James Galway - Dances for Flute

Benjamin Godard (Composer), Frederic Chopin (Composer), Claude Debussy (Composer), Johann Sebastian Bach (Composer), Irish Traditional (Composer), Aram Khachaturian (Composer), Saverio Mercadante (Composer), Henry Mancini (Composer), Joaquin Rodrigo (Composer), Arthur Benjamin (Composer), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Composer), Antonio Vivaldi (Composer), Grigoras Dinicu (Composer), Francois-Joseph Gossec (Composer), Fritz Kreisler (Composer), Charles Gerhardt (Conductor), Myung-Whun Chung (Conductor), Marisa Robles (Conductor), Claudio Scimone (Conductor), Henry Mancini (Conductor) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Conductor: Charles Gerhardt, Myung-Whun Chung, Marisa Robles, Claudio Scimone, Henry Mancini
• Composer: Benjamin Godard, Frederic Chopin, Claude Debussy, Johann Sebastian Bach, Irish Traditional, et al.
• Audio CD (February 9, 1993)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: RCA
• ASIN: B000003F7F
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #101,881 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Unusual but outstanding flute music, January 29, 2001

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rodboomboom (Dearborn, Michigan United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: James Galway - Dances for Flute (Audio CD)

This is one of a number of cd's bought for my wife (an avid flute lover) which have turned out to be among my favorites.

Galway plays with his normal crispness and energy, but here some unusual pieces one doesn't hear often. The two Khachaturian songs are haunting and the Belfast Hornpipe is so neat!

We listen to this often with toetapping, sometimes dancing enjoyment.

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars James Galway Enchants with "Dances for Flute", March 11, 2003

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MacEgel (LaGrange, IL United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: James Galway - Dances for Flute (Audio CD)

I purchased this CD after hearing a couple of tracks on our local fine arts radio station, but was completely unprepared for the richness and beauty to be found therein. Galway is a past master of the flute.

The selections on this CD, both familiar and new to this reviewer, are lovely. And more than one is positively haunting. I tell myself each day that I will remove the disk from the changer, to save for another day. But I cannot. I must have my daily dose of Galway.

Such is the enchantment that he weaves.

5.0 out of 5 stars Oh, how I love this CD!, July 23, 2010

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This review is from: James Galway - Dances for Flute (Audio CD)

Years ago I bought this album as a cassette tape. As an amateur flautist, I was just awed by Galway's performance. I must have listened to the album hundreds of times. But alas, in this new day and age, without a working cassette player, it had languished unlistened, until I tried to find a CD version. And ta da! Happiness has ensued. From Khatchaturian's Sabre Dance (which will always, for better or worse, be linked with Bugs Bunny in my mind), to wonderful Irish jigs, to Chopin's Minute Waltz, ever single song and performance on this album is a gem.