City Light Symphony Orchestra & Kevin Griffiths – Spotlight On John Williams (2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/88,2kHz]

The City Light Symphony Orchestra, founded in Lucerne in 2018, presents its debut album with the 100-minute program “Spotlight on John Williams“. For the project acclaimed soloists such as Valentine Michaud, Reinhold Friedrich and Paul Meyer could be assigned. Together with the 90 musicians of the City Light Symphony Orchestra and the up-and-coming conductor Kevin Griffiths, they recorded a selection of film music masterpieces by Hollywood icon John Williams in the concert hall of the KKL Luzern in September 2020 – with a deliberate focus on his great stylistic diversity.

Recording sessions in the concert hall of the KKL Luzern with its world-class acoustics

For conductor Kevin Griffiths, the recording sessions for this album marked “one of the most incisive events in the young history” of the City Light Symphony Orchestra. After a seven-month lockdown break, he spent ten days working more intensively with the reunited musicians than ever before. The result is the album “Spotlight on John Williams” – a dream project of the orchestra and its manager Pirmin Zängerle. He saw the opportunity to collaborate with several renowned soloists for this project during the time without concerts due to the pandemic. In addition, the concert hall of the KKL Luzern with its outstanding acoustics could be booked for recordings over the course of several days. Zängerle: “The fact that the musicians’ were not fully booked certainly helped to engage so many renowned soloists such as Valentine Michaud, Reinhold Friedrich and Paul Meyer. No one wishes more fervently for a live audience back than these musicians, meanwhile recording music provided a welcome opportunity to create a production of the highest professional standard.”

Tracklist:
01. City Light Symphony Orchestra & Kevin Griffiths – Overture (From “The Cowboys”) (09:30)
02. City Light Symphony Orchestra & Kevin Griffiths – End Credits (From “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom”) (06:24)
03. City Light Symphony Orchestra & Kevin Griffiths – Main Theme (From “Jurassic Park”) (06:16)
04. City Light Symphony Orchestra & Kevin Griffiths – The Flight to Neverland (From “Hook”) (04:42)
05. City Light Symphony Orchestra & Kevin Griffiths – The Chamber of Secrets (From “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets “) (03:54)
06. City Light Symphony Orchestra & Kevin Griffiths – Fawkes the Phoenix (From “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets”) (03:59)
07. City Light Symphony Orchestra & Kevin Griffiths – Witches, Wands and Wizards (From “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban”) (04:39)
08. City Light Symphony Orchestra & Kevin Griffiths – The Duel (From “The Adventures of Tintin. The Secret of the Unicorn”) (03:05)
09. City Light Symphony Orchestra & Kevin Griffiths – March (From “Superman”) (04:32)
10. City Light Symphony Orchestra & Kevin Griffiths – Star Wars – The Force Awakens (Suite for Orchestra): I. March of the Resistance (02:39)
11. City Light Symphony Orchestra & Kevin Griffiths – Star Wars – The Force Awakens (Suite for Orchestra): II. Rey’s Theme (03:09)
12. City Light Symphony Orchestra & Kevin Griffiths – Star Wars – The Force Awakens (Suite for Orchestra): III. Scherzo for X-Wings (02:20)
13. City Light Symphony Orchestra & Kevin Griffiths – Star Wars – The Force Awakens (Suite for Orchestra): IV. The Jedi Steps & Finale (09:28)
14. City Light Symphony Orchestra & Kevin Griffiths – Theme (From “JFK”) (05:17)
15. City Light Symphony Orchestra & Kevin Griffiths – Escapades (From “Catch Me If You Can”) For Alto Saxophone & Orchestra: I. Closing in (02:54)
16. City Light Symphony Orchestra & Kevin Griffiths – Escapades (From “Catch Me If You Can”) For Alto Saxophone & Orchestra: II. Reflections (05:58)
17. City Light Symphony Orchestra & Kevin Griffiths – Escapades (From “Catch Me If You Can”) For Alto Saxophone & Orchestra: III. Joy Ride (05:09)
18. City Light Symphony Orchestra & Kevin Griffiths – Main Theme (From “Born on the Fourth of July”) (06:38)
19. City Light Symphony Orchestra & Kevin Griffiths – Viktor’s Tale (From “The Terminal”) For Solo Clarinet & Orchestra (04:09)
20. City Light Symphony Orchestra & Kevin Griffiths – Opening Credits (From “The Adventures of Tintin. The secret of the unicorn”) (03:02)
21. City Light Symphony Orchestra & Kevin Griffiths – Nimbus 2000 (From “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone”) (02:17)