Can anyone recommend any classical saxophone?

[7/4]

found this last week, JS Bach/Sax Allemande - Goldberg Variations (transcription for sax qt).

[BFrank]

I'm no expert on classical music, but this is a nice album.

[greggery peccary]

I've had this for years but haven't listened for about as long. I'm not vouching for it, but it would seem to fit the bill of the discussion.

Small picture....Branford Marsalis "Romances for Saxophone"

Edited July 4, 2011 by greggery peccary

[mikeweil]

Just listened to part of this, brilliantly played and recorded:

György Ligeti (1923–2006): Six Bagatelles

Erkki-Sven Tüür (*1959): Lamentatio

Georg Katzer (*1935): Wie ein Hauch ... doch manchmal

Fabien Lévy (*1968): Durch

Olga Neuwirth (*1968): Ondate

Iannis Xenakis (1922–2001): XAS

sonic.art saxophone quartet

[Chicago Expat]

Benjamin Koppel.

He plays more jazz than classical, but he does have classical work. I think his father is composer Herman Koppel.

Koppel is a member of the ensemble that recorded "Adventures of a Polar Expedition", which may have been my favorite album of 2010.

Koppel's Myspace

[golfcrazy1984]

I would strongly suggest checking out Kenneth Tse, gorgeous tone. He was a student of Eugene Rousseau, Richtmeyer and now teaches at The University of Iowa. Quartet music is out there as well, such as the Prizm quartet or the Miami Saxophone quartet.

[7/4]

I'm no expert on classical music, but this is a nice album.

How is this compared to other music by Moondog?

I bought this last week, still trying to decide if I'm excited or not.

[Chuck Nessa]

How is this compared to other music by Moondog?

I bought this last week, still trying to decide if I'm excited or not.

If you have to decide if you are excited u ain't.

[7/4]

How is this compared to other music by Moondog?

I bought this last week, still trying to decide if I'm excited or not.

If you have to decide if you are excited u ain't.

Yeah. Exactly.

[Д.Д.]

Bl!ndman Saxophone Quartet plays Bach: http://www.blindman.be/en/productions/show/13

[RiRiIII]

Also this one:

GEORGES APERGHIS Crosswind

Geneviève Strosser viola

XASAX

Marcus Weiss tenor saxophone

Pierre-Stephane Meugés soprano saxophone

Includes booklet with text by Patrick Hahn

0012942KAI - 2009

tracklisting:

(01) Crosswind for viola and four saxophones (1997) 12:51

(02) Alter ego for saxophone (2001) 7:53

(03) Rasch version for viola and saxohone (2006) 6:07

(04) Volte-face for viola (1997) 8:52

(05) Signaux version for 12 saxophones (1978) 13:17

TT: 49:25

He would not have been the first well-known composer for musical theatre who neglected the less “spectacular” varieties of music. But unlike the “symphonic form”, which Georges Aperghis has been rarely considered ever since his initial attempt in 1972, chamber music recurs throughout his œuvre. As though staging a theatrical work, Aperghis plays his game in a chamber-music hall with ever-new instrumental combinations, at the same time creating a connection between them and European musical tradition. He is always seeking voices. “It is similar to seeing the image of someone in a photo and wondering how their voice sounds. Is it nasal, is it high, is it low? Were they breathing heavily or easily? An instrument always remains the same. But the real question is: how does the voice of this instruments sound in this piece?” (Georges Aperghis)

[T.D.]

That looks promising! I've always liked Aperghis.

[7/4]

The Berlin Saxophone Quartet - Renaissance.

what the title says: renaissance music....and it was good and they lived happily ever after.

Edited October 28, 2011 by 7/4

[DTMX]

Forgive me if it has already been mentioned but Anders Koppel's Concerto for Saxophone 1 & 2 do a great job of combining modern classical with jazz.

[7/4]

I'm enjoying JS Bach/Sax Allemande - Goldberg Variations (transcription for sax qt) on the road this morning, it'll get another spin when I hit the road to go home later (soon).

[BFrank]

How is this compared to other music by Moondog?

I bought this last week, still trying to decide if I'm excited or not.

If you have to decide if you are excited u ain't.

Yeah. Exactly.

I couldn't tell you how it compares. He always seemed like an interesting character to me, but I don't know that much about his music. I liked this one.

[7/4]

Amy Dickson

[BillF]

Will be seeing this performed in July:

http://bobmintzer.com/pubs_detail.php?c=misc&i=6

[mandrill]

The one below is recommended. The program is half Faure, half various baroque composers.

[flat5]

Spend a little time here.

http://www.hollywoodsaxophonequartet.com/

Two classical albums and two jazz albums.

Fine music.

[Chuck Nessa]

Still trying to figure out what "half Faure" sounds like.

[David Ayers]

Have I not already mentioned that the most substantial, most-played, and most-referenced work for saxophone (and jazz drums) and orchestra by a name composer of recent decades is Birtwistle's Panic? Scandalously premiered at the Proms by John Harle and Paul Clarvis. Investigate!

There is a bargainous CD (also on Spotify) of this work with Earth Dances (essential, core Birtwistle) and Triumph of Time.