RCA Victor's 2002 The Very Best of James Galway is a comprehensive overview of James Galway's prolific career, touching not only on his easy listening pop crossover tunes, but his classical pieces. In fact, it does something very clever: it devotes a disc, a full half of the collection, to his classical works, with the second disc to his smooth, lovely covers of pop hits. This way, the full scope of Galway's talents are showcased on one compilation, but they're also kept separated, so you can hear one side or the other, depending on mood. Some may find a certain favorite or two missing, but overall, this is an excellent summation of Galway's RCA recordings, which did find him at a peak.
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The Very Best of James Galway
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AllMusic Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Track Listing - Disc 1
| Title/Composer | Performer | Time | Stream | ||||
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| 1 | 5:12 | Amazon | |||||
| Gayane Suite, for orchestra No. 3 | |||||||
| 2 | 2:30 | Amazon | |||||
| 3 |
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7:25 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 4 |
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2:56 | Amazon | ||||
| 5 | 4:09 | Amazon | |||||
| Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067 | |||||||
| 6 | 2:43 | SpotifyAmazon | |||||
| Dolly, suite for piano, 4 hands or orchestra, Op. 56 | |||||||
| 7 |
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2:56 | Amazon | ||||
| 8 |
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6:39 | Amazon | ||||
| 9 | 4:19 | Amazon | |||||
| Flute Concerto No. 2 in D major, K. 314 (K. 285d) | |||||||
| 10 | 5:46 | Amazon | |||||
| Sonata for flute & keyboard in E flat major, BWV 1031 | |||||||
| 11 | 2:14 | Amazon | |||||
| Orfeo ed Euridice (Italian version), opera in 3 acts, Wq. 30 | |||||||
| 12 | 7:59 | Amazon | |||||
| Peer Gynt Suite for orchestra (or piano or piano, 4 hands) No. 1, Op. 46 | |||||||
| 13 | 4:05 | Amazon | |||||
| The Tale of Tsar Saltan (Skazka o Tsare Saltane), opera in 4 acts with a prologue | |||||||
| 14 | 1:10 | Amazon | |||||
Track Listing - Disc 2
| Title/Composer | Performer | Time | Stream | ||||
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| 1 | 4:50 | SpotifyAmazon | |||||
| 2 | 2:22 | ||||||
| 3 | 3:25 | ||||||
| 4 | 3:59 | SpotifyAmazon | |||||
| 5 | 5:57 | Amazon | |||||
| 6 | 4:18 | SpotifyAmazon | |||||
| 7 | 3:08 | Spotify | |||||
| 8 | 3:26 | Spotify | |||||
| Memory, song (for the musical Cats) | |||||||
| 9 | 3:32 | ||||||
| 10 | 3:51 | Spotify | |||||
| 11 | 2:56 | SpotifyAmazon | |||||
| 12 | 3:39 | ||||||
| 13 | 4:15 | Spotify | |||||
| 14 | 4:07 | ||||||
| 15 | 4:36 | ||||||
| 16 | 3:20 | ||||||
