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Irish flutist James Galway, the top-selling performer of modern times on the instrument, released his Wings of Song CD in the fall of 2004. Some observers felt the album would give Galway fans more of what they'd been wanting for nearly three decades now. Others pointed to the musician's move to the Deutsche Grammophon label, where he began his recording career as a member of the Berlin Philharmonic under Herbert von Karajan in the 1970s. "I feel like I'm 'back in,' if you like," Galway himself is quoted as saying in the booklet notes.
Neither of these perspectives really gets to the heart of what's going on here. Galway's runaway success has certainly been due in part to his remarkably sweet and consistent tone on the flute; one indication of his abilities here is his skill in transferring his characteristic sound to the much less forgiving tin whistle on the traditional tune "The Dawning of the Day." Galway has also stayed on top of the crossover game by virtue of a knack for finding material with a real common touch. He nods here to one of his earlier smash recordings with a remake of "Annie," originally recorded by John Denver, and he jumps on the Lord of the Rings bandwagon with a suite composed especially for him by Howard Shore. The rest of the pieces on Wings of Song are familiar classical melodies, among them "Casta diva" from Bellini's Norma, Offenbach's Barcarolle from The Tales of Hoffmann, and the Pie Jesu from the Fauré Requiem. Galway is accompanied here by the London Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Klauspeter Seibel, and on a few numbers by the grandly designated Lady Jeanne Galway.
The canniest move Sir James makes here is to put himself at the services of a pop producer who ties everything together into a neat package in a way that hadn't been done with his earlier releases. That producer, Craig Leon, was among the early nurturers of the careers of Blondie, the Ramones, and the Talking Heads, and he helmed various other releases ranging from new wave to roots rock to country. Leon did all the arrangements for Wings of Song, as he did for Joshua Bell's hit release, Romance of the Violin. The two albums resemble each other strongly, and fans of one will doubtless enjoy the other. Leon, without writing the same arrangement every time, makes a homogeneous group out of quite a varied set of tunes; tempos are pushed toward a golden mean, and the album has a consistent sound no matter where you dip into it. It's category-killer classical music, tastefully served up for an age of immaculate consumption, and nobody carries it off better than James Galway.
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Maurice Ravel, Composer - Simon Kiln, Editor, StudioPersonnel - James Galway, Flute, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Craig Leon, Producer, Arranger, Recording Producer, Work Arranger - Jonathan Allen, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sally Drew, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Klauspeter Seibel, Conductor, MainArtist - Roland Heap, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Matthias Spindler, Producer, Executive Producer - Bogdan Dr. Roscic, Producer, Executive Producer - Catherine Haigh, Editor, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2004 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Simon Kiln, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Erik Satie, Composer - James Galway, Flute, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Craig Leon, Producer, Arranger, Recording Producer, Work Arranger - Jonathan Allen, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sally Drew, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Klauspeter Seibel, Conductor, MainArtist - Roland Heap, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Matthias Spindler, Producer, Executive Producer - Bogdan Dr. Roscic, Producer, Executive Producer - Catherine Haigh, Editor, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2004 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Moray Welsh, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Simon Kiln, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Franz Schubert, Composer - James Galway, Flute, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Craig Leon, Producer, Arranger, Recording Producer, Work Arranger - Jonathan Allen, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Walter Scott, Author - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sally Drew, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Klauspeter Seibel, Conductor, MainArtist - Adam Storck, Translator - Roland Heap, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Matthias Spindler, Producer, Executive Producer - Bogdan Dr. Roscic, Producer, Executive Producer - Catherine Haigh, Editor, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2004 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Simon Kiln, Editor, StudioPersonnel - James Galway, Flute, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Craig Leon, Producer, Arranger, Recording Producer, Work Arranger - Jonathan Allen, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Anonymous, Composer - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sally Drew, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Klauspeter Seibel, Conductor, MainArtist - Roland Heap, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Matthias Spindler, Producer - Bogdan Dr. Roscic, Producer - Catherine Haigh, Editor, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2004 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Simon Kiln, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Joaquin Rodrigo, Composer - James Galway, Flute, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Craig Leon, Producer, Arranger, Recording Producer, Work Arranger - Jonathan Allen, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sally Drew, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Klauspeter Seibel, Conductor, MainArtist - Alfredo García Segura, Author - Roland Heap, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Matthias Spindler, Producer, Executive Producer - Bogdan Dr. Roscic, Producer, Executive Producer - Catherine Haigh, Editor, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2004 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Sonata for Violin and Harpsichord No. 4 in C Minor, BWV 1017 - Arr. by Craig Leon (Johann Sebastian Bach)
Simon Kiln, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - James Galway, Flute, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Craig Leon, Producer, Arranger, Recording Producer, Work Arranger - Jonathan Allen, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sally Drew, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Klauspeter Seibel, Conductor, MainArtist - Roland Heap, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Matthias Spindler, Producer, Executive Producer - Bogdan Dr. Roscic, Producer, Executive Producer - Catherine Haigh, Editor, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2004 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Samson et Dalila - Arr. by Craig Leon / Act II (Camille Saint-Saëns)
Simon Kiln, Editor, StudioPersonnel - CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS, Composer - James Galway, Flute, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Craig Leon, Producer, Arranger, Recording Producer, Work Arranger - Jonathan Allen, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sally Drew, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Klauspeter Seibel, Conductor, MainArtist - FERDINAND LEMAIRE, Author - Roland Heap, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Matthias Spindler, Producer, Executive Producer - Bogdan Dr. Roscic, Producer, Executive Producer - Catherine Haigh, Editor, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2004 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Norma - Arr. by Craig Leon (Vincenzo Bellini)
Simon Kiln, Editor, StudioPersonnel - James Galway, Flute, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Craig Leon, Producer, Arranger, Recording Producer, Work Arranger - Jonathan Allen, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Vincenzo Bellini, Composer - Felice Romani, Author - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sally Drew, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Klauspeter Seibel, Conductor, MainArtist - Roland Heap, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Matthias Spindler, Producer, Executive Producer - Bogdan Dr. Roscic, Producer, Executive Producer - Catherine Haigh, Editor, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2004 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Requiem, Op. 48 - Arr. by Craig Leon (Gabriel Fauré)
Traditional, Author - Gabriel Fauré, Composer - Simon Kiln, Editor, StudioPersonnel - James Galway, Flute, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Craig Leon, Producer, Arranger, Recording Producer, Work Arranger - Jonathan Allen, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sally Drew, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Klauspeter Seibel, Conductor, MainArtist - Roland Heap, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Matthias Spindler, Producer, Executive Producer - Bogdan Dr. Roscic, Producer, Executive Producer - Catherine Haigh, Editor, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2004 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Les Contes d'Hoffmann - Arr. by Craig Leon / Act II (Jacques Offenbach)
Jeanne Galway, Flute, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Simon Kiln, Editor, StudioPersonnel - James Galway, Flute, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Craig Leon, Producer, Arranger, Recording Producer, Work Arranger - Jonathan Allen, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jacques Offenbach, Composer - Michel Carre, Author - Jules Barbier, Author - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sally Drew, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Klauspeter Seibel, Conductor, MainArtist - Roland Heap, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Matthias Spindler, Producer, Executive Producer - Bogdan Dr. Roscic, Producer, Executive Producer - Catherine Haigh, Editor, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2004 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Wesendonck Lieder, WWV 91 (Richard Wagner)
Simon Kiln, Editor - James Galway, Flute, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Craig Leon, Producer, Arranger, Recording Producer, Work Arranger - Jonathan Allen, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Wagner, Composer - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sally Drew, Editor - Klauspeter Seibel, Conductor, MainArtist - Roland Heap, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Matthias Spindler, Producer - Bogdan Dr. Roscic, Producer - Catherine Haigh, Editor
℗ 2004 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Orfeo ed Euridice (Orphée et Eurydice) - Arr. by Craig Leon / Act III (Christoph Willibald von Gluck)
Simon Kiln, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Christoph Willibald Gluck, Composer - James Galway, Flute, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Craig Leon, Producer, Arranger, Recording Producer, Work Arranger - Jonathan Allen, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sally Drew, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Klauspeter Seibel, Conductor, MainArtist - Roland Heap, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ranieri de' Calzabigi, Author - Matthias Spindler, Producer, Executive Producer - Bogdan Dr. Roscic, Producer, Executive Producer - Catherine Haigh, Editor, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2004 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
String Quartet No. 12 in F Major, Op. 96 - "American" B.179 - Arr. by Craig Leon (Antonín Dvořák)
Moray Welsh, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Simon Kiln, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Antonín Dvorák, Composer - James Galway, Flute, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Craig Leon, Producer, Arranger, Recording Producer, Work Arranger - Jonathan Allen, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sally Drew, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Klauspeter Seibel, Conductor, MainArtist - Roland Heap, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Matthias Spindler, Producer, Executive Producer - Bogdan Dr. Roscic, Producer, Executive Producer - Catherine Haigh, Editor, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2004 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Fünf Lieder Op. 49 - Arr. by Craig Leon (Johannes Brahms)
Simon Kiln, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Johannes Brahms, Composer - James Galway, Flute, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Craig Leon, Producer, Arranger, Recording Producer, Work Arranger - Jonathan Allen, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sally Drew, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Klauspeter Seibel, Conductor, MainArtist - Roland Heap, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Matthias Spindler, Producer, Executive Producer - Bogdan Dr. Roscic, Producer, Executive Producer - Catherine Haigh, Editor, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2004 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
A Lord of the Ring Suite (Howard Shore)
Simon Kiln, Editor, StudioPersonnel - James Galway, Flute, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Craig Leon, Producer - Jonathan Allen, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Howard Shore, Composer, Arranger, Orchestrator - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sally Drew, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Klauspeter Seibel, Conductor, MainArtist - Roland Heap, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Matthias Spindler, Producer - Bogdan Dr. Roscic, Producer - Catherine Haigh, Editor, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2004 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Charles Gerhardt, Arranger, Work Arranger - Simon Kiln, Editor, StudioPersonnel - James Galway, Flute, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Craig Leon, Producer, Adapter, Recording Producer - Jonathan Allen, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Denver, Composer - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sally Drew, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Klauspeter Seibel, Conductor, MainArtist - Roland Heap, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Matthias Spindler, Producer - Bogdan Dr. Roscic, Producer - Catherine Haigh, Editor, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2004 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Albumbeschreibung
Irish flutist James Galway, the top-selling performer of modern times on the instrument, released his Wings of Song CD in the fall of 2004. Some observers felt the album would give Galway fans more of what they'd been wanting for nearly three decades now. Others pointed to the musician's move to the Deutsche Grammophon label, where he began his recording career as a member of the Berlin Philharmonic under Herbert von Karajan in the 1970s. "I feel like I'm 'back in,' if you like," Galway himself is quoted as saying in the booklet notes.
Neither of these perspectives really gets to the heart of what's going on here. Galway's runaway success has certainly been due in part to his remarkably sweet and consistent tone on the flute; one indication of his abilities here is his skill in transferring his characteristic sound to the much less forgiving tin whistle on the traditional tune "The Dawning of the Day." Galway has also stayed on top of the crossover game by virtue of a knack for finding material with a real common touch. He nods here to one of his earlier smash recordings with a remake of "Annie," originally recorded by John Denver, and he jumps on the Lord of the Rings bandwagon with a suite composed especially for him by Howard Shore. The rest of the pieces on Wings of Song are familiar classical melodies, among them "Casta diva" from Bellini's Norma, Offenbach's Barcarolle from The Tales of Hoffmann, and the Pie Jesu from the Fauré Requiem. Galway is accompanied here by the London Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Klauspeter Seibel, and on a few numbers by the grandly designated Lady Jeanne Galway.
The canniest move Sir James makes here is to put himself at the services of a pop producer who ties everything together into a neat package in a way that hadn't been done with his earlier releases. That producer, Craig Leon, was among the early nurturers of the careers of Blondie, the Ramones, and the Talking Heads, and he helmed various other releases ranging from new wave to roots rock to country. Leon did all the arrangements for Wings of Song, as he did for Joshua Bell's hit release, Romance of the Violin. The two albums resemble each other strongly, and fans of one will doubtless enjoy the other. Leon, without writing the same arrangement every time, makes a homogeneous group out of quite a varied set of tunes; tempos are pushed toward a golden mean, and the album has a consistent sound no matter where you dip into it. It's category-killer classical music, tastefully served up for an age of immaculate consumption, and nobody carries it off better than James Galway.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 16 track(s)
- Total length: 01:13:23
- Main artists: Sir James Galway
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Deutsche Grammophon (DG)
- Genre: Klassiek
© 2004 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin ℗ 2004 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
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