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The Sound of Classical Saxophone

Song

Mvt. 1. Song: Fire in the Earth, Maslanka Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Wind Ensemble

Paul Creston Sonata for Alto Saxophone and Piano: 1st Movement

Live Performance by Li-Chun Hsiao and Alpaca String Ensemble.

Philip Glass: Façades (1981)

Takashi Yoshimatsu – Fuzzy Bird Sonata I. Run, BIrd

These are the recordings that we are submitting to the Coltman Chamber Music Competition in Austin Texas.

Philip Glass Concerto for Saxophone Quartet Mvmt. 4

Brillance (Final)- Ida Gotkovsky

Paule Maurice - Tableaux De Provence (I. Farandoulo di Chatouno (I. Farandoulo des jeunes filles)

Sardinian saxophonist Andrea Mocci, one of the most accomplished musicians of his generation, and the brilliant Japanese pianist Megumi Nakanomori, form Duo Vagues, and present their debut album Légende. Their cultural backgrounds and personalities are as distinct as the contrasting colouristic palettes of their instruments; the saxophone itself straddles the worlds of classical and jazz. Yet this CD represents a fusion of all these apparently conflicting elements, highlighting music’s power to unify cultures, timbres and genres.

Florent Schmitt’s Légende is at the heart of this disc and their formation as a duo. Its continuous motion, rising from moments of profound calm to ebullient overflowing crests, suggests “vagues” – waves, inspiring their choice of name.

Schmitt’s Légende spans lyricism and impetuosity, the saxophone’s long-breathed, virtuosic flourishes occasionally slipping into the smoky world of jazz, while the piano’s rich harmonies anticipate Messiaen. Jolivet’s Fantaisie-Impromptu reflects his immersion in both atonality and jazz, its sinuous saxophone line and enigmatic, tonally-ambiguous piano gestures juxtaposed with jaunty, jazzy material reminiscent of Gershwin. Milhaud, a master of comic irony, takes us on a witty adventure to South America in Scaramouche – the piece with which Andrea Mocci made his professional debut, in the prestigious Sala Verdi in Milan, in 2011. In common with Milhaud’s piece, Françaix’s 5 Danses Exotiques, dedicated to Marcel Mule (who premiered Schmitt’s Légende) embrace Latin American styles.

Creston’s debonair, vivacious Sonata is a piece which Duo Vagues has been playing for years, yet which always yields something new. Hindemith famously wrote sonatas for almost every orchestral instrument, although the Sonata recorded on this disc began life as a piece for alto horn. The saxophonist is called upon to read a poem by Hindemith during the piece, after which the two instruments are engaged in fascinating dialogue, and it is this sense of dialogue, between saxophone and piano, between different styles, and between the musicians themselves, that is so integral to this debut disc from Duo Vagues.

15 - Paul Creston - Sonata Op. 19 - I. With Vigor

Gabriel Pierné - Introduction et variations sur une ronde populaire

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Antônio Carlos Jobim -How Insensitive-

Guillermo Lago - Ciudades - III - Addis Ababa

David Maslanka - Recitation Book - Fanfare:Variations On Durch Adam Falls

Grieg, Glazounov, Dvorák

Holberg Suite, Op. 40: I. Prélude

A live recording of my final Masters Recital at the Royal College of Music, London
Pianist: Steven Neugarten

Fantaisie Sur un Theme Original - Jules Demersseman

The third movement is the heart of the concerto. Whyte states that “Gratitude is not necessarily something that is shown after the event, it is the deep, a priori state of attention that shows we understand and are equal to the gifted nature of life.” In “Gratitude,” my goal was to create the most beautiful and lyrical music I could to showcase the gorgeous vocal-like sounds of which the saxophone is capable.

Solace III. Gratitude

Fernande Decruck - Sonata in C# (tres modere, espressif)

08.05.2019, Concertzaal Willem-Twee, 's Hertogenbosch, Netherlands

Hannah Koob, Saxophone
Martien Maas, Piano

Konsert för Saxofon och Stråkorkester, Op. 14 (1952) by Lars-Erik Larsson (1908-1986). 

I - Allegro molto moderato

Konsert för Saxofon och Stråkorkester, I - Lars-Erik Larsson

Performed in collaboration with pianist Xavier Suárez.

Recorded live on 11.11.2019.

The Sound of Classical Saxophone

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