Compact disc. The Boston Pops Orchestra ; John Williams, conductor. Program notes by Barrymore Laurence Scherer.
Contents:
Disc 1: America, the dream goes on: Liberty fanfare -- America the beautiful -- This land is your land -- Richard Rodgers' waltzes: Lover / Falling in love with love / Oh, what a beautiful mornin' / It's a grand night for singing -- March from Superman -- Fanfare for the common man -- America, the dream goes on (James Ingram, soloist) -- Hoedown from Rodeo -- Seventy six trombones -- The pop play a movie spectacular : Theme from A summer place -- Singin' in the rain -- Over the rainbow -- The trolley song -- Somewhere out there -- March from Raiders of the lost ark -- A salute to Fred Astaire: Top hat, white tie, and tails / The carioca / dancing in the dark / I won't dance / The continental -- Theme from 2001 : A space odyssey (also Sprach Zarathustra) -- Theme from New York, New York. Disc 2: Quiet night...with the pops: Fantasia on "Greensleeves" Leone Buyse, flute -- Theme from Out of Africa -- Clair de Lune -- Adagio for strings and organ (Albinoni) Max Hobart, violin -- Starlight swing... with the pops: Sleepy lagoon -- A string of pearls -- Begin the beguine -- Song of India -- Sing, sing, sing -- The pops on Broadway: Sophisticated ladies (a tribute to Duke Ellington) : Sophisticated lady / Take the "A" train / Mood indigo / It don't mean a thing (If it ain't got that swing) -- Memory -- There's no business like show business -- Slaughter on tenth avenue -- Overture to a Chorus Line. Disc 3: The pop salute all-time popular favorites: Ebb tide -- More -- Here you come again -- Unchained melody -- The girl from Ipanema -- Theme from Summer of '42 (The summer knows) -- Friendly persuasion (Thee I love) -- Where is your heart? (The song from Moulin Rouge) -- Love is a many-splendored thing -- The pops around the world: Never on Sunday -- La Bamba -- Irish tune from country Derry (Danny Boy) -- American medley: New York, New York / Lonely town / America -- Tuxedo junction -- Fiddler on the Roof medley: If I were a rich man / To life / Miracle of miracles / Sunrise, sunset / Matchmaker, matchmaker / Tradition -- Ciribiribin. Disc 4: Pops... go the classics: Rhapsody in blue (Misha Dichter, piano) -- Pavane (Faure) -- Orb and sceptre (Coronation march) -- The swan (Martha Babcock, cello) -- A pops tribute to Gershwin: An American in Paris -- Marching with the pops: St. Louis blues march -- Under the double eagle -- American salute (When Johnny comes marching home) -- Strike up the band.
OCLC:
(OCoLC)36912891
Locations:
GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.