Kenneth Tse Mix

Crystal Records CD783
Coalescence is defined as the joining of elements to form one whole. This disc is a representation of that merger. Along with this being our first recording together as a duo, the program itself is a coalescence of standard saxophone repertoire from the past and current works of today, a mixture of the old with the new. This blending is most musically evident in the works by Swerts and Michat, where the voices of Bach and Paganini are reimagined in a contemporary musical idiom.


[1] Paganini Capriccio (2016) by Piet Swerts (b. 1960) 
[2] Ballade (1955) by Leo Ornstein (1895-2002)
Back to Bach (2016) by Jean-Denis Michat (b. 1971)
[3] Allegro
[4] Adagio dolcissimo
Divertimento (1963) by Roger Boutry (1932-2019)
[5] Allegro ma non troppo
[6] Andante
[7] Presto
Tres Preludios Mestizos (2015) by Luis Serrano Alarcón (b. 1972)
[8] Con veemenza
[9] Con moto
[10] Vitale
Prélude, Cadence et Finale (1956) by Alfred Descenclos (1912-1971)
[11] Prélude
[12] Cadence
[13] Finale
[14] Sonatine (1947) by Claude Pascal (1921-2017)  Tableaux de Provence (1948-1955) by Paule Maurice (1910-1967)
[15] Farandoulo di chatouno
[16] Cansoun per ma mio 
[17] La boumiano
[18] Dis alyscamps l'amo souspire
[19] Lou cabridan

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19 Tableaux de Provence (1948-1955) by Paule Maurice (1910-1967) - Lou cabridan

11 Prélude, Cadence et Finale (1956) by Alfred Descenclos (1912-1971) - Prelude

08 Tres Preludios Mestizos (2015) by Luis Serrano Alarcón (b. 1972) - Con veemenza

04 Back to Bach (2016) by Jean-Denis Michat (b. 1971) - Adagio Dolcissimo

01 Paganini Capriccio (2016) by Piet Swerts (b. 1960)

Live performances of Concerto after Gliere and Martyrs for the Faith

Concerto after Gliere (July 2009)
Allan McMurray, conductor
Thailand Philharmonic Orchestra

Martyrs for the Faith (July 2006)
Alain Crepin
Slovenian Army Band

Kenneth Tse Plays David DeBoor Canfield

Concerto after Gliere: Andantino-Allegro Spirito

07 Sonata For Alto Saxophone Solo  I. Allegro

06 Sonata, Op. 166  III. Molto Allegro

05 Sonata, Op. 166  II. Ad Libitum - Allegretto

04 Sonata, Op. 166  I. Andantino

03 Sonata For Alto Saxophone And Piano  III. Very Fast

02 Sonata For Alto Saxophone And Piano  II. Slow

01 Sonata For Alto Saxophone And Piano  I. Moderate

Crystal Records CD784

[1] Sanctuary (2020) by Viet Cuong (b. 1990)

Italian Concerto BWV 971 (1735) by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

            [2] Allegro
            [3] Andante
            [4] Presto

Fantasia in F, W490 (1948) by Hector Villa-Lobos (1887-1959)

            [5] Animé
            [6] Lent
            [7] Tres Animé

[8] Ocres rouges (2014) by Alexis Ciesla (b. 1967)

 Ragtime Sonata after Joplin (2013) by David DeBoor Canfield (b. 1950)

            [9] Jaunty walking tempo
            [10] Easy does it!
            [11] Let’er rip!

[12] And Everything is Still… (2008) by Andy Scott (b. 1966)

Four Seasons of Buenos Aires (1965-69) by Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992)

            [13] Autumn
            [14] Winter
            [15] Spring
            [16] Summer

06 VILLA-LOBOS, Fantasia in F - 2. Lent

09 CANFIELD, Ragtime Sonata after Joplin - 1. Jaunty walking tempo

12 SCOTT, And Everything is Still…

19 Tableaux de Provence (1948-1955) by Paule Maurice (1910-1967) - Lou cabridan

Kenneth Tse

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