John Williams (classical guitarist)

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Guitarist John Williams has established his position at the top rank of classical guitarists over the course of 30 years of recording and performing. He has made over 30 best-selling recordings of a broad range of music for classical guitar.

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Middle name: Christopher

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Legal name: John Christopher Williams

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Year	Title	Artist	Rating	Releases
1962	20 Studies for Guitar	Fernando Sor; John Williams		1
1971	Changes	John Williams	5	3
1972	Together	Julian Bream, John Williams	5	4
1973	The Height Below	John Williams	5	1
1974	Greatest Hits	John Williams		1
1974	Rhapsody	John Williams		1
1974	Songs Of Freedom	John Williams, Maria Farandouri, Mikis Theodorakis		1
1974	Virtuoso Variations for Guitar	John Williams		2
1975	Concierto De Aranjuez / Concerto For Guitar And Small Orchestra	John Williams		1
1975	The Four Lute Suites	Bach; John Williams		6
1976	Best Friends	Cleo Laine & John Williams		3
1976	Duos	Paganini, Giuliani; Itzhak Perlman, John Williams		3
1976	John Williams and Friends: Two Guitars, Two Marimbas & Bass	John Williams		2
1977	Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Guitar Concerto, op. 99 / Dodgson: Guitar Concerto no. 2 / Arnold: Serenade for Guitar and Strings	Castelnuovo‐Tedesco; John Williams, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Groves		1
1977	John Williams Plays Music of Agustín Barrios Mangoré	Agustín Barrios Mangoré; John Williams	5	1
1978	Malcolm Arnold: Guitar Concerto, op. 67 / Leo Brouwer: Guitar Concero	Malcolm Arnold, Leo Brouwer; John Williams,London Sinfonietta, Elgar Howarth		1
1978	Travelling	John Williams		2
1979	Bridges	John Williams		1
1981	Echoes of Spain	Isaac Albéniz; John Williams		3
1982	Portrait of John Williams	John Williams		3
1983	Let The Music Take You	Cleo Laine & John Williams		1
1983	The Guitar Is the Song: A Folksong Collection	John Williams		2
1984	Concierto de Aranjuez / Fantasía para un gentilhombre	Rodrigo; John Williams, Philharmonia Orchestra, Louis Frémaux		3
1984	Concertos	Bach, Handel, Marcello; John Williams, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Kenneth Sillito		3
1986	Echoes of London	John Williams		2
1987	Concierto de Aranjuez / Fantasía para un gentilhombre	Rodrigo; John Williams, Eugene Ormandy, Charles Groves		2
1987	Concerto for Guitar and Jazz Orchestra	Paul Hart; John Williams, National Youth Jazz Orchestra		1
1987	Fragments of a Dream	Inti‐Illimani, John Williams, Paco Peña		2
1988	The Baroque Album	John Williams		2
1989	Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez / Villa‐Lobos: Guitar Concerto	Rodrigo, Villa‐Lobos; John Williams		2
1989	Spanish Guitar Favourites	John Williams		6
1989	Spirit of the Guitar: Music of the Americas	John Williams		1
1991	John Williams Plays Vivaldi Concertos	Vivaldi; John Williams, Benjamin Verdery, Norbert Blum, Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra, János Rolla		3
1991	Latin American Guitar Music by Barrios and Ponce	Agustín Barrios Mangoré, Manuel María Ponce; John Williams		2
1991	Takemitsu Played by John Williams	Takemitsu; John Williams, Esa-Pekka Salonen		1
1991	The Magic Guitar Of John Williams: Villa Lobos (Five Preludes) / Scarlatti (Six Sonatas)	John Williams		1
1992	Iberia	John Williams		1
1994	From Australia	John Williams		2
1995	The Great Paraguayan	Agustín Barrios Mangoré; John Williams		4
1995	Chefs - d'oeuvre de la guitare	John Williams		1
1996	Harvey: Concerto Antico / Gray: Guitar Concerto	Gray, Harvey; John Williams, London Symphony Orchestra, Paul Daniel		1
1996	The Mantis & the Moon: Guitar Duets from Around the World	John Williams, Timothy Kain		1
1997	Classical Treasures: Guitar Classics	Johann Sebastian Bach; Andrés Segovia, John Williams		1
1997	The Black Decameron	Leo Brouwer; John Williams, London Sinfonietta, Steven Mercurio		2
1998	The Guitarist	John Williams		3
1999	Música española: Música para guitarra II	Rodrigo, Albéniz, Segovia; Fernández, Bonell, Williams, Gomez, Walker, Abreu		1
1999	Giuliani: Guitar Concerto / Schubert: "Arpeggione" Sonata	Giuliani, Schubert; John Williams		1
1999	Guitar Concertos	Rodrigo, Dodgson; John Williams, Eugene Ormandy, Charles Groves		1
2001	The Magic Box	John Williams		3
2001	Invocación y danza, "Hommage à Falla" / Concierto de Aranjuez / Two Concertos for Guitar and Orchestra	Joaquín Rodrigo, Heitor Villa‐Lobos, Mario Castelnuovo‐Tedesco; John Williams, English Chamber Orchestra,Daniel Barenboim, Sir Charles Groves		1
2003	El Diablo Suelto	John Williams		3
2003	Guitar Classics	Andrés Segovia, John Williams & Álvaro Pierri		1
2003	Rodrigo / Villa‐Lobos: Guitar Concertos	Rodrigo, Villa-Lobos; John Williams, English Chamber Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim, Sir Charles Groves		1
2008	From a Bird	John Williams		1
2009	Suite no. 1 & 3	Bach; John Williams		1
2009	Spanish Guitar Music	John Williams		1
2012	John Williams Plays Two Guitar Concertos	John Williams, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Groves, Joaquín Rodrigo & Stephen Dodgson		1
2015	Vivaldi & Giuliani: Guitar Concertos	John Williams		1
2019	Vivaldi, etc.!	Vivaldi; John Williams		1
—	Portrait	John Williams		2
—	The Qantas Collection	John Williams		1

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Year	Title	Artist	Rating	Releases
1972	Gitarre	John Williams	5	1
1983	Concierto de Aranjuez / Fantasía para un gentilhombre	Rodrigo; John Williams, Philharmonia Orchestra, Louis Frémaux		3
1987	Unforgettable John Williams 16 Golden Classics	John Williams		1
1988	Bach on Guitar	Bach; John Williams, Andrés Segovia		3
1988	The John Williams Collection	John Williams		2
1989	Celebration	John Williams		1
1989	Guitar, Greatest Hits	John Williams		1
1989	Guitar Concertos	John Williams, English Chamber Orchestra, Charles Groves		1
1989	Spanish Guitar Favorites	Granados, Albéniz, Rodrigo, Tárrega, Falla; John Williams		2
1989	The Great Guitar Concertos	John Williams		1
1990	Cavatina	John Williams		2
1990	Spanish Guitar Music	John Williams	5	6
1991	The Best of John Williams	John Williams		2
1992	Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez / Fantasia para un gentilhombre / Giuliani, Vivaldi: Guitar Concertos	Rodrigo, Giuliani, Vivaldi; John Williams, Eugene Ormandy, Charles Groves		3
1994	Together: The Ultimate Collection	Julian Bream, John Williams		1
1994	Greatest Hits	John Williams		4
1994	The Guitar Album	John Williams		1
1995	The Art of the Guitar	Andrés Segovia & John Williams		2
1996	Guitar Recital	Paganini, Scarlatti, Villa-Lobos, Giuliani; John Williams		2
1996	Guitar Recital	John Williams		3
1996	John Williams Plays the Movies	John Williams		3
1997	Lute Suites, BWV 995, 996, 997, 999 & 1000	Bach; John Williams		1
1997	Lute Suite no. 4 / Chaconne, BWV 1004 / Prelude, Fugue & Allegro, BWV 998 and other selections	Bach; John Williams		1
1997	The Very Best of John Williams	John Williams		1
2000	Classic Williams: Romance of the Guitar	John Williams		3
2000	English Guitar Music	John Williams		1
2000	The Essential John Williams	John Williams		1
2000	Concierto de Aranjuez / Fantasía para un gentilhombre	Joaquín Rodrigo; John Williams		1
2002	Passion / Suite / Toccata / Magnificat / Brandenburg / Goldberg / Concerto / Fugue / Invention / Partita	Bach; John Williams, Gustav Leonhardt, Tafelmusik		1
2002	Spanish Dreams	John Williams		1
2002	Spanish Guitar: Passion and Fire	Andrés Segovia, John Williams		1
2003	Guitar Virtuosos - Masters of Guitar	Segovia & Williams		1
2003	Trésors guitare classique	Julian Bream, John Williams		1
2003	Classical Guitar	Andrés Segovia, John Williams		1
2005	The Essential Collection	John Williams		1
2005	The Ultimate Guitar Collection	John Williams		2
2009	Greatest Hits	John Williams		1
2010	Movements in Bach	John Williams		1
2010	Cavatina: The Complete Fly and Cube Recordings	John Williams		1

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