More of My Top Fives: A (Hopefully) Self-Explanatory Set of Five ‘Favorites’ Lists

More of My Top Fives: A (Hopefully) Self-Explanatory Set of Five ‘Favorites’ Lists

For my friend Patti Aliventi.

Music Albums – Movie Soundtracks

1. Star Wars: A New Hope – The Special Edition (1997. RCA/Victor Records)
2. Superman: The Movie – 40^th Anniversary Remastered Edition (2018, Warner/LaLa Land Records, )
3. West Side Story: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2021, Hollywood Records)
4. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan – Limited Edition (2021, LaLa Land Records)
5. Elmer Bernstein – The Great Escape:  Complete Original MGM Motion Picture Soundtrack (2011, Intrada Records)

Music Albums – Classical

1. Great Performances: Barber’s Adagio – Romantic Favorites for Strings (1983, CBS Records)
2. Great Performances: Rodrigo – Concierto de Aranjuez/Fantasia Para Un Gentilhombre (1985, CBS Records)
3. Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 2 (unedited) in E minor, Op. 27 – London Symphony Orchestra & Gennadi Rozhdestvensky (2015. Alto Records)
4. Pops in Love: John Williams & the Boston Pops Orchestra (1985, Philips Classics)
5. Holst – The Planets: Chicago Symphony Orchestra/James Levine (1990, Deutsche Grammophon)

Music Albums – Pop/Rock

1. Billy Joel: An Innocent Man (1983, Columbia)
2. The Beatles: 1 (2000, Capitol/EMI/Apple)
3. The Essential John Denver (2007, RCA/Legacy)
4. Billy Joel: 52^nd Street (1978/2000 Columbia)
5. The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967/1987, Capitol/EMI/Apple)

Music Albums – Jazz/Standards

1. Harry Connick, Jr.: When Harry Met Sally… Music from the Motion Picture (1989, CBS Records)
2. Carly Simon: Moonlight Serenade (2005, Columbia Records)
3. The Essential Glenn Miller (2005, Sony BMG/Legacy)
4. The Ultimate Sinatra (2015, Capitol)
5. The War: A Ken Burns Film – Sentimental Journey: Hits from the Second World War (2007, BMG Records)

Music Albums – Miscellaneous

1. Fiddler on the Roof – 50^th Anniversary Remastered Edition (2021, LaLa Land Records/Capitol Records)
2. The King’s Singers: Gold (2017, Sigma Records)
3. Amadeus: Original Soundtrack Recording: Academy of St. Martin on the Fields/Neville Marriner (1984, Fantasy)
4. The Arthur Fiedler Legacy: Stars and Stripes – An American Concert, Boston Pops Orchestra, Arthur Fiedler (2007, Deutsche Grammophon)
5. Great Voices Sing John Denver (2013, MPE Music)