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Rampal (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 7, 1993)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Erato
• ASIN: B000005EBO
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #240,895 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067

2. Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067

3. Sonata for flute & keyboard in E flat major, BWV 1031: Sicilienne

4. Organ Concerto in F major, Op.4/5, HWV 293: Alla siciliana

5. Concerto for flute, harp & orchestra in C major, K. 299 (K. 297c)

6. Flute Concerto, for flute, strings & continuo in D major ('Il gardellino'), Op. 10/3, RV 428: Allegro

7. Flute Concerto, for flute, strings & continuo in D major ('Il gardellino'), Op. 10/3, RV 428: Cantabile

8. Intrada to Heinrich Isaaac's Innsbruck Song for 16 horns, Op 92/2b

9. Work(s): Concerto for flute & orchestra in E minor

10. Flute Concerto in C major

11. Greensleeves, folk song

12. Berceuse, for violin & piano (or orchestra) in D major, Op. 16

13. Entr'acte, for flute (or violin) & harp (or guitar) (from 'Le médecin de son honneur')

14. Flute Concerto in E minor, Op. 57

15. Flute Concerto (authorized transcription by J.P. Rampal of the Violin Concerto)

Customer Reviews

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13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful Collection of Flute Masterpieces Played by Master, January 8, 2003

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rodboomboom (Dearborn, Michigan United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Best of (Audio CD)

One of the greatest flutists plays some of the best flute compositions here collected in a single disc.

From Bach to Mozart to Handel to Ibert and Poulenc, they're all here played by Rampal.

Great addition to any collecter of classical that enjoys flute.

14 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars And Rampal gave the flute life..., December 13, 2005

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Rich "Taoist Secluder" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Best of (Audio CD)

People may say that James Galway is the best flutist around, but after hearing his music with a big disappointment, I decided to see what the other master flutist had to offer.

Jean-Pierre Rampal's flute music is, without doubt, the most brilliantly expressed. It is a technical work of art that only a true master flutist can do. His performance is highly expressed through technical mastery. By using complex musical techniques, he gives the flute a magical breath of life more humanly expressed than supposed. Such techniques he uses to make his flute come alive in one of the highest expressions are extremely fast melodic transitions, rigorous articulation, ironic microphonics, and human emotion.

After hearing this album, I put my faith back into flute music. I don't believe Galway should be considered a master flutist alongside Rampal. Rampal's music is flexibile and expressive, while Galway's music is shrill and repetitive. I hope most people will come to realize Rampal's technical beauty in his music.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The man of the golden sound!, December 15, 2007

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Hiram Gomez Pardo (Valencia, Venezuela) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Best of (Audio CD)

The charm, touch of class and aristocratic nuance of Jean Pierre Rampal were factors that supported his first-rate technique and inimitable sound.

He visited us in Caracas twice, in 1978 (playing the most extraordinary version of Debussy's Syrinx as encore) and then in November 1992 (with a warm and unforgettable performance of the famous Franck's Sonata for violin transcribed for flute).

His golden sound fitted accurately for this program. So, don't hesitate for a second and go for this album, that represents a minuscule part of his enormous musical bequeath.