Femke Steketee, Tobias Borsboom
Release Date: 19 June 2020
Label: Etcetera
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 8711801016603
Genres: Classical Chamber Music
Description
When Adolphe Sax first began to develop the saxophone family in 1840, he visualised an instrument that combined the power of the brass with the flexibility of the strings and the timbre of the woodwind.
Today the saxophone is usually associated with jazz, although it was first intended for use in classical music. Apart from a few starring solos in symphonic repertoire, including Ravel’s Bolero and his orchestration of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition, Rachmaninov’s Symphonic Dances and Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, the saxophone found no permanent place in the symphony orchestra.
The development of the repertoire for the saxophone as a solo instrument and in chamber music was stimulated by the virtuoso playing of the French pioneer saxophonist Marcel Mule.
The composers Eugene Bozza, Fernande Decruck and Paule Maurice all wrote for him and created works that would later become cornerstones of the classical symphonic repertoire. Elisa Hall, a wealthy amateur saxophonist, also encouraged composers to write for the instrument during the first years of the 20th century; her many commissions included one to Debussy for a work for saxophone and orchestra, the
result of which was his Rhapsody for alto saxophone and orchestra.
For her debut CD for the Etcetera label, saxophonist Femke Steketee says:
"La fille et le saxophone contains a selection of the works for saxophone and piano that I love the most. Time and again I am inspired not only by [pianist[ Tobias Borsboom's subtle playing — and pianists fear the saxophone
repertoire — but also by his poetic and colourful interpretations."
Tracklisting
Bruno Monteiro, Joao Paulo Santos
Hendrickje Van Kerckhove, Eddy Vanoosthuyse, Severine Sierens, Hannelore Vermeir, Hans Ryckelynck,
Nuno Cernadas
Amy Norrington, Piet Kuijken
Herman Jeurissen, Ensemble Capricorno, Geerten van der Wetering
Currende, Erik van Vevel
Thomas Blondelle, Filip Rathe
Marco Mantovani
Karolos
The Counterpoints
Narratio Quartet
Danbi Um; Juho Pohjonen
Engegard Quartet, NyNorsk Messingkvintett
Flute Alors
Louise Bessette
Jonas Batstrand, Jorn Fossheim
