[ Warner classics / 2 CD ]
Release Date: Wednesday 5 December 2018
This item is only available to us via Special Import.
The Best of The John Wilson Orchestra - a double-album celebrating a decade of BBC Proms performances with a selection of hit songs and music from Hollywood's greatest movie musicals. Featuring Seth MacFarlane, Curtis Stigers, Joyce DiDonato plus a host of other guests performing numbers by George Gershwin, Cole Porter, Irving Berlin, Rodgers & Hammerstein and many more. Also includes two special bonus tracks from "Gershwin in Hollywood" live performances at the Royal Albert Hall, [includes the 14 minute 'New York Rhapsody'] released here on CD for the very first time.
MGM Jubilee Overture
The Trolley Song (Meet Me In St. Louis)
Singin' in the Rain (From "Singin' in the Rain")
Get Happy (From "Summer Stock")
Barn Dance (From "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers")
Stranger in Paradise (From "Kismet")
Rogers & Hammerstein:
Main Title and Preludium (From "The Sound of Music")
I Have Confidence (From "The Sound of Music") with Sierra Boggess (soprano)
Climb Ev'ry Mountain (From "The Sound of Music")
I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair (From "South Pacific")
There is Nothin' Like a Dame (From "South Pacific")
The Carousel Waltz (From "Carousel")
You'll Never Walk Alone (From "Carousel")
Irving Berlin:
Steppin' Out with My Baby (From "Easter Parade")
Cole Porter:
Let's Do It (From "Paris")
High Society Overture (From "High Society")
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (From "High Society")
Well, Did You Evah? (From "High Society")
Always True to You in My Fashion (From "Kiss Me, Kate")
From This Moment On (From "Kiss me, Kate")
Gershwins:
But Not for Me (From "Girl Crazy") [Live]
I Got Rhythm (From "An American in Paris")
'S Wonderful (From "An American in Paris") [Live]
The Man I Love (From "The Helen Morgan Story") [Live]
They Can't Take That Away from Me (From "The Barkleys of Broadway") [Live]
Someone to Watch Over Me (From Star!) [Live]
Bonus Tracks:
I Was Doing All Right
New York Rhapsody