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CD353: SEXTOUR 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); Gioacchino
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 BUY NOW Click here for CD cover photo and details.
“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
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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
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CD358: PAS DE TROIS. Kenneth Tse, Saxophone, Benjamin Coelho, Bassoon, Alan
Huckleberry, Piano.
Bernard Van Beurden: Pas de trois;
Jindrich Feld: Trio Giocoso; David Froom: Arirang Variations; Perry Goldstein:
Noir; Don Freund: Louder than Words. UPC
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Saxophone, Bassoon, and Piano is an unusual
combination that creates an exciting and vibrant sound. The works on this CD represent
some of the finest writing for this combination, and the performers are three
of the best practitioners of their art. They are on the faculty at the
University of Iowa and perform internationally
“From Crystal comes yet
another program of stimulating chamber works. As usual, it is beautifully
performed and recorded.” Fanfare.
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Van Beurden: Pas de trois: Ouverture
Pastorale Tarantella Feld: Trio Giocoso: Allegro Andante Allegro
vivo Froom: Arirang
Variations Goldstein: Noir Freund:
Louder than Words: Part
I Part
II
CD359:
STELLAR SAXES. Kenneth Tse and Nobuya Sugawa, Saxophones.
Paul
Hindemith: Concert Piece for two alto saxophones; Jun Nagao: Paganini Lost, for
two alto saxophones and piano, and Lovers on the Celestial Sphere, for soprano
and tenor saxophones and piano; Masanori Katoh, Oriental, for soprano and alto
saxophones; Guy Lacour, Sute en Duo, for two alto saxophones; Victor Morosco,
Contemporary Etudes in Duet Form, for two alto saxophones. With Kazuo Murakami,
piano. UPC
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Nobuya Sugawa and Kenneth Tse are two of the best-known
saxophonists in the world. Specializing in premiere performances, they present
on this CD some of the most exciting new works for two saxophones. This is
Kenneth Tse’s fifth CD on Crystal Records. All have been greeted with praise
from both critics and consumers.
“two of the
finest classical saxophonists in the world…truly dynamic duo…two giants of
classical saxophone.” Saxophone Journal
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_(r)Nagao: Paganini
Lost
Hindemith: Konzertstucke Lebhaft Massig
langsam, Lebhaft Katoh: Oriental Lacour: Suite en duo Allegro Aria Petite Fugue Largo -
Scherzetto
Nagao: Lovers on
the Celestial Sphere Morosco: Contemporary Etudes Etude 1 Etude 2 Etude 4
CD651: LAURA HUNTER, SAXOPHONE.
Brian Connelly, Piano and DX7 Synthesizer. William Bolcom: Lilith; Paul Cooper: Four Impromptus; Rodney
Rogers: The Nature of This Whirling Wheel;
Steven Galante: Shu Gath Manna; Arthur
Gottschalk: Jeu de Chat.
Bolcom is the winner of the 1988 Pulitzer
Prize for Music.
Hunter is "a
splendid artist." Audio. “...beautiful tone.” Wisconsin
Journal
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Rogers: Whirling
Wheel
Bolcom Lilith: Mvt
1(Female Demon) Mvt
2 (Succuba) Mvt
3 (Will-O-The-Wisp) Mvt
4 (Child Stealer) Mvt
5 (The Night Dance) Cooper:
Four Impromptus Presto Andante Animato Largo Gottschalk: Jeu
de Chat Galante: Shu Gath
Manna Prologue Silicon
Dance Threnody Regeneration
CD652: AN AMERICAN TRIBUTE TO SIGURD
RASCHER. Lawrence
Gwozdz, Alto Saxophone. William Grant
Still: Romance; Karel Husa: Elegie et Rondeau; Henry Cowell: Air and Scherzo;
Carl Wirth: Jepthah and Beyond These Hills; Armond Russell: Particles; John
David Lamb: Three Antique Dances; John Worley: Sonata for Alto Saxophone and
Piano.
Lois Leventhal & David Evenson,
piano; Michael Reimer, soprano saxophone.
"Gwozdz is an
extraordinary saxophonist...a whole world of composers writing sublime
music...buy this disc at once...I guarantee you will enjoy it." Fanfare.
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Wirth Jepthah: Mvt
1 (Invocation) Mvt
2 (Dance) Russell Particles: Mvt
1 (Allegro) Mvt
2 (Lento) Mvt
3 (Allegro moderato) Mvt
4 (Andante) Mvt
5 (Allegro) Cowell: Air Scherzo Still: Romance Lamb: Three Antique Dances Mvt
1 Mvt
2 Mvt
3 Husa: Elegie Rondeau Worley: Sonata Mvt
1 Mvt
2 Mvt
3 Wirth: Beyond
These Hills
CD653: DUO ONE, POINT FIVE - Bill Perconti,
Alto Saxophone. Alojzy Thomys:
Miniatury w Roznych Stylach (sax & piano); Ryo Noda: Improvisation III (sax
solo); Alan Hovhaness: Suite (sax and guitar); Gerard Massias: Suite Monodique
(sax solo); Jerome Grant: Duo 1 Point 5 (sax and tape); Eugene Bozza:
Improvisation et Caprice (sax solo); George Gershwin: Three Quarter Blues and
Promenade (arr. Perconti for sax & piano). "...creamy
smooth tone." American
Record Guide. "Another first-class
woodwind recital from the leading label in the field." Fanfare. UPC 009414765321
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Thomys, Miniatury: Mvt
1(Allegro) Mvt
2(Andante) Mvt
3(Allegretto) Mvt
4(Andante) Mvt
5(Vivo Scherzando) Mvt
6 Mvt
7 Mvt
8 Mvt
9 Mvt
10 Noda: Improvisation
No. 3 Hovhaness: Suite Mvt
1 Mvt
2 Mvt
3 Massias: Suite Monodique Mvt
1 Mvt
2 Mvt
3 Mvt
4 Mvt
5 Grant: Duo
1 Point 5 Bozza: Improvisation
et Caprice Gershwin: Three-Quarter
Blues Promenade
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. Harvey Pittel has been saxophonist with the New York
Philharmonic, Boston Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, etc. and is a
prominent recitalist. UPC 009414765420 BUY
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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.
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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
CD656: SPARKLING SAX. Kenneth Tse, Saxophone. With Kari Miller, Piano. JIndrich Feld: Sonata for Alto Saxophone and Piano; Bernhard Heiden:
Solo for Alto Saxophone and Piano; Victor Morosco: Blue Caprice; Walter
Kaufmann: Meditation; Robert Muczynski: Sonata; Warren Benson: Aeolian Song;
Leonard Bernstein: West Side Story Medley.
"Kenneth Tse is a uniquely talented
saxophonist endowed with a facile technique and a tone of great beauty, plus
the ability to understand and interpret a wide range of musical styles." Eugene Rousseau, Eminent saxophone soloist & Professor
of Saxophone, Indiana University
"Kenneth Tse plays the saxophone with seductive
tonal beauty and sheer virtuosity." American Record Guide UPC 009414765628 BUY
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Feld Sonata: Mvt
1(Allegro Ritmico) Mvt
2(Adagio) Mvt
3 (Allegro Vivo) Mvt
4 (Allegro con Fuoco) Kaufmann: Meditation Muczynski:
Sonata Mvt
1 Mvt
2 Benson: Aeolian
Song Heiden: Solo Morosco: Blue
Caprice Bernstein(arr.
Rousseau): West
Side Story medley
CD657: AN AMERICAN EXHIBITION. Kenneth Tse, Saxophone; Mami Nagai, Piano. David DeBoor Canfield: Sonata for Alto
Saxophone and Piano; John Cheetham: Sonata for Alto Saxophone and Piano; Libby
Larsen: Holy Roller; William Grant Still: Romance; Leonard Mark Lewis: As in
Stained Light; Jay Vosk: Thaw; Walter Hartley: Sonata for Baritone Saxophone
and Piano.
Kenneth Tse was formerly Instructor at Indiana University and
professor at University of Missouri. He is presently at the University of Iowa. About his first CD on Crystal, CD656,
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Canfield Sonata: Mvt
1(Grazioso) Mvt
2(Molto vivo) Mvt
3(Ad libitum) Mvt
4(Moto perpetuo) Cheetham Sonata: Mvt
1(Giocoso) Mvt
2(Lento) Mvt
3(Con moto) Larsen: Holy
Roller Still: Romance Lewis: As
In Stained Light
Vosk: Thaw
Hartley Sonata: Mvt
1(Andante) Mvt
2(Adagio) Mvt
3Allegro)
CD658: LYRIC SOPRANO. Kenneth Tse, Soprano Saxophone. Alan Huckleberry, Piano. UPC 009414765826
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Antonino Pasculli: Le Api; Gabriel Faure: Trois Romances sans
Paroles; Jerôme Naulais: Sax de Voyage; Isaac Albeniz: Tango Op. 165, No. 2;
Denis Bedard: Fantaisie; John C. Worley: Six Dances; Astor Piazzolla:
L'Histoire du Tango; Leonard Mark Lewis: Prelude (for Kenneth Tse). Kenneth Tse is currently the professor of
saxophone at the University of Iowa. "Tse is the caliber of
instrumentalist whose very sound is captivating. If Fanfare awarded grades to
recordings, this would rate A+” Fanfare
"Tse gives a
bravado, fleet-fingered performance... seduces enchantingly... is utterly
beguiling... a richly enjoyable recital." International Record Review
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Pasculli: Le
Api Faure Trois Romances Mvmt
1 Mvmt
2 Mvmt
3 Naulais: Sax
de Voyage Albeniz: Tango
Bedard: Fantaisie
Worley: Six Dances Prelude Allemande Sarabande Gavotte Courante Gigue
Piazzolla: L'Histoire du Tango Bordel Cafe Night-club Concert
d'aujourd'hui
Lewis: Prelude
CD659: SAXOPHONE VOICES FROM FIVE COUNTRIES,
featuring Keith R. Young, Soprano, Alto, and Tenor Saxophone. Heitor Villa Lobos: Fantasia; Astor Piazzolla: Tango; Rudy
Wiedoeft: Saxophobia; Ron Nelson: Danza Capriccio; Charles Koechlin: Andante
& Le Reps de Tityre; Paul Bonneau: Caprice en Forme de Valse; Elliot Del
Borgo: Canto; Toshiyuki & Naomi Honda: Four Jazz Etudes. Keith R. Young was
principal saxophonist with the U.S. Air Force Band in Washington, D.C. until
1998. Since then he has been an international soloist and Professor of Music at
Indiana University of Pennsylvania. This collection contains some of the best
recital literature for the saxophone, featuring music of composers from the
U.S.A., Japan, France, Brazil, and Argentina.
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Nelson: Danza
Capriccio Koechlin: Andante Bonneau:
Caprice
en Forme de Valse Del
Borgo: Canto Villa-Lobos: Fantasia
Anim_(c) Lent Tr_(r)s
anim_(c) Koechlin:
Le
Repos de Tityre Honda: Four Jazz Etudes Greeting Fake Interval Session Piazzolla:
Tango Wiedoeft:
Saxophobia
CD780: SAXOPHONE
PICTURES, Kenneth Tse,
Saxophone.
Mussorgsky, Pictures
at an Exhibition (arranged
by David DeBoor Canfield); Kenneth Tse, Soprano, alto, tenor, and
baritone saxophones (one player, no overdubs); Alan Huckleberry, piano.
David DeBoor Canfield: Trio after Brahms in G minor; Kenneth Tse, alto
saxophone; Rachel Patrick, violin; Lin-Yu Wang, piano.
Erwin Dressel: Partita for Alto Saxophone and Piano; Kenneth Tse, alto
saxophone; Lin-Yu Wang, piano.
Kenneth Tse, widely
recognized as one of the leading classical saxophonists in the world, burst on
the scene in 1996 as the winner of the prestigious New York Artists
International Award, which resulted in an acclaimed debut recital at Carnegie
Hall and being acclaimed as “a young virtuoso” by the New York Times. Tse has
been an active recording artist since his first CD for Crystal Records at age
23. He has also been a frequent soloist on five continents. There are now a
total of nine Crystal CDs as well as eight others on other labels. Tse is
currently Professor of Saxophone at the University of Iowa, President-Elect of
the North American Saxophone Alliance, and is serving his second term as
Vice-President of the International Saxophone Committee. When Kenneth Tse,
alternating between the four saxophones, gave the world premiere performance of
this arrangement of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition at the 2012 World
Saxophone Congress in St. Andrews, Scotland, he and the piece received rave
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Canfield Trio after Brahms in G
Minor: Adagio con poco
moto-Allegro risoluto Adagio
Molto vivo
Presto possibile Dressel
Partita: Prélude – Allemande Canzone
Courante
Pavane
Gigue
Mussorgsky Pictures at an
Exhibition: Promenade
Gnomus
Promenade II Il Vecchio Castello Promenade III Tuilleries
Promenade IV Bydło
Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuyle Promenade V Limoges
Catacombae (Sepulcrum Romanum) Con mortuis in lingua mortua The Hut on Fowl's Legs (Baba-Yaga) The Great Gate of Kiev
CD781 — KENNETH TSE, Saxophone, with the MI-BÉMOL Saxophone Ensemble. UPC
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Jules
Demersseman, Carnival of Venice; Henri Tomasi, Ballade; Richard Dudas, Fantasia
on Lyun Joon Kim’s Elegy; Luis Alarcón, Concertango, 3rd mvt: fugue; Alain
Crépin, Saxflight; Grigorij Markovich, Concerto Capriccio on Themes of
Paganini; Darius Milhaud, Scaramouche; Giacomo Puccini, Nessun Dorma from
Turandot.
A truly unusual and exciting album. The
sounds of all the saxophones is almost unbelievable in its beauty. At times it
is like listening to one of the best large symphony orchestras. “This release is, in a word, stunning. [This is] a
program of winners, with broad appeal. It doesn’t get much better than this:
fun music, and a stellar ensemble and soloist.” (Fanfare Magazine) Click here for more
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Kenneth Tse, with
9 solo CDs on Crystal, is one of the world’s leading classical saxophonists.
Born in Hong Kong, he won the New York Artists International Award in 1996 and
performed an acclaimed debut recital at Carnegie Hall, after which he was
hailed as “a young virtuoso.” He since has been a frequent
soloist on five continents. His CDs have been uniformly acclaimed by critics: “elegant tone...sheer virtuosity” (American Record Guide). “phenomenal saxophonist with incredible technical skills
and interpretive skills. His tone is absolutely lovely.” (Saxophone Journal). “One of the world’s very finest saxophonists...astounding
technical skill...virtuosity and golden tone.” (Fanfare) He
currently teaches at the University of Iowa.
The Mi-Bémol Saxophone Ensemble,
founded in 1989 in Japan, has established itself as probably the world’s
premiere professional saxophone ensemble. Under the direction of Masahiro
Maeda, the group has more than 20 saxophones, including alto, tenor, baritone,
bass saxophone, and tubax. With its truly amazing sound, the ensemble performs
regularly in Europe, Asia, and North America, including Carnegie Hall. “Mi-Bémol
has become well-known for its extraordinary musicianship and the distinctively
rich, articulate orchestral sound it produces.”
(Fanfare)
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Demersseman Carnival
of Venice Tomasi Ballade Dudas
Fantasia
on Lyun Joon Kim’s Elegy
Alarcón Concertango,3rd
mvt: Fugue Crépin Saxflight Kalinkovich Concerto
Capriccio on Themes of Paganini
Milhaud Scaramouche Vif Modéré Brazileira Puccini
Nessun
Dorma from Turandot
BONUS: To have a
little joy to help alleviate CoronaVirus anxiety, hear the entire
Carnival of Venice played by Kenneth Tse and the Mi-Bémol Saxophone Ensemble.
Demersseman
Carnival of Venice
CD782: The Voxman Project. Featuring Kenneth Tse, Saxophone, and
faculty and staff from the Voxman School of Music, University of Iowa,
conducted by Richard Mark Heidel.
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Kirk O’Riordan,
Ductus Figuratus, Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Chamber Ensemble; Darius
Milhaud, La Création du Monde; Kurt Weill, Little Threepenny Music
Recorded in the Voxman Music Building (cover picture), University of
Iowa. The impressive Voxman Bldg. houses equally impressive music faculty,
staff, and students. This CD features the playing of these fine musicians.
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“beautifully
programmed hour of music for mixed ensemble …O’Riordan writes with both fluidity and intelligence…Darius Milhaud’s
riotous La création du monde is a glorious
celebration of polytonality as a means of representing primordial chaos…[in the
Weill], what character there is to “Mack the Knife,” while the “Tango-Ballad,”
with its evocative sax solos, is a triumph. This is
stimulating repertoire, superbly performed and well recorded. Another gem for
Crystal Records’ catalog.” Fanfare
(Colin Clarke,
Sept/Oct 2021)
O’Riordan’s Saxophone Concerto has “a
lot of clever and effective writing, and Tse is a splendidly fluent and
masterful advocate for this new concerto…[The Weill] is a most credible
performance which stands comparison with the best in the field.” MusicWeb (Marc
Rochester, July 2021)
“The Voxman Ensemble gives robust
performances…The Milhaud and Weill are solid, and all the lyrical passages are
especially heartfelt. Tse is excellent all through, easily handling all the
challenges of the O’Riordan and delivering elegant and expressive phrasing in the
Milhaud and Weill.” American Record Guide (Hanudel, Sept/Oct 2021)
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O’Riordan Ductus figuratas, Concerto for Alto Saxophone Mvt. 1 Cadens Mvt. 2 Abeo Mvt. 3 Tripudio Mvt. 4 Demum Milhaud
La Création du Monde Mvt. 1 Overture Mvt. 2 Chaos Before Creation Mvt. 3 Birth of Flora and Fauna Mvt. 4 Birth of Man and Woman Mvt. 5 Dance of Desire Mvt. 6 Spring or Appeasement Weill
Little Threepenny Music Mvt. 1 Overture Mvt. 2 Mack the Knife Mvt. 3 The Instead-of Song Mvt. 4 Ballad of the Easy Life Mvt. 5 Polly’s Song Mvt. 6 Tango-Ballad Mvt. 7 Cannon Song Mvt. 8 Threepenny Finale
CD783: COALESCENCE. Kenneth Tse, Saxophone.
Casey
Dierlam Tse, Piano. UPC 009414778321
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Piet
Swerts, Paganini Capriccio; Leo
Ornstein, Ballade; Jean-Denis Michat, Back to Bach; Roger Boutry,
Divertimento; Luis Serrano Alarcón, Tres Preludios Mestizos; Alfred
Desenclos, Prelude, Cadence et Finale; Claude Pascal, Sonatine; Paule
Maurice, Tableaux de Provence.
Kenneth Tse, widely recognized as one of the
world’s leading classical saxophonists, won the prestigious New York Artists
International Award in 1996, and then performed an acclaimed debut recital at
Carnegie Hall. Since then, he has won multiple awards and has been a frequent
soloist with orchestras and in recitals in five continents. An active recording
artist, Tse has 19 CDs, including nine highly acclaimed CDs on Crystal Records.
An advocate for new music, Tse has had more than 30 works dedicated to him.
“Tse plays with seductive
tonal beauty and sheer virtuosity” American Record Guide Click
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“Tse has produced
the most beautiful sound from a saxophone that I have ever heard…he is one of
the most widely admired saxophonists on the planet…Kenneth Tse and Casey
Dierlam Tse are two remarkable artists, who make music together as well as any
instrumental duo I’ve heard on any instruments…Each work is a masterpiece in
its own right, and to hear such fine works receive top-flight performances is a
joy to experience. Anyone not yet a fan of the saxophone will surely be won
over to the instrument by this latest release from Crystal, one of the top few
saxophone recordings I’ve ever heard.” Fanfare (David DeBoor Canfield)
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Swerts: Paganini Capriccio Ornstein:
Ballade Jean-Denis Michat : Back to Bach Allegro Adagio dolcissimo Boutry: Divertimento I.Allegro ma non troppo II.Andante III.Presto Serrano Alarcón: Tres Preludios Mestizos I.Con veemenza II.Con moto III.:Vitale Descenclos: Prélude Cadence Finale Pascal:
Sonatine Maurice:
Tableaux de Provence I.Farandoulo di chatouno II.Cansoun per ma mio III.La boumiano IV.Dis alyscamps l’amo souspire V.Lou cabridan
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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 To order cassettes, call Crystal Records.
C353: SEXTUOR A VENT. Harvey Pittel, Saxophone, with Westwood Wind Quintet. Darius Milhaud: Scaramouche; Bernhard Heiden: Intrada; Pierre Max Dubois: Sinfonia da Camera. See also CD353 Cassette 009414735348 To order cassettes, call Crystal Records.
C500: MUSIC OF JOHN RODBY. HARVEY PITTEL, Saxophone. Saxophone Concerto, Festivals, & Variations for Orchestra. Elgar Howarth conducting the London Sinfonietta. Cassette only 009414750044 To order cassettes, call Crystal Records.
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