Probably not your idea of a trad Irish Music album(!) but you can hear him play a hornpipe set on the tinwhistle (track 10) with Kevin Conneff on Bodhrán.
Composers in order of appearance:
Marais, Villa - Lobos, Kreisler, Fauré, Mozart, John Denver, Rameau (arr.), Debussy, (2 Irish trad. tracks, 1 Spanish) and a Bizet 'grand finale'.
Most pieces here are on the 'easy listening' side of classical but how sweet Villa-Lobos's is! And the trad track is the best!
smw, I had to watch the video of Molloy playing the Bucks to cleanse my ears of the video you posted, and seeing from the comments on the Bucks video, I'm not the only person who's done that
James Galway's not a "real" flute player ??? He's not a traditional flute player, and has never claimed to be, but he's pretty near the best at what he does do, and deserves respect for that. I would also question the relevance of posting this recording here, but there are far, far worse instances of irrelevance.
thanks Kenny...
I didn't submit this recording here just to hear what you might say my dears :- )
Some trad albums contain non-trad tracks (think Stockton Wings' songs) or non-Irish trad tracks (an incredibly long list, getting longer) Why not a classical album with trad tracks?
I'm not the 1st one to post a James Galway album by the way:
It's been done before -with relevance. I'm not interested in what a musician 'represents' in general but what they do in particular: actual instances of music.
You ARE the "first one to post a James Galway album".
The other James Galway recordings posted here are of him playing with the Chieftains, so that to my mind is appropriate to this website. That is my opinion - you may differ. But - would you mention this album to someone if they asked you to recommend a recording of traditional Irish music ? I don't think so, so what use is it to anyone here ?
By Belfast's own 'legend' classical flute player.
Accompanied by National Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Charles Gerhardt. Published in 1981.
# Posted on April 28th 2010 by birlibirdie
Probably not your idea of a trad Irish Music album(!) but you can hear him play a hornpipe set on the tinwhistle (track 10) with Kevin Conneff on Bodhrán.
# Posted on April 28th 2010 by birlibirdie
The other irish trad track on this record is a duet with the deep full sound of the classical harp. (also heard on the lullaby -track 4)
# Posted on April 28th 2010 by birlibirdie
For more JG's adventures in trad land, see: http://www.thegalwaynetwork.com/newdisk.htm
# Posted on April 28th 2010 by birlibirdie
Composers in order of appearance:
Marais, Villa - Lobos, Kreisler, Fauré, Mozart, John Denver, Rameau (arr.), Debussy, (2 Irish trad. tracks, 1 Spanish) and a Bizet 'grand finale'.
Most pieces here are on the 'easy listening' side of classical but how sweet Villa-Lobos's is! And the trad track is the best!
# Posted on April 28th 2010 by birlibirdie
(...as in Belfast 'sweet', not saccharine sweet! Tracks 2, 9 & 10 are sound and show the master at his versatile best.)
# Posted on April 28th 2010 by birlibirdie
'legend' ?
'the master at his versatile best'?
hmmm......... some would disagree !
# Posted on April 30th 2010 by domhnall.
To see Galway playing alongside a real flute player (viz. Matt Molloy), watch this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbM-RQeP_4Y
# Posted on April 30th 2010 by smw
Why the feck has this record been listed here?
# Posted on April 30th 2010 by Scorpion de Rooftrouser
smw, I had to watch the video of Molloy playing the Bucks to cleanse my ears of the video you posted, and seeing from the comments on the Bucks video, I'm not the only person who's done that
# Posted on May 1st 2010 by Jason G
Eh........?
James Galway's not a "real" flute player ??? He's not a traditional flute player, and has never claimed to be, but he's pretty near the best at what he does do, and deserves respect for that. I would also question the relevance of posting this recording here, but there are far, far worse instances of irrelevance.
# Posted on May 1st 2010 by Kenny
thanks Kenny...
I didn't submit this recording here just to hear what you might say my dears :- )
Some trad albums contain non-trad tracks (think Stockton Wings' songs) or non-Irish trad tracks (an incredibly long list, getting longer) Why not a classical album with trad tracks?
I'm not the 1st one to post a James Galway album by the way:
It's been done before -with relevance. I'm not interested in what a musician 'represents' in general but what they do in particular: actual instances of music.
# Posted on May 10th 2010 by birlibirdie
There's a difference....
You ARE the "first one to post a James Galway album".
The other James Galway recordings posted here are of him playing with the Chieftains, so that to my mind is appropriate to this website. That is my opinion - you may differ. But - would you mention this album to someone if they asked you to recommend a recording of traditional Irish music ? I don't think so, so what use is it to anyone here ?
# Posted on May 11th 2010 by Kenny