tomorrow, probably with the press release and this will be the appetizer

[Jurassic Shark 16,049]

I expect this concert to have less flubs and timing issues than the VPO concert. 

 

2 minutes ago, MaxTheHouseelf said:

the E.T. Suite (Stargazing )

 

Finally!

[Tom 6,386]

Little disappointed that the ET suite has the only the flying theme for the third movement, but we already have good recordings of the Adventures and Stargazing.  I really want the proper concert version of 3 millions light years to compile the full suite.  

[GerateWohl 6,395]

Sorry. But I am getting a little tired of these 90% always same concert programs on Deutsche Grammophon CDs. No matter how good the orchestras are. 

That reminds me a little of the time when Pearl Jam were publishing tons of bootlegs of almost all their concerts.

Something like that is a great souvenir for those who were there. Or for people who don’t already own other concert recordings. But I already have enough. I am out for this.

[Amer 2,702]

Awesome news !!

 

I suppose this will be an exclusive DG Japan release 

[bollemanneke 4,279]

Ah I see, so we can't have Vienna 2 but we can have this.

[GerateWohl 6,395]

23 minutes ago, bollemanneke said:

Ah I see, so we can't have Vienna 2 but we can have this.

Yes. DG didn't dare to publish the violin concerto twice, but we get the fourth recording of the Superman March in five years (LA, Vienna, Berlin, Tokyo).

Hurray!

[Tom 6,386]

Four recordings in five years!  Man, that is super.   

[JohnnyD 1,746]

5 hours ago, Nathan95 said:

Look what's just released on spotify. Maybe this concert is finally getting an album and blu-ray?

C

Unexpected, but VERY welcome.

[AOP 278]

@Amer, you were right!

 

I wasn’t sure myself when it was coming, but here it is:

https://www.universal-music.co.jp/john-williams/news/2024-02-19/

 

It doesn’t specify when the physical album and blu-ray will be available, but they are coming!

 

Links for the digital release are here:

 

https://lnk.to/JohnWilliams_in_Tokyo

 

Also, as per the announcement, a trailer on YouTube will be released at 6 pm JST today!

 

https://johnwilliams-in-tokyo.lnk.to/videos

[pete 1,298]

No ET suite on the CD - that's a crime! 

[Tom 6,386]

10 hours ago, pete said:

No ET suite on the CD - that's a crime! 

The one piece (3 million light years) that I really wanted.   I am happy that we are getting Tributes, but the youtube version of it is quite good, so that was less of a priority.  

[Amer 2,702]

30 minutes ago, Tom said:

The one piece (3 million light years) that I really wanted.   I am happy with Tributes too, but the youtube version of it is quite good.  

Maybe the blu ray version has it. I'm hoping for it.

[Obi 409]

Well... The track list is a huge disappointment.

 

 

[BB-8 5,942]

14 hours ago, GerateWohl said:

Yes. DG didn't dare to publish the violin concerto twice, but we get the fourth recording of the Superman March in five years (LA, Vienna, Berlin, Tokyo).

Hurray!

Berlin...which was also squeezed onto a useless golden vinyl single that can't be played completely on an automatic turntable. Hurray!

 

1 hour ago, Obi said:

Well... The track list is a huge disappointment.

 

 

I think we've passed the peak of DG/JW releases...unless they do the piano concerto for/with Ax.

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Suppose this will be the first album cover (since Jazz Beginnings and the Prokofiev gig) showing JW without glasses?

[BB-8 5,942]

 

 

[Bespin Copilot 10,514]

I'm not familiar with the entire program of what was performed in Tokyo, but the Blu-Ray program seems a bit weak to me. Was the concert so bad that in the end we only get an 'old-fashioned' 1-Album version of it?

[Nathan95 76]

Maybe a "deluxe edition" will include the Denève tracks? At least I hope so. 

And the whole concert would be on the blu-ray, surely. Not very good value otherwise.

[Bespin Copilot 10,514]

Ah, okay, I understand now. Denève conducted the first part of the concert, which is why the Blu-ray program seems odd.

[Nathan95 76]

1 minute ago, Bespin said:

Ah ok, I get it, Denève conducted the other half of the pieces?

Correct. He did first half of the concert

[Pawel P. 905]

I'am (almost) sure the Blu ray version will contain the entire concert, including all the pieces from the first part, conducted by Stéphane Denève.

[Jurassic Shark 16,049]

Don't forget the Japanese deluxe 2-CD edition. 

[BB-8 5,942]

3 minutes ago, Jurassic Shark said:

Don't forget the Japanese deluxe 2-CD edition. 

...that will contain the rest of the Vienna II "songs".

[JohnnyD 1,746]

4 hours ago, BB-8 said:

 

 

 

So, where can the CD and/or Blu-ray be purchased?

[bollemanneke 4,279]

So is ET on the blu ray only or what? Or will that be for the inevitable deluxe standard super ultimate edition in August?

[rpvee 1,063]

6 hours ago, BB-8 said:

Berlin...which was also squeezed onto a useless golden vinyl single that can't be played completely on an automatic turntable. Hurray!

Explain?

[BB-8 5,942]

6 minutes ago, rpvee said:

Explain?

I think it is the longer track on the vinyl single (HWW over 5 minutes) which causes my automatic record player (ProJect A1 - "engineered in Germany") to prematurely raise the receiver and stop the turntable.

[Davis 3,957]

31 minutes ago, JohnnyD said:

 

So, where can the CD and/or Blu-ray be purchased?

Disney Music Emporium.

[BB-8 5,942]

 

 

14 hours ago, pete said:

No ET suite on the CD - that's a crime! 

Perhaps it is too French-sounding for Deutsche Grammophon?

[GerateWohl 6,395]

22 minutes ago, BB-8 said:

I think it is the longer track on the vinyl single (HWW over 5 minutes) which causes my automatic record player (ProJect A1 - "engineered in Germany") to prematurely raise the receiver and stop the turntable.

I remember playing singles up to 6 minutes without problem on my ancient record player in the 80s.

[Marian Schedenig 11,313]

5 hours ago, BB-8 said:

 

 

So this is where his recent Ozawa tribute came from. Recorded before his death then, I would assume.

[Leitmotif 26]

On 18/02/2024 at 3:50 PM, GerateWohl said:

Sorry. But I am getting a little tired of these 90% always same concert programs on Deutsche Grammophon CDs. No matter how good the orchestras are. 

That reminds me a little of the time when Pearl Jam were publishing tons of bootlegs of almost all their concerts.

Something like that is a great souvenir for those who were there. Or for people who don’t already own other concert recordings. But I already have enough. I am out for this.

That is why I am waiting still for the Milan and Vienna II. Vinyls 

[BB-8 5,942]

I'm waiting for the complete collection on cassette...

 

[ricsim88 328]

Video of Superman march. Didn’t see it posted.

 

 

[JohnnyD 1,746]

So it will be released on May 3rd. Can’t wait to get it. Too bad it can’t be pre-ordered yet.

[eitam 407]

6 hours ago, ricsim88 said:

Video of Superman march. Didn’t see it posted.

 

 

 

Great video, but is it me or does John look incredibly bored during the performance ? 

[BB-8 5,942]

6 hours ago, eitam said:

 

Great video, but is it me or does John look incredibly bored during the performance ? 

He looks exhausted...like any other conductor of that age.

 

He doesn't even bother to turn the pages of the score.

 

[Steve 688]

1 hour ago, BB-8 said:

He looks exhausted...like any other conductor of that age.

 

He doesn't even bother to turn the pages of the score.

 

He looked much better/fitter in the Pittsburgh video from december. If I remember correctly it was very hot and humid in Japan so it's no wonder a 91 year old feels that. The white jacket makes him look older too.

[BB-8 5,942]

[eitam 407]

2 hours ago, BB-8 said:

He looks exhausted...like any other conductor of that age.

 

Yes, that's more likely. 

[Jurassic Shark 16,049]

Looks like me on a Monday. 

[GerateWohl 6,395]

And the jetlag. There is a 7 hour day time shift between L.A. and Japan. So 8:00 in the evening in Japan is about 3:00 in the morning L.A. time.

[Jurassic Shark 16,049]

10 hours ago, eitam said:

 

Great video, but is it me or does John look incredibly bored during the performance ? 

 

A very good performance indeed! I guess he's just concentrating. JW isn't one of those show-off conductors.

[Steve 688]

3 hours ago, BB-8 said:

 

He doesn't even bother to turn the pages of the score.

He usually conducts the marches (Superman, Raiders, Imperial) without the scores. He should know them by now

[WilliamsStarShip2282 326]

48 minutes ago, GerateWohl said:

And the jetlag. There is a 7 hour day time shift between L.A. and Japan. So 8:00 in the evening in Japan is about 3:00 in the morning L.A. time.

 I would say this is more accurate. Going from the US to Asia can really be tough. I have been going back and forth for years and it absolutely has not gotten easier, if anything it gets even harder as I get older.

[artguy360 2,168]

I'm interested in hearing the performance of The Rebellion is Reborn. I wish something from TROS would be played in concert conducted by JW.

[Tom 6,386]

8 hours ago, BB-8 said:

He was just proving to Seiji that he can memorize scores too.  

[BB-8 5,942]

25 minutes ago, Tom said:

He was just proving to Seiji that he can memorize scores too.  

...and that when one translates John Williams from Japanese back into English it means "Superman".