Release Date: 09 January 2002
Label: Naxos - Nxc / Naxos Classics
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 747313206322
Genres: Classical
Composer/Series: Music for Saxophone and Orchestra
Description
Music for Saxophone and OrchestraDebussy • Glazunov • Ibert • Karamessini • Milhaud • Villa-LobosClaude Debussy (1862-1918)Rapsodie for orchestra and alto saxophone (original version)Debussy completed his Rapsodie for orchestra and alto saxophone in 1908, in response to an earlier commission from the American saxophonist Mrs Elise Hall, suggesting the possible future direction his music might have taken. The scoring was only carried out in 1919, after Debussy’s death, by Roger-Ducasse. Listening to street-hawkers crying their wares, Debussy managed to adjust these simple sounds to his extraordinary work for orchestra and saxophone. As indicated in the title, the saxophone here shares its leading part with the orchestra. The work is in two parts. In the first part the dark sound of the saxophone, along with the woodwind, presents the themes that will follow. In the second part the change of style in the orchestra suggests Liszt’s Hungarian Rhapsodies.The version recorded here is the original with two additional bars. Darius Milhaud (1892-1974)Scaramouche: Suite for alto saxophone and orchestraScaramouche is one of the many theatrical characters of the commedia dell’arte. Milhaud’s Scaramouche is taken from incidental music for a play based on Molière’s Le médecin volant (The Flying Doctor) staged at the Théâtre Scaramouche in Paris in May 1937. Originally composed for saxophone and orchestra, the music was, two years later, successfully arranged by the composer for two pianos. Scaramouche is filled with Latin American rhythmic and melodic contrasts. After a vivid and festive Vif there follows a charming Modéré slow movement without sentimental exaggeration. It is completed with a Samba-Brazileira, in which the orchestra and the saxophone dance in a Rio Carnival.Jacques Ibert (1890-1962)Concertino da camera for alto saxophone and eleven instrumentsJacques Ibert wrote his Concertino da camera for alto saxophone and eleven instruments in 1935 for Sigurd Rascher. The work recalls the same composer’s Flute Concerto of 1934 and the influence of Ravel. The first movement, written before the other two, is influenced by jazz, witnessed by its use of syncopation. By way of contrast, the second movement is calm, quiet and simple, proceeding without a break to the brilliant finale, with its calls for virtuosity and jazz rhythms. The work is generally neo-classical in style, without romantic elements. The high notes used were requested by Rascher, despite the disapproval of the doyen of Paris saxophonist, Marcel Mule.Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959) Fantasia for soprano saxophone, three horns and strings, Op.630Heitor Villa-Lobos wrote his Fantasia for soprano saxophone, three horns and strings, Op.630, in 1948 in Rio, and dedicated it to Marcel Mule. The first movement, Animé, begins with a multi-rhythmic introduction, followed by a delicate tango. The vi
Tracklisting
Dariia Lytvishko
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; Marin Alsop
Alice Di Piazza; Basel Sinfonietta; NDR Bigband; Titus Engel
Anna Alas i Jove; Miquel Villalba
David Childs; Black Dyke Band; Nicholas Childs
Yaqi Yang; Margarita Parsamyan; Robynne Redmon; Minghao Liu; Frank Ragsdale; Kim Josephson; Kevin S
Vilmos Csikos; Olivier Lechardeur; Manon Lamaison
Tomas Cotik; Martingale Ensemble; Ken Selden
