Celebrating 70 - A Collection of Personal Favorites / James Galway

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Album Summary

Performers

• Ayako Shinozaki (Harp)
• James Galway (Flute)
• Marisa Robles (Harp)
• Sarah Cunningham (Viola da gamba)
• Phillip Moll (Harpsichord)
• Cleo Laine (Voice)
• Jeanne Galway (Flute)
• Phillip Moll (Piano)
• Christopher O'Riley (Piano)
• Martha Argerich (Piano)
• Frank Gallagher (Viola)
• David Cooke (Keyboards)
• Phil Coulter (Piano)
• Brendan Monaghan (Drums)
• Geraint Roberts (Guitar)
• David Downes (Concertina)
• David Bryant (Percussion)
• David Bryant (Drums)
• Jorge Gomez (Piano)
• Hilario Bell (Drums)
• Tebelio Fonte (Piano)
• Susumu Miyashita (Koto)
• Leandro González (Percussion)

Conductors

• Faerber, Jorg
• Fanuele, Vincent
• Galway, James [Flute]
• Gerhardt, Charles
• Iwaki, Hiroyuki
• Mancini, Henry
• Marriner, Sir Neville

Ensembles

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• I Solisti di Zagreb
• The Chieftains

Composers

• Sergey Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943)
• Giulio Briccialdi (1818 - 1881)
• Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844 - 1908)
• Sergey Prokofiev (1891 - 1953)
• Tamezo Narita
• François-Joseph Gossec (1734 - 1829)
• Henry Mancini (1924 - 1994)
• Elton John (1947 - )
• Albert Franz Doppler (1821 - 1883)
• Jay Ungar
• Édith Piaf (1915 - 1963)
• Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741)
• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)
• Hoagy Carmichael (1899 - 1981)
• Frederick Edward Weatherly (1848 - 1929)
• Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918)
• Claude Bolling (1930 - )
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)

Notes & Reviews:

To celebrate Sir James Galway's 70th Birthday he has selected a collection of his personal favourites. These 19 tracks especially chosen also includes collaborations with friends he has worked with over the years like Cleo Laine, Henry Mancini and The Chieftans just to name a few. Sir James Galway "The Man With The Golden Flute" is a living legend and the most influential flutist of our time.

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Vivaldi, Antonio : Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera"

• Performer: James Galway (Flute)
• Conductor: James Galway
• Ensemble: I Solisti di Zagreb
• Running Time: 3 min. 41 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1725

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Concerto for Flute & Harp, K. 299 in C major :: 2. Andantino

• Performers: James Galway (Flute); Marisa Robles (Harp)
• Conductor: Sir Marriner
• Running Time: 9 min. 24 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1778

François-Joseph Gossec (1734 - 1829) : Tambourin

• Performer: James Galway (Flute)
• Conductor: Charles Gerhardt
• Running Time: 1 min. 24 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Concerto
• Written: circa 1760-1829

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Sonata for flute & keyboard in C major, BWV 1033 :: 2. Allegro

• Performers: Sarah Cunningham (Viola da gamba); James Galway (Flute); Phillip Moll (Harpsichord)
• Running Time: 2 min. 11 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1736

Rachmaninov, Sergei : Songs (14), Op. 34

• Performer: James Galway (Flute)
• Conductor: Charles Gerhardt
• Running Time: 4 min. 18 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic

Mancini, Henry : Pink Panther :: Theme

• Performer: James Galway (Flute)
• Conductor: Henry Mancini
• Running Time: 3 min. 18 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Film Score
• Written: 1964

Carmichael, Hoagy : Skylark

• Performers: Cleo Laine (Voice); James Galway (Flute)
• Conductor: Charles Gerhardt
• Running Time: 3 min. 28 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1942

Briccialdi, Giulio : Carnival of Venice, Op. 77

• Performer: James Galway (Flute)
• Conductor: Charles Gerhardt
• Running Time: 6 min. 36 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1865

John, Elton : Basque

• Performer: James Galway (Flute)
• Conductor: Vincent Fanuele
• Running Time: 3 min. 51 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Weatherly, Frederick E. : Danny Boy

• Performer: James Galway (Flute)
• Ensemble: The Chieftains
• Running Time: 3 min. 23 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Vocal

Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai : Flight of the Bumblebee

• Performer: James Galway (Flute)
• Conductor: Charles Gerhardt
• Running Time: 1 min. 12 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1901

Doppler, Albert Franz : Andante et Rondo, Op. 25 for Two Flutes and Piano :: 2. Allegretto con moto

• Performers: Jeanne Galway (Flute); James Galway (Flute); Phillip Moll (Piano)
• Running Time: 4 min. 57 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: by 1884

Debussy, Claude : Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune

• Performers: James Galway (Flute); Christopher O'Riley (Piano)
• Running Time: 9 min. 34 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1894

Prokofiev, Sergei : Sonata in D major, Op. 94 :: 2. Allegro

• Performers: Martha Argerich (Piano); James Galway (Flute)
• Running Time: 5 min. sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1943

Ungar, Jay : Ashokan Farewell

• Performers: Frank Gallagher (Viola); David Cooke (Keyboards); James Galway (Flute); Phil Coulter (Piano); Brendan Monaghan (Drums); Geraint Roberts (Guitar); David Downes (Concertina); David Bryant (Percussion); David Bryant (Drums)
• Running Time: 3 min. 59 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Bolling, Claude : Music from Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano :: 1. Fugace

• Performers: Leandro González (Percussion); James Galway (Flute); Jorge Gomez (Piano); Hilario Bell (Drums); Tebelio Fonte (Piano)
• Running Time: 4 min. 22 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Narita, Tamezo : Song of the Seashore

• Performers: Susumu Miyashita (Koto); James Galway (Flute); Ayako Shinozaki (Harp)
• Conductor: Hiroyuki Iwaki
• Running Time: 2 min. 56 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1922

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Orchestral Suite no 2 in B minor, BWV 1067 :: 7. Badinerie

• Performer: James Galway (Flute)
• Conductor: Jörg Faerber
• Running Time: 1 min. 19 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1738-1739

Édith Piaf (1915 - 1963) : La vie en rose, song

• Performer: James Galway (Flute)
• Conductor: Vincent Fanuele
• Running Time: 2 min. 36 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1946