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Strauss: Four Last Songs; Orchestral Songs (Soprano Kiri Te Kanawa, London Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Davis conductor, Columbia). The early items included here were written in the 1890s; the famous Four Last Songs, incredibly, date from half a century later, in 1948, when the 84-year-old Strauss roused himself to compose shimmering valedictories to nature, life and in effect to the 19th century. Te Kanawa's singing, with its creamy tones and long, effortlessly soaring phrases, is simply ravishing...
...conductor's film credits include "Close Encounters of the Third Kind," "The Towering Inferno." "The Fury," "Superman," "Jane Eyre," and "Dracula." Williams also has composed many classical works...
John Williams, composer of the music to "Star Wars" and "Jaws" and winner of three Academy Awards in his field, has been named as the new conductor of the Boston Pops Orchestra, filling the vacancy created by Arthur Fiedler's death last July...
Williams signed the two-year contract on Thursday in London, where he is currently recording the score of "The Empire Strikes Back," the sequel to "Star Wars." Williams, 47, is the 19th conductor in the 95-year history of the Pops...
Harry E. Dickson, assistant conductor of the Pops for 26 years, has been given the title of associate conductor, an appointment which Epps described as "a fitting tribute to his many years with the symphony...