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Harvey Pittel, saxophone
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HARVEY
PITTEL has been saxophonist with the New York Philharmonic, Boston Symphony,
Los Angeles Philharmonic, etc. and is a prominent recitalist. He was Professor
of Saxophone at the University of Texas at Austin School of Music for many
years. Pittel has has been consistently acknowledged as one of America's
foremost classical saxophonists. His playing has earned international accolades
from the press, music community and general public who have recognized his
efforts to elevate the instrument to a new level of artistry. His repertoire
includes music written for the instrument (by such composers as Debussy,
Hovhaness, Babbitt, Villa-Lobos, and Glazunov), his own transcriptions of
baroque and classical works, chamber music, the popular repertory of the vaudeville,
ragtime, and swing eras (with the Harvey Pittel Saxophone Quartet) and works
commissioned by him from some of the foremost contemporary composers.
CD353: Sextuor à Vent. Harvey Pittel, Alto
Saxophone; Westwood Wind Quintet.
Darius Milhaud: Scaramouche for Saxophone and
Woodwind Quintet; Bernhard Heiden: Intrada for Saxophone and Woodwind
Quintet; Paul Hindemith: Concert Piece for Two Saxophones (with Sunil
Gadgil, saxophone); Pierre Max Dubois: Sinfonia da Camera (for Saxophone
and Woodwind Quintet); Jacques Ibert: Trois Pièces Brèves (first
movement) – for Woodwind Quintet; J.S. Bach: Fugue from the Well
Tempered Clavier (arr. for Woodwind Trio); Rossini: Quartet no. 1 in F
(first movement) – for Flute, Clarinet, Horn, and Bassoon; Paul De Wailly:
Aubade for Flute, Oboe, and Clarinet; Adrien Barthe: Passacaille for
Woodwind Quintet; Malcolm Arnold: Divertimento for Flute, Oboe, and
Clarinet (first movement); Rimsky-Korsakov: Flight of the Bumble-Bee
(arr. for Woodwind Quintet); Leo Sowerby: Pop Goes the Weasel (adapted
by the Westwood Wind Quintet). UPC
009414735324
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"Harvey
Pittel [is a] master of his instrument...the most beautiful and pure tone I
have ever heard from a saxophone." New York
Times
The Westwood Wind Quintet is "probably
the best group of this kind anywhere." New Orleans Courier
"Delightful music, winningly played." Fanfare Magazine
Sound samples (mp3 files)
Click on the link to hear up to 35 seconds of the movement shown.
Milhaud: Scaramouche I: Vif
II:
Modéré III:
Brazileira Heiden: Intrada
Hindemith: Concert Piece for Two Saxophones I:
Lebhaft II:
Mässig langsam III:
Lebhaft Dubois: Sinfonia da Camera I:
Entrée II:
Gigue en rondeau III:
Variations Ibert: Trois
Pièces Brèves (first mvmt) Bach/arr. Atkins:
Fugue
Rossini: Quartet
no.1 in F (first mvmt) Wailly: Aubade
Barthe: Passacaille
Arnold: Divertimento
(first mvmt) Rimsky-Korsakov: Flight
of the Bumble-Bee Sowerby: Pop
Goes the Weasel (to return to this
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CD654: BACH AND NOODLES, Harvey Pittel,
Saxophone. New Classics Suite: Sonata 2
by J.S. Bach (arr. John Rodby) interspersed w/ Johnny Mercer, Richard Rodgers,
David Gates. Plus light classics including Flight of
the Bumble-Bee, Oodles of Noodles, Perpetual Motion, Scaramouche, Vocalise,
Saxophobia, Caprice (Bozza), Caprice (Bonneau), and the Acrostic Song from
Final Alice (Del Tredici). Pittel, saxophone, with Gabor Rejto, cello; and
Levering Rothfuss and Anton Nell, piano. UPC 009414765420 BUY NOW
Sound samples (uses RealPlayer) Click on the link to hear up to one minute of the movement shown.
New Classics Suite: Mvt 1 (Allegro-Autumn
Leaves) Mvt 2 (Siciliano-My Favorite
Things) Mvt 3 (Allegro-If) Rimsky-Korsakoff:
Flight of the Bumblebee Rachmaninoff: Vocalise Dorsey: Ooodles
of Noodles Demersseman: Carnival
of Venice Del Tredici: Final
Alice Acrostic
Song Wiedoeft: Saxophobia Valse
Yvonee Bozza: Lied,
Badinage, and Caprice
Bonneau: Caprice Paganini: Moto
Perpetuo Milhaud:
Scaramouche Brooms(Russian trad.): Vif Modere Brazileira
CD655: MOVING ALONG with Harvey Pittel, Saxophone.
Ingolf Dahl: Concerto for Alto Saxophone; Jacques Ibert: Concertino da Camera;
Paul Creston: Sonata for Alto Saxophone and Piano; Paule Maurice: Tableaux de
Provence; Tomasi Albinoni: Concerto "Saint Marc"; Rachmaninoff:
Vocalise. All with Jeff Helmer, piano. "Harvey Pittel, a master of his
instrument" New York Times. UPC 009414765529 BUY NOW
Sound samples (uses RealPlayer) Click on the link
to hear up to one minute of the movement shown.
Creston Sonata: Mvt 1 (With Vigor) Mvt 2 (With Tranqility) Mvt 3 (With Gaiety)
Dahl Concerto: Mvt 1 (Recitative) Mvt 2 (Passacaglia) Rachmaninoff: Vocalise Ibert: Concertino Mvt 1
Mvt 2
Mvt 3 Maurice: Tableaux de Provence Farandole Chanson pour ma Mie La Bohemienne Des Alyscamps Le Cabridan Albinoni: Concerto Grave
Allegro Andante Allegro
Cassettes
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on-line. If interested, call or email Crystal Records.
C155: HARVEY PITTEL SAXOPHONE QUARTET.
J.S. Bach: Fugue; Glazunov: Quatuor; Rivier:
Grave et Presto; Bozza: Nuages; Joplin:
Cascades; Desenclos: Quatuor; also
popular works with Shelly Manne, drums; Monty Budwig, bass. Cassette
only 009414715548 SOLD OUT
C157: HARVEY PITTEL TRIO. The New Classics Suite, by
Bach/Rodby; Creston: Sonata for Saxophone;
Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras; Duke Ellington
medley. Harvey Pittel, saxophone; Julian Fifer,
cello; Levering Rothfuss, piano. Cassette
only 009414715746
C353: SEXTUOR A VENT.
Harvey Pittel, Saxophone, with Westwood Wind
Quintet. Darius Milhaud: Scaramouche; Bernhard
Heiden: Intrada; Pierre Max Dubois: Sinfonia da
Camera. Cassette only 009414735348
C500: MUSIC OF JOHN RODBY.
HARVEY PITTEL, Saxophone. Saxophone Concerto,
Festivals, & Variations for Orchestra. Elgar
Howarth conducting the London Sinfonietta. Cassette only
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