Saverio Mercadante - Flute Concertos (James Galway)

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Composer: Saverio Mercadante

• Concerto for Flute and Orchestra in D Major
• Concerto for Flute and Orchestra in E Minor
• Concerto for Flute and Orchestra in E Major

James Galway, flute

I Solisti Veneti

Claudio Scimone, conductor

Date: 1988

Label: RCA

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Saverio Mercadante (baptised 17 September 1795 – 17 December 1870) was an Italian composer, particularly of operas. While Mercadante may not have retained the international celebrity of Donizetti or Rossini beyond his own lifetime, he composed as prolific a number of works as either; and his development of structures, styles and orchestration contributed significantly to the foundations upon which Verdi built his dramatic technique. Throughout his life Mercadante generated more instrumental works than most of his contemporary composers of operas due to his lifelong preoccupation with orchestration.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saverio_Mercadante

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James Galway (born 8 December 1939) is an Irish virtuoso flute player from Belfast, nicknamed "The Man With the Golden Flute". Galway studied at the Royal College of Music under John Francis and then at the Guildhall School of Music under Geoffrey Gilbert. He then studied at the Paris Conservatoire under Gaston Crunelle and Jean-Pierre Rampal. Galway was principal flute of the Berlin Philharmonic from 1969 to 1975 before he left the orchestra to pursue his solo career. Following in the footsteps of Jean-Pierre Rampal, he became one of the first flute players to establish an international career as a soloist.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Galway
http://jamesgalway.com/

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