John Williams Best Friends

John Williams - Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez, Fantasia / Albeniz: Granada, etc.
EAC+LOG+CUE | FLAC: 251 MB | Full Artwork: 54 MB | 5% Recovery Info
Label/Cat#: CBS Masterworks # MDK 45648 | Country/Year: Europe 1989
Genre: Classical | Style: Spanish Guitar, Romantic, Early 20th Century

John Williams, classical guitar virtuoso, is known for his wide-ranging approach to repertory, which includes appearances playing electric rock guitar and international music. (…) Williams has toured throughout the world. He has performed and recorded nearly the entire standard guitar repertory, plus a large quantity of transcriptions. Several of these transcriptions are by his own hand. He was a professor of guitar at the Royal College of Music in London from 1960 to 1973. However, he also has a strong tendency to explore music outside the classical tradition. He does session work on film soundtracks, has arranged Beatles songs, and plays electric guitar in Sky, a classical-rock fusion band. He has also formed his own ensembles, John Williams and Friends and Attacca, to explore other music.

This DVD is a tribute to the great American jazz master of the violin, Joe Venuti. His life and career are celebrated through performance of his music, photos from his personal collection, and film of Joe at home in his living room. Jeremy Cohen's Violin Jazz Quartet and very special guests perform at San Francisco's historic Herbst Theatre to celebrate the one hundredth birthday of this most famous swing era fiddler.

GREATEST EVER! is Union Square Music’s select, best-selling label, utilising the very best repertoire from key major labels, Greatest Ever’s 3CD box sets are some of the strongest multi-artist compilations on the market, with the greatest ever songs.