Name: Plays The Music Of John Williams
Brand: Music On Vinyl
SKU: 144406127
Availability: OutOfStock

Plays The Music Of John Williams

Rating

Album: Plays The Music Of John Williams
#	Song Title		Time
	Disc 1
1)	Concerto for Cello and Orchestra: I. Theme and Cadenza	More Info...	0:09
2)	Concerto for Cello and Orchestra: II. Blues	More Info...	0:04
3)	Concerto for Cello and Orchestra: III. Scherzo	More Info...	0:05
4)	Concerto for Cello and Orchestra: IV. Song	More Info...	0:11
5)	Elegy for Cello and Orchestra	More Info...	0:06

Album: Plays The Music Of John Williams
#	Song Title		Time
	Disc 1
1)	Concerto for Cello and Orchestra: I. Theme and Cadenza	More Info...	0:09
2)	Concerto for Cello and Orchestra: II. Blues	More Info...	0:04
3)	Concerto for Cello and Orchestra: III. Scherzo	More Info...	0:05
4)	Concerto for Cello and Orchestra: IV. Song	More Info...	0:11
5)	Elegy for Cello and Orchestra	More Info...	0:06

Performer Notes

This selection is also available in Super Audio CD format.
This selection is a DSD (Direct Stream Digital) recording.
This selection is a Super Audio CD, which is designed for use only on
Super Audio CD players. It is also available in standard CD format.
John Williams is known to most people through his scores for blockbuster films such as JURASSIC PARK, SCHINDLER'S LIST, JAWS, and the STAR WARS series, among others, but he is also a noted composer of concert works as well as a renowned conductor. This set features his compositions for cello, performed here by the inimitable Yo-Yo Ma with the composer himself wielding the baton. The album gets off to a rousing start with the Concerto for Cello and Orchestra, a piece that's vintage Williams: a cinematic blend of majestic themes, brassy fanfares, and dramatic flourishes.
The two other orchestral works on the disc are impressionistic tone poems that demonstrate the variety of Williams's sonic palette--the Elegy for Cello and Orchestra sets plaintive melodies amid lush, swirling pastels, while Heartwood evokes a restless moodiness through dense, dark-hued harmonies. The Three Pieces for Solo Cello are showcases for the instrument that explore the full range of its sonorities, incorporating folk elements and touches of Americana along the way. Ma brings his usual artistic commitment and technical brilliance to the proceedings, dispatching the challenges and demands of the works with his customary aplomb. Williams's crowd-pleasing compositional style and Ma's dazzling artistry make a winning combination.