Complete Philips Recordings (2025 Reissue/Reprint of the 2022 Box Set)

~ Release by John Williams And The Boston Pops Orchestra (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Annotation

A limited edition, 21-CD set of John Williams' complete recordings made for Philips during his first 10 years with the Boston Pops Orchestra.

Annotation last modified on 2026-02-18 20:54 UTC.

Tracklist

1▶CD: Pops on the March
2▶CD: Pops in Space
3▶CD: That's Entertainment (Pops on Broadway)
4▶CD: We Wish You a Merry Christmas
5▶CD: Pops Around the World
6▶CD: Aisle Seat
7▶CD: Out of This World
8▶CD: Peter and the Wolf / Nutcracker Suite
9▶CD: With a Song in My Heart
10▶CD: Swing, Swing, Swing
11▶CD: America, the Dream Goes On
12▶CD: On Stage
13▶CD: Bernstein by Boston
14▶CD: Pops in Love
15▶CD: Holst: The Planets
16▶CD: Digital Jukebox
17▶CD: Lucky to Be Me
18▶CD: Salute to Hollywood
19▼CD: Pops à la Russe
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1Mlada, Suite: Cortège
recorded in:
Boston, Massachusetts, United States (from 1988-06-04 until 1988-06-07)
recording engineer:
Henk Kooistra (dutch audio engineer) and John Newton (editor, engineer mixer)
producer:
John McClure (recording engineer and record producer)
orchestra:
Boston Pops Orchestra (from 1988-06-04 until 1988-06-07)
conductor:
John Williams (American score composer) (from 1988-06-04 until 1988-06-07)
balance engineer:
Onno Scholtze (sound engineer) (from 1988-06-04 until 1988-06-07)
recorded at:
Symphony Hall (Boston) in Boston, Massachusetts, United States (from 1988-06-04 until 1988-06-07)
recording of:
Mlada Suite: V. Cortège (Procession of the Nobles) (from 1988-06-04 until 1988-06-07)
composer:
Николай Андреевич Римский‐Корсаков (Nikolai Rimsky‐Korsakov, Russian composer)
part of:
Mlada Suite
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov4:25
2Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances: Dance of the Polovtsian Maidens
recorded in:
Boston, Massachusetts, United States (from 1988-06-04 until 1988-06-07)
recording engineer:
Henk Kooistra (dutch audio engineer) and John Newton (editor, engineer mixer)
producer:
John McClure (recording engineer and record producer)
orchestra:
Boston Pops Orchestra (from 1988-06-04 until 1988-06-07)
conductor:
John Williams (American score composer) (from 1988-06-04 until 1988-06-07)
arranger:
Alexander Glazunov (Russian composer, 1865–1936) and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (Nikolai Rimsky‐Korsakov, Russian composer)
balance engineer:
Onno Scholtze (sound engineer) (from 1988-06-04 until 1988-06-07)
recorded at:
Symphony Hall (Boston) in Boston, Massachusetts, United States (from 1988-06-04 until 1988-06-07)
partial recording of:
Polovtsian Dances no. 8, “Dance of the Polovtsian Maidens”: Presto, 6/8, F major (from 1988-06-04 until 1988-06-07)
orchestrator:
Александр Константинович Глазунов (Alexander Glazunov, Russian composer, 1865–1936) and Николай Андреевич Римский‐Корсаков (Nikolai Rimsky‐Korsakov, Russian composer)
composer:
Александр Порфирьевич Бородин (Alexander Borodin, Russian composer)
arrangement of:
Prince Igor: Act II. Dance of the Polovtsian Maidens
part of:
Polovtsian Dances (from Prince Igor, completed after Borodin's death, ca. 1890)
Alexander Borodin2:20
3Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances: Andantino
recorded in:
Boston, Massachusetts, United States (from 1988-06-04 until 1988-06-07)
recording engineer:
Henk Kooistra (dutch audio engineer) and John Newton (editor, engineer mixer)
producer:
John McClure (recording engineer and record producer)
orchestra:
Boston Pops Orchestra (from 1988-06-04 until 1988-06-07)
conductor:
John Williams (American score composer) (from 1988-06-04 until 1988-06-07)
arranger:
Alexander Glazunov (Russian composer, 1865–1936) and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (Nikolai Rimsky‐Korsakov, Russian composer)
balance engineer:
Onno Scholtze (sound engineer) (from 1988-06-04 until 1988-06-07)
recorded at:
Symphony Hall (Boston) in Boston, Massachusetts, United States (from 1988-06-04 until 1988-06-07)
recording of:
Prince Igor: Act II. Polovtsian Dance with Choir (from 1988-06-04 until 1988-06-07)
orchestrator:
Александр Константинович Глазунов (Alexander Glazunov, Russian composer, 1865–1936) and Николай Андреевич Римский‐Корсаков (Nikolai Rimsky‐Korsakov, Russian composer)
composer:
Александр Порфирьевич Бородин (Alexander Borodin, Russian composer)
part of:
Prince Igor: Act II
Alexander Borodin3:47
4Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances: Allegro
recorded in:
Boston, Massachusetts, United States (from 1988-06-04 until 1988-06-07)
recording engineer:
Henk Kooistra (dutch audio engineer) and John Newton (editor, engineer mixer)
producer:
John McClure (recording engineer and record producer)
orchestra:
Boston Pops Orchestra (from 1988-06-04 until 1988-06-07)
conductor:
John Williams (American score composer) (from 1988-06-04 until 1988-06-07)
arranger:
Alexander Glazunov (Russian composer, 1865–1936) and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (Nikolai Rimsky‐Korsakov, Russian composer)
balance engineer:
Onno Scholtze (sound engineer) (from 1988-06-04 until 1988-06-07)
recorded at:
Symphony Hall (Boston) in Boston, Massachusetts, United States (from 1988-06-04 until 1988-06-07)
recording of:
Polovtsian Dances (from Prince Igor, completed after Borodin's death, ca. 1890) (from 1988-06-04 until 1988-06-07)
composer:
Александр Порфирьевич Бородин (Alexander Borodin, Russian composer)
arranger:
Александр Константинович Глазунов (Alexander Glazunov, Russian composer, 1865–1936) and Николай Андреевич Римский‐Корсаков (Nikolai Rimsky‐Korsakov, Russian composer)
Alexander Borodin2:16
5Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances: Presto
recorded in:
Boston, Massachusetts, United States (from 1988-06-04 until 1988-06-07)
recording engineer:
Henk Kooistra (dutch audio engineer) and John Newton (editor, engineer mixer)
producer:
John McClure (recording engineer and record producer)
orchestra:
Boston Pops Orchestra (from 1988-06-04 until 1988-06-07)
conductor:
John Williams (American score composer) (from 1988-06-04 until 1988-06-07)
arranger:
Alexander Glazunov (Russian composer, 1865–1936) and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (Nikolai Rimsky‐Korsakov, Russian composer)
balance engineer:
Onno Scholtze (sound engineer) (from 1988-06-04 until 1988-06-07)
recorded at:
Symphony Hall (Boston) in Boston, Massachusetts, United States (from 1988-06-04 until 1988-06-07)
recording of:
Polovtsian Dances (from Prince Igor, completed after Borodin's death, ca. 1890) (from 1988-06-04 until 1988-06-07)
composer:
Александр Порфирьевич Бородин (Alexander Borodin, Russian composer)
arranger:
Александр Константинович Глазунов (Alexander Glazunov, Russian composer, 1865–1936) and Николай Андреевич Римский‐Корсаков (Nikolai Rimsky‐Korsakov, Russian composer)
Alexander Borodin5:44
6None but the Lonely Heart
recorded in:
Boston, Massachusetts, United States (from 1988-06-04 until 1988-06-07)
recording engineer:
Henk Kooistra (dutch audio engineer) and John Newton (editor, engineer mixer)
producer:
John McClure (recording engineer and record producer)
orchestra:
Boston Pops Orchestra (from 1988-06-04 until 1988-06-07)
conductor:
John Williams (American score composer) (from 1988-06-04 until 1988-06-07)
arranger:
Lucien Cailliet
balance engineer:
Onno Scholtze (sound engineer) (from 1988-06-04 until 1988-06-07)
recorded at:
Symphony Hall (Boston) in Boston, Massachusetts, United States (from 1988-06-04 until 1988-06-07)
recording of:
6 Romances, op. 6: No. 6. Нет, только тот, кто знал / None but the Lonely Heart (catch-all for arrangements) (from 1988-06-04 until 1988-06-07)
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer)
arrangement of:
6 Romances, op. 6, no. 6: None but the Lonely Heart (Нет, только тот, кто знал) (6 Romances, Op. 6: No. 6. None but the Lonely Heart, original for voice and piano)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky3:46
7The Snow Maiden, Suite: Danse des bouffons
recorded in:
Boston, Massachusetts, United States (from 1988-06-04 until 1988-06-07)
recording engineer:
Henk Kooistra (dutch audio engineer) and John Newton (editor, engineer mixer)
producer:
John McClure (recording engineer and record producer)
orchestra:
Boston Pops Orchestra (from 1988-06-04 until 1988-06-07)
conductor:
John Williams (American score composer) (from 1988-06-04 until 1988-06-07)
balance engineer:
Onno Scholtze (sound engineer) (from 1988-06-04 until 1988-06-07)
recorded at:
Symphony Hall (Boston) in Boston, Massachusetts, United States (from 1988-06-04 until 1988-06-07)
recording of:
Suite from “The Snow Maiden”: IV. Dance of the Tumblers (from 1988-06-04 until 1988-06-07)
composer:
Николай Андреевич Римский‐Корсаков (Nikolai Rimsky‐Korsakov, Russian composer) (in 1895)
part of:
Suite from “The Snow Maiden”
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov3:42
8A Night on Bare Mountain
recorded in:
Boston, Massachusetts, United States (from 1988-06-04 until 1988-06-07)
recording engineer:
Henk Kooistra (dutch audio engineer) and John Newton (editor, engineer mixer)
producer:
John McClure (recording engineer and record producer)
orchestra:
Boston Pops Orchestra (from 1988-06-04 until 1988-06-07)
conductor:
John Williams (American score composer) (from 1988-06-04 until 1988-06-07)
balance engineer:
Onno Scholtze (sound engineer) (from 1988-06-04 until 1988-06-07)
recorded at:
Symphony Hall (Boston) in Boston, Massachusetts, United States (from 1988-06-04 until 1988-06-07)
recording of:
Une nuit sur le mont chauve: Fantaisie pour l’orchestre (Night on Bald Mountain, orchestrated by Rimsky-Korsakov) (from 1988-06-04 until 1988-06-07)
orchestrator:
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (Nikolai Rimsky‐Korsakov, Russian composer) (in 1886)
composer:
Modest Mussorgsky (composer) (from 1867-06-12 until 1867-06-23)
dedicated to:
Wladimir Stassoff (Vladimir Vasilievich Stasov)
publisher:
W. Bessel & Cie (in 1886)
is based on:
St. John’s Night on the Bare Mountain (original version)
Modest Mussorgsky11:37
9Lieutenant Kijé, Suite: Troika
recorded in:
Boston, Massachusetts, United States (from 1988-06-04 until 1988-06-07)
recording engineer:
Henk Kooistra (dutch audio engineer) and John Newton (editor, engineer mixer)
producer:
John McClure (recording engineer and record producer)
orchestra:
Boston Pops Orchestra (from 1988-06-04 until 1988-06-07)
conductor:
John Williams (American score composer) (from 1988-06-04 until 1988-06-07)
balance engineer:
Onno Scholtze (sound engineer) (from 1988-06-04 until 1988-06-07)
recorded at:
Symphony Hall (Boston) in Boston, Massachusetts, United States (from 1988-06-04 until 1988-06-07)
recording of:
Lieutenant Kijé Suite, op. 60: IV. Troika (from 1988-06-04 until 1988-06-07)
composer:
Сергей Сергеевич Прокофьев (Sergei Prokofiev, Russian composer) (in 1933)
part of:
Lieutenant Kijé Suite, op. 60
Sergei Prokofiev3:01
10Gayaneh, Suites: Dance of the Rose Maiden
recorded in:
Boston, Massachusetts, United States (from 1988-06-04 until 1988-06-07)
recording engineer:
Henk Kooistra (dutch audio engineer) and John Newton (editor, engineer mixer)
producer:
John McClure (recording engineer and record producer)
orchestra:
Boston Pops Orchestra (from 1988-06-04 until 1988-06-07)
conductor:
John Williams (American score composer) (from 1988-06-04 until 1988-06-07)
balance engineer:
Onno Scholtze (sound engineer) (from 1988-06-04 until 1988-06-07)
recorded at:
Symphony Hall (Boston) in Boston, Massachusetts, United States (from 1988-06-04 until 1988-06-07)
recording of:
First Suite from the ballet “Gayaneh” for orchestra, op. 53: II. Dance of the Rose Maidens (from 1988-06-04 until 1988-06-07)
composer:
Արամ Խաչատրյան (Aram Khachaturian, Soviet-Armenian composer) (in 1942)
part of:
First Suite from the ballet “Gayaneh” for orchestra, op. 53
Aram Khachaturian2:10
11Gayaneh, Suites: Lullaby
recorded in:
Boston, Massachusetts, United States (from 1988-06-04 until 1988-06-07)
recording engineer:
Henk Kooistra (dutch audio engineer) and John Newton (editor, engineer mixer)
producer:
John McClure (recording engineer and record producer)
orchestra:
Boston Pops Orchestra (from 1988-06-04 until 1988-06-07)
conductor:
John Williams (American score composer) (from 1988-06-04 until 1988-06-07)
balance engineer:
Onno Scholtze (sound engineer) (from 1988-06-04 until 1988-06-07)
recorded at:
Symphony Hall (Boston) in Boston, Massachusetts, United States (from 1988-06-04 until 1988-06-07)
recording of:
First Suite from the ballet “Gayaneh” for orchestra, op. 53: V. Lullaby (from 1988-06-04 until 1988-06-07)
composer:
Արամ Խաչատրյան (Aram Khachaturian, Soviet-Armenian composer)
part of:
First Suite from the ballet “Gayaneh” for orchestra, op. 53
Aram Khachaturian5:17
12Gayaneh, Suites: Sabre Dance
recorded in:
Boston, Massachusetts, United States (from 1988-06-04 until 1988-06-07)
recording engineer:
Henk Kooistra (dutch audio engineer) and John Newton (editor, engineer mixer)
producer:
John McClure (recording engineer and record producer)
orchestra:
Boston Pops Orchestra (from 1988-06-04 until 1988-06-07)
conductor:
John Williams (American score composer) (from 1988-06-04 until 1988-06-07)
balance engineer:
Onno Scholtze (sound engineer) (from 1988-06-04 until 1988-06-07)
recorded at:
Symphony Hall (Boston) in Boston, Massachusetts, United States (from 1988-06-04 until 1988-06-07)
recording of:
Sabre Dance, from the ballet Gayaneh (catch-all for unknown versions) (from 1988-06-04 until 1988-06-07)
composer:
Aram Khachaturian (Soviet-Armenian composer) (in 1942)
arrangement of:
Gayaneh: Act III, Scene VII (Expiation). Sabre Dance
recording of:
Third Suite from the ballet “Gayaneh” for orchestra, op. 55: V. Sabre Dance (from 1988-06-04 until 1988-06-07)
composer:
Արամ Խաչատրյան (Aram Khachaturian, Soviet-Armenian composer) (in 1942)
version of:
Gayaneh: Act III, Scene VII (Expiation). Sabre Dance
part of:
Third Suite from the ballet “Gayaneh” for orchestra, op. 55
Aram Khachaturian2:29
13String Quartet no. 2: Nocturne
recorded in:
Boston, Massachusetts, United States (from 1988-06-04 until 1988-06-07)
recording engineer:
Henk Kooistra (dutch audio engineer) and John Newton (editor, engineer mixer)
producer:
John McClure (recording engineer and record producer)
orchestra:
Boston Pops Orchestra (from 1988-06-04 until 1988-06-07)
conductor:
John Williams (American score composer) (from 1988-06-04 until 1988-06-07)
arranger:
Sir Malcolm Sargent (conductor)
balance engineer:
Onno Scholtze (sound engineer) (from 1988-06-04 until 1988-06-07)
recorded at:
Symphony Hall (Boston) in Boston, Massachusetts, United States (from 1988-06-04 until 1988-06-07)
recording of:
String Quartet no. 2 in D major: III. Notturno (catch-all for arrangements) (from 1988-06-04 until 1988-06-07)
composer:
Александр Порфирьевич Бородин (Alexander Borodin, Russian composer)
arrangement of:
String Quartet no. 2 in D major: III. Notturno. Andante
Alexander Borodin7:43
14The Golden Age, Suite: Polka
recorded in:
Boston, Massachusetts, United States (from 1988-06-04 until 1988-06-07)
recording engineer:
Henk Kooistra (dutch audio engineer) and John Newton (editor, engineer mixer)
producer:
John McClure (recording engineer and record producer)
orchestra:
Boston Pops Orchestra (from 1988-06-04 until 1988-06-07)
conductor:
John Williams (American score composer) (from 1988-06-04 until 1988-06-07)
balance engineer:
Onno Scholtze (sound engineer) (from 1988-06-04 until 1988-06-07)
recorded at:
Symphony Hall (Boston) in Boston, Massachusetts, United States (from 1988-06-04 until 1988-06-07)
recording of:
Suite from "The Age of Gold", op. 22a: III. Polka (from 1988-06-04 until 1988-06-07)
composer:
Дмитрий Дмитриевич Шостакович (Dmitri Shostakovich, composer)
part of:
Suite from "The Age of Gold", op. 22a
Dmitri Shostakovich2:31
15The Red Poppy, Suite: Russian Sailor's Dance
recorded in:
Boston, Massachusetts, United States (from 1988-06-04 until 1988-06-07)
recording engineer:
Henk Kooistra (dutch audio engineer) and John Newton (editor, engineer mixer)
producer:
John McClure (recording engineer and record producer)
orchestra:
Boston Pops Orchestra (from 1988-06-04 until 1988-06-07)
conductor:
John Williams (American score composer) (from 1988-06-04 until 1988-06-07)
balance engineer:
Onno Scholtze (sound engineer) (from 1988-06-04 until 1988-06-07)
recorded at:
Symphony Hall (Boston) in Boston, Massachusetts, United States (from 1988-06-04 until 1988-06-07)
recording of:
The Red Poppy Suite, op. 70: VI. Russian Sailor’s Dance (from 1988-06-04 until 1988-06-07)
composer:
Рейнгольд Морицевич Глиэр (Reinhold Glière, Russian composer)
part of:
The Red Poppy Suite, op. 70
Reinhold Glière3:43
20▶CD: Pops by Gershwin
21▶CD: By Request… / Pops Britannia

Credits

Release group

includes:Aisle Seat: Great Film Music by John Williams (American score composer) & The Boston Pops Orchestra
America, The Dream Goes On by John Williams (American score composer) & The Boston Pops Orchestra
Bernstein by Boston by Bernstein (Leonard Bernstein, American conductor, composer, pianist); Boston Pops Orchestra, John Williams (American score composer)
By Request… The Best of John Williams and the Boston Pops by John Williams (American score composer) and the Boston Pops
Digital Jukebox by John Williams (American score composer) & The Boston Pops Orchestra
Lucky to Be Me by Jessye Norman (soprano) & John Williams (American score composer)
On Stage by John Williams (American score composer) & Boston Pops Orchestra
Out of This World by John Williams (American score composer) & Boston Pops Orchestra
Pops à la Russe by John Williams (American score composer) and the Boston Pops Orchestra
Pops Around the World by John Williams (American score composer) & Boston Pops Orchestra
Pops Britannia by Boston Pops Orchestra, John Williams (American score composer)
Pops by Gershwin by Boston Pops Orchestra
Pops in Love by John Williams (American score composer) & Boston Pops Orchestra
Pops in Space by John Williams (American score composer) & The Boston Pops Orchestra
Pops on the March by John Williams (American score composer) & The Boston Pops Orchestra
Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf, Op. 67 / Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a by Prokofiev (Sergei Prokofiev, Russian composer), Tchaikovsky (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer); Dudley Moore, John Williams (American score composer) & The Boston Pops
Salute to Hollywood by John Williams (American score composer) & The Boston Pops Orchestra
Swing, Swing, Swing by John Williams (American score composer) & The Boston Pops
That's Entertainment by John Williams (American score composer) & Boston Pops
The Planets by Gustav Holst (composer); Boston Pops, John Williams (American score composer)
We Wish You a Merry Christmas by John Williams (American score composer) & The Boston Pops Orchestra
With a Song in My Heart by Jessye Norman (soprano), Boston Pops Orchestra, John Williams (American score composer)
part of:Boston Pops conducted by John Williams compilations (order: 20)