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CD154: BRIAN MINOR, Alto Saxophone. Leon Stein: Sextet for Alto Saxophone and Woodwind Quintet and Quintet for Alto
Saxophone and String Quartet; Vincent Persichetti: Parable XI, Solo Alto Saxophone; Lawson Lunde: Sonata No. 1 for Alto Saxophone and Piano; Paul Creston: Suite for
Alto Saxophone and Piano; Bernhard
Heiden: Sonata for Alto
Saxophone and Piano. UPC 009414715425 BUY
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with Westwood Wind Quintet, Chicago Symphony String Quartet, and
pianists Lawson Lunde and Cola Heiden.
"lovingly shaped...perfect beauty...Scrupulously polished" American
Record Guide. This CD is a combination of Brian Minor's LPs on Crystal Records:
S151 and S154, remastered digitally in 2022.
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Stein Sextet: 1.Allegro
moderato 2.Adagio;
Andante 3.Allegro Persichetti: Parable
XI Lunde Sonata No. 1: 1.Allegro 2.Andantino
cantabile 3.Allegro
vivace Creston Suite: 1.Scherzoso 2.P
storale 3.Toccata Heiden
Sonata: 1.Allegro 2.Vivace 3.Adagio;
Presto Stein Quintet: 1.Allegro 2.Andante 3.Adagio;
Allegro
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
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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
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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 009414735928. BUY
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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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hear up to one minute of the movement shown. _(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. UPC 009414765123BUY
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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. UPC 009414765222 BUY
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"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). UPC
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"...creamy smooth
tone." American Record
Guide. "Another
first-class woodwind recital from the leading label in the field." Fanfare.
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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. UPC 009414765420 BUY
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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.
"Pittel gets more range,
power, and expression out of his sax than I would have thought possible. This
is definitely a keeper" Fanfare
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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. UPC 009414765529 BUY
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"Another excellent
CD by Pittel" Saxophone Journal
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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. UPC 009414765628 BUY
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"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."
Says
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
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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. UPC 009414765727 BUY
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"this is about as good a saxophone recital as
you're ever going to hear. American Record Guide
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 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
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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. UPC 009414765925
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"Saxophone
aficionados will find this a good addition to their collection." American Record
Guide
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. UPC 009414778024 BUY
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Tse has
technique to burn, of course, and performes these works as a great singer would
perform German Lieder." Fanfare
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 notice..
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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 009414778123
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. UPC 009414778123 BUY
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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
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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, 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. UPC 009414778222 BUY
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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.
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. UPC 009414778321 BUY
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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
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Kenneth Tse CDs.
“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
CD784, DOLCE. Kenneth Tse, Saxophone; Casey Dierlam Tse, Piano.
Viet Cuong, Sanctuary; J.S. Bach, Italian Concerto BWV 971; Heitor
Villa-Lobos, Fantasia in F, W490; Alexis Ciesla, Ocres rouges; David
DeBoor Canfield, Ragtime Sonata after Joplin; Andy Scott, And
Everythng is Still...; Astor Piazzolla, Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas (Four
Seasons of Buenos Aires. 009414778420 BUY
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Cassettes
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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