The Lark in the Clear Air

by James Galway

Overview

From the first note to the last, The Lark in the Clear Air is wonderfully serene and magically performed by arguably the world's most popular classical instrumentalist, James Galway. The Lark in the Clear Air is a collection of classical pieces particularly suited to the fluid notes of the flute. Galway provides a lush impressionism on "Notturno" by Grieg and the "Prelude to the Afternoon of a Fawn" and "Claire de Lune" by Debussy, with a depth of emotion, mood and color only a flute can bring. "The Flight of the Bumble Bee" and Grieg's "Last Spring" exhibit Galway's precision and clarity... ~ MusD

Product Details

Release Date:	07/28/2010
Label:	Rca Victor
UPC:	0090266137923
Rank:	228480

Tracks

1. The lark in the clear air
2. Adagio, for violin, strings & organ in G minor, T. Mi 26 (composed by Remo Giazotto; not by Albinoni)
3. Gymnopedie for piano No. 1
4. Nocturne for string orchestra (arranged by Malcolm Sargent from String Quartet No. 2)
5. The Flight of the Bumble Bee, musical picture for orchestra (from The Tale of Tsar Saltan)
6. The Gadfly Suite~Romance
7. Sonata for flute & keyboard in E flat major, BWV 1031~Siciliano
8. Pi¿¿ce en forme de Habanera, arrangement(s) for solo instrument & keyboard
9. The Swan (from "Carnival of the Animals"), original (for 2 pianos & ensemble) and arrangements
10. Lotus Land for piano, Op. 47/1 (W 183)
11. String Quartet in F major ("Serenade"), Op. 3/5, H. 3/17 (spurious, possibly by Hoffstetter)~Serenade
12. Plaisir d'amour, for voice & piano (or orchestra)
13. Pr¿¿lude ¿¿ l'apr¿¿s-midi d'un faune (Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun), for orchestra, L. 86
14. The Little Shepherd, for piano (Children's Corner No. 5), L. 113/5
15. Clair de lune, for orchestra or other arrangement (from "Suite Bergamasque" for piano), L. 75/3
16. Nocturne, lyric piece for piano, Op. 54/4
17. V¿¿ren (Last Spring), elegiac melody for orchestra (or piano) No. 2, Op. 34/2
18. Adagio for strings (or string quartet; arr. from 2nd mvt. of String Quartet), Op. 11

Album Credits

Performance Credits

James Galway   Primary Artist,Flute
Hiro Fujikake   Synthesizer
Robert Bairn   String Bass,Bass (Electric)
Kees Boersma   String Bass

Technical Credits

Carol Weinberg   Photography
Franz Joseph Haydn   Composer
Edvard Grieg   Composer
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov   Composer
Jean Paul Egide Martini   Composer
Hiro Fujikake   Arranger
Scott Johnson   Art Direction
Ralph Mace   Producer
Samuel Barber   Composer
Cyril Scott   Composer
Erik Satie   Composer
Camille Saint-Saens   Composer
Claude Debussy   Composer
Alexander Borodin   Composer
Martin Benge   Engineer,Mixing Engineer
Maurice Ravel   Composer
Dmitry Shostakovich   Composer
Tomaso Albinoni   Composer
Johann Sebastian Bach   Composer