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[blind-blake]

I just heard some classical saxophone samples by Claude DeLangle and he sounds amazing. Can anyone recommend his or any other classcial saxophone recordings? Thanks in advance.

[A Lark Ascending]

I just heard some classical saxophone samples by Claude DeLangle and he sounds amazing. Can anyone recommend his or any other classcial saxophone recordings? Thanks in advance.

John Harle is a saxophonist who is mainly associated with the classical/film music world. His recent discs seem to be heavily weighted in the film/TV music direction.

There's a discography here:

http://www.johnharle...iscography.html

Most of the classical is contemporary classical. I have the Nyman/Bryars/Westbrook disc. Haven't played it for a long time. There's a disc of music by Debussy, Glazunov, Ibert, Villa-Lobos, Richard Rodney Bennett and Dave Heath on the list that might be what you are looking for. Though I suspect its OOP.

You can hear saxophone used in some of Vaughan Williams' music. 'Job, a Masque for Dancing' and one or two of the later symphonies. Doesn't sound a bit like jazz sax - quite eerie.

[7/4]

Essential Classical Saxophone





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[7/4]

something modern that I really love:



Saxophone
(2002)

Music by Philip Glass
The Rascher Saxophone Quartet
Andrew Sterman, saxophones
The Philip Glass Ensemble Woodwinds

[7/4]

Copenhagen Saxophone Quartet.

I have a copy of Italian Baroque, it's quite beautiful and enjoyable.

Edited by 7/4, 22 September 2009 - 04:43 PM.

[mikeweil]

For some modern stuff, try this, intriguing music!

[jeffcrom]

No offense, Bev - I hate John Harle's playing.

To me, Music for Saxophone by the Rascher Saxophone Quartet is the finest readily-available classical saxophone recording. This Donald Sinta recording is an excellent solo sax-with-piano recording.

Not readily available is Sigurd Rascher's early-50s album A Classical Recital on the Saxophone. If you see it for an affordable price, grab it!

And Bev, hope we're still buds!

[blind-blake]

something modern that I really love:



Saxophone
(2002)

Music by Philip Glass
The Rascher Saxophone Quartet
Andrew Sterman, saxophones
The Philip Glass Ensemble Woodwinds

Yes!! I heard his "saxophone concerto" on the radio once and it blew me away. I've been meaning to find that one!

For some modern stuff, try this, intriguing music!

Love a couple of these guys! Will definitely check this out. Thanks!

Essential Classical Saxophone





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Interesting. I like the samples of some of the older stuff. Thanks again!!!

[blind-blake]

I just heard some classical saxophone samples by Claude DeLangle and he sounds amazing. Can anyone recommend his or any other classcial saxophone recordings? Thanks in advance.

John Harle is a saxophonist who is mainly associated with the classical/film music world. His recent discs seem to be heavily weighted in the film/TV music direction.

There's a discography here:

http://www.johnharle...iscography.html

Most of the classical is contemporary classical. I have the Nyman/Bryars/Westbrook disc. Haven't played it for a long time. There's a disc of music by Debussy, Glazunov, Ibert, Villa-Lobos, Richard Rodney Bennett and Dave Heath on the list that might be what you are looking for. Though I suspect its OOP.

You can hear saxophone used in some of Vaughan Williams' music. 'Job, a Masque for Dancing' and one or two of the later symphonies. Doesn't sound a bit like jazz sax - quite eerie.

Yeah, the Debussy, Glazunov, Villa-Lobos sounds right up my alley. I'll be on the lookout! Thanks Bev.

[blind-blake]

No offense, Bev - I hate John Harle's playing.

To me, Music for Saxophone by the Rascher Saxophone Quartet is the finest readily-available classical saxophone recording. This Donald Sinta recording is an excellent solo sax-with-piano recording.

Not readily available is Sigurd Rascher's early-50s album A Classical Recital on the Saxophone. If you see it for an affordable price, grab it!

And Bev, hope we're still buds!

Just bought the Music for Saxophones. Thanks man!

Edited by blind-blake, 22 September 2009 - 08:00 PM.

[7/4]

Saxophone
(2002)

Music by Philip Glass
The Rascher Saxophone Quartet
Andrew Sterman, saxophones
The Philip Glass Ensemble Woodwinds

Yes!! I heard his "saxophone concerto" on the radio once and it blew me away. I've been meaning to find that one!

This is MELODIES FOR SAXOPHONE for solo saxophone, quite beautiful and CONCERTO FOR SAXOPHONE (QUARTET VERSION).

I wish Glass would write more chamber music like this.

[Niko]

a bit flashy maybe... but i really liked milhaud's compositions for saxophone and piano at one time...

[king ubu]

these guys are great:

http://www.arte-quartett.com/

they do modern "classical" stuff, but also various projects with other musicians, such as Pierre Favre, and they form four fifths of the sax section of Kaspar Ewald's great band (called Exorbitantes Kabinett), which plays music somewhere between Don Ellis, James Brown and minimal music... I have two of those discs and have checked them out live - recommended, but not classical (although Ewald - who teaches at the Zurich conservatory - has also adapted "L'homme armé" for that band).

another thing I've heard by the Arte Quartett was a concert where they collaborated with Terry Riley - utterly fascinating stuff!

though if any of this fits the label "classical" is somewhat doubtful... but then "classical" doesn't really apply to much composed music of the 20c anyway... I am always at a loss how to call all these kinds of musics...

Phil Niblock also did a few pieces for saxophone - that's extreme music, your neighbours will love it (and your dogs will suffer even worse...)

[7/4]

More classical than jazz, Fred Frith - Freedom in Fragments.

[A Lark Ascending]

No offense, Bev - I hate John Harle's playing.

To me, Music for Saxophone by the Rascher Saxophone Quartet is the finest readily-available classical saxophone recording. This Donald Sinta recording is an excellent solo sax-with-piano recording.

Not readily available is Sigurd Rascher's early-50s album A Classical Recital on the Saxophone. If you see it for an affordable price, grab it!

And Bev, hope we're still buds!

I only have the one disc, which would suggest that he's not exactly excited me. Just mentioned him because he's well known - had quite a high profile here in the late 80s.eearly 90s but I've not heard much fuss about him in rrecent years.

So, dont worry, I won't have a strop, Jeff! (One of those smiley things)

[DTMX]

I also recommend Glass' Saxophone Quartet Concerto (orchestral version).

If you like the modern stuff (lots of dissonance) these two by the Rascher Quartet are good: Europe & America

Something a little jazzier is Michael Colgrass' Urban Requium for 4 Saxophones and Wind Orchestra.

[blind-blake]

I also recommend Glass' Saxophone Quartet Concerto (orchestral version).

If you like the modern stuff (lots of dissonance) these two by the Rascher Quartet are good: Europe & America

Something a little jazzier is Michael Colgrass' Urban Requium for 4 Saxophones and Wind Orchestra.

Thanks man! The Colgrass stuff sounds great. I'm off to check out his samples at Amazon.

[king ubu]

As for Fred Frith, the Arte Quartett also collaborated with him:

FRED FRITH AND ARTE QUARTETT

STILL URBAN
THE BIG PICTURE

Beat Hofstetter soprano sax
Sascha Armbruster alto sax
Andrea Formenti tenor sax
Beat Kappeler baritone and alto saxes
Fred Frith electric guitar


WITH SPECIAL GUESTS (on The Big Picture)
Lucas Niggli: drums, percussion
Katharina Weber: piano

Intakt CD 155 & 156

The one with Pierre Favre is the only one of these I actually own, it's mighty fine!

Pierre Favre. Arte Quartett with Michel Godard

Saxophones

Pierre Favre: Percussion
Michel Godard: Tuba, Serpent
Beat Hofstetter: Soprano Saxophone
Sascha Armbruster: Alto Saxophone
Andrea Formenti: Tenor Saxophone
Beat Kappeler: Baritone Saxophone

Intakt CD 091

Finally, there's one more on Intakt, with Lucas Niggli's Zoom:

Lucas Niggli ZOOM Meets Arte Quartett

Crash Cruise

Nils Wogram: trombone, melodica, voice
Philipp Schaufelberger: guitar
Lucas Niggli: drums, percussion
Beat Hofstetter: soprano- and tenorsax
Sascha Armbruster: alto-, soprano- and tenorsax
Andrea Formenti: tenor- and sopranosax
Beat Kappeler: bariton- and sopranosax

Intakt CD 130

[7/4]

As for Fred Frith, the Arte Quartett also collaborated with him:

FRED FRITH AND ARTE QUARTETT

STILL URBAN
THE BIG PICTURE

Wow, thanks! I haven't been keeping up with new releases by Frith, but I'm planning on getting these.

[7/4]

Ancia Saxophone Quartet - Short Stories

edit: first spin and I'm really enjoying it! very accessible.

Edited by 7/4, 04 October 2009 - 11:00 AM.

[medjuck]

The was a Canadian classical saxophonist named Paul Brodie who had a couple of good records but I see on Amazon that they're all "discontinued".

[7/4]

the Contemporary Saxophone

Renewing the Myth, for saxophone & piano
Composed by Marilyn Shrude
with Marilyn Shrude, John Sampen

Images, for saxophone & tape
Composed by Milton Babbitt
with Marilyn Shrude, John Sampen

Divertimento
Composed by Charles Wuorinen
with Marilyn Shrude, John Sampen

In Two Worlds
Composed by Morton Subotnick
with Marilyn Shrude, John Sampen

looks like it's OOP!

[7/4]

Delta Saxophone Quartet - Minimal Tendencies

from Amazon

Steve Reich, Philip Glass, Gavin Bryars, Michael Nyman, Terry Riley.

what it says.

[7/4]

more minimalism



Ulrich Krieger - Walls of Sound
James Tenny, John Cage, Joseph Celli, Phill Niblock.

Ulrich Krieger - Early American Minimalism: Walls of Sound II
Philip Glass, Steve Reich, Terry Riley.

Edited by 7/4, 06 October 2009 - 08:50 AM.

[7/4]

two from Terry Riley, I always thought that most of his music wasn't even very minimal. More like he's heavily influenced by his studies of Hindustani raga and rag time piano.



Terry Riley - Chanting the Light of Foresight (with the ROVA Saxophone Quartet)
Terry Riley - Assassin Reverie (with the ARTE Quartet)

[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.  51CFCEAC6EL._SL500_AA300_.jpg   19.66KB   3 downloads

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

Edited by greggery peccary, 04 July 2011 - 05:55 PM.

[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