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Bach: Flute Sonatas
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Track Listing
- Andante
- Largo e dolce
- Presto
- Adagio ma non tanto
- Allegro
- Siciliano
- Allegro assai
- Adagio ma non tanto
- Allegro
- Andante
- Allegro
- Allegro
- Allegro
- Adagio
- Menuetto l - 2
- Allegro
- Adagio
- Allegro
- Allegro moderato
- Siciliano
- Allegro
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #124187 in Music
- Released on: 1995-02-14
- Number of discs: 1
Customer Reviews
Just Perfect!
This is a must recording for all bach's and flute lovers. Galway shows a technical skill that makes this interpretation even better of Rampal, Nicolet or Larrieu, with a precise timing and phrasing. The excesive sound processing and non very Barroque interpretation can be a weak point for the most classical and ortodox audience, who probably prefer Aurèl Nicolet. Anyway, this is the spatial sound i like!.
Just OK
Galway is obviously one of the greatest flutists of this or any generation. Having said that, I must say that I find this recording only mediocre. The first problem that any modern flutist must deal with in these pieces is one of historical accuracy. OK, so the instrument he plays was not even invented until the early 19th century but nonetheless, the approach should at least tip its hat to the voluminous research of the last fifty years. Galway just blasts on through with the way that he thinks it should go, historical accuracy be damned. Second, he seems strangely disembodied from his playing on this disc. I am left wondering if he wouldn't just prefer to be playing something flashier than J.S. Bach. If you want a modern version, get your hands on Julius Baker's. For a more historically informed performance, try Janet See's excellent two disc set.
Not good
I am a huge James Galway fan, but I thought this recording was strangely off. He just seemed to be toodling his way along without a sense of direction, and the lines of the music didn't come through -- at least not to me. There were some good moments, but not enough, and some moments when I could swear he was actually off-key or not quite in sync with the other two musicians. I'm tossing it.
