Film & TV Music, Williams, John (composer)
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Close Encounters opens with a piercingly dissonant note cluster, unexpectedly resolving to a punchy C major chord after 30 seconds, a moment that will make the unwary spill their drinks. Jerry... —
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Grammy Awards, 61st Awards (2019), Nominee - Classical Compendium
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Pitch-perfect harmonies, in dreamily sumptuous sonics. —
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The range of repertoire enables her to explore a wide breadth of moods and atmospheres. Dancelike pieces… contain by-now trademark Gillam-isms – lively characterisation combined with technical... —
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Instrumentalist of the Year
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John Williams and Anne-Sophie Mutter - Across The Stars
RecommendedAnne-Sophie Mutter (violin), The Recording Arts Orchestra of Los Angeles, John Williams (conductor)
You can hear that Mutter really believes in this music as she puts her heart and soul into the performances, many themes taking on a hitherto unimagined intensity under her bow…Williams’s melodic... —
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2019, Screen Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Winner - Instrumentalist of the Year
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John Williams: The Berlin Concert
RecommendedBruno Delepelaire (cello), Berliner Philharmoniker, John Williams
Williams presides over the Berlin players with a firm hand and a twinkle in his eye. Pleasingly, the programme varies enough from the Vienna set, with Williams’s 1997 Elegy (performed by principal... —
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Opus Klassik, 2022, Bestseller
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Grammy Awards, 65th Awards (2023), Nominee - Best Orchestral Performance
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Special offer. Renaud Capuçon: Cinema
RecommendedRenaud Capuçon (violin)
Brussels Philharmonic, Stéphane Denève
Saccharine moments are applied by Capuçon in soupcons rather than ladlefuls. The orchestra – deftly directed by Stéphane Denève – remains largely restrained throughout, providing a cloak around... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, October 2018
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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John Williams in Vienna
RecommendedFeaturing Anne-Sophie Mutter
Wiener Philharmoniker, John Williams
A superb testament to the impact of Williams's music and his ability to move an audience...If I were to award a prize for 'Best Section', then it would definitely be the horns, who are magnificent... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 14th August 2020
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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New. John Williams and 'The President's Own', Vol. 3
Thomas Hooten, United States Marine Band, John Williams (narrator), Colonel Jason K. Fettig
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Anne-Sophie Mutter & Mutter’s Virtuosi
RecommendedElias David Moncado (violin), Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), Mohamed Hiber (violin), Lionel Martin (cello), Samuel Nebyu (violin), Matthew Lipman (viola), Margarita Balanas (cello), Dominik Wagner (double bass), Hwayoon Lee (viola), Mutter's Virtuosi
Virtuosity is certainly the order of the day in Vivaldi’s F major Triple Concerto, which sets off at a furious lick, with Mutter and two of her protégés attacking the music with unanimity and... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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There’s every chance this will be the last film score John Williams writes for director Steven Spielberg...If that is to be taken as read, then The Fabelmans is a slight, yet emotional, ending... —
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2023, Stage & Screen Choice
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