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30 Nov

The Best of the John Wilson Orchestra

By  Peter Burt
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conducted by John Wilson
Warner Classics 9029555123 (123:00)

Although he is now a big name in classical circles, I am guessing that for John Wilson our kind of music is still his first love. This is the charismatic conductor in lighter mode. His 70-piece orchestra, with its big band element, specialising in numbers from the golden years of Hollywood and Broadway musicals, has been wowing BBC Proms audiences every year since 2009 and must be one of – if not the best – orchestras of its kind in the world.

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