Habanera (John Harle album)

Habanera
Studio album by John Harle
Released	1987
Recorded	April 24–25, 1987
Studio	Firehouse Studios, London
Genre	Classical, jazz, folk
Length	57:48
Label	Hannibal Rykodisc
Producer	Joe Boyd
John Harle chronology
Habanera (1987) John Harle's Saxophone (1988)

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Allmusic

Habanera is an album by the English classical saxophonist John Harle and the pianist John Lenehan. Produced by Joe Boyd and released on his Hannibal world music record label in 1987, the recording features an eclectic range of composers and musical genres.

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album with 3 stars.

Track listing

No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Three Folksongs (from the country of Csík)"	Béla Bartók	3:34
2.	"Gymnopédie 1"	Erik Satie	6:48
3.	"Elergy for 'Trane"	Jeremy Wall	4:45
4.	"Three Preludes for Piano"	George Gershwin	6:40
5.	"Fantasia"	Heitor Villa-Lobos	4:05
6.	"Allegro"	Leonardo Vinci	1:50
7.	"Deep Purple"	Peter DeRose	5:09
8.	"Theme From 'Tender is the Night'"	Richard Rodney Bennett	3:59
9.	"Sonata in G Minor (BWV 1020)"	J. S. Bach	10:40
10.	"Homage to Edith Piaf"	Francis Poulenc	2:55
11.	"Syrinx"	Claude Debussy	2:29
12.	"Habanera"	Maurice Ravel	2:45
13.	"Out of the Cool"	Dave Heath	6:04

Personnel

• John Harle – soprano and alto saxophones
• John Lenehan – piano
• Nick Parker – engineer