Concertino Da Camera / Ballade Pour Saxophone Alto

Ibert (Artist), Martin (Artist), Larsson (Artist), Kelly (Artist), Kangas (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 1, 1998)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Arte Nova Records
• ASIN: B000005I66
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #454,820 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #96 in Music > Classical > Instruments > Reeds & Winds > Saxophone

Track Listings

1. Concertino da Camera: Allegro con moto

2. Concertino da Camera: Larghetto - Animato molto

3. Ballade pour Saxophone alto et Orchestre

4. Konsert for Saxofon och Strakorkester: Allegro molto moderato

5. Konsert for Saxofon och Strakorkester: Adagio

6. Konsert for Saxofon och Strakorkester: Allegro scherzando

Customer Reviews

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Needs engineering help..., April 27, 2001

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M. Carter (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Concertino Da Camera / Ballade Pour Saxophone Alto (Audio CD)

This recording is nice, but the quality of the recording itself seems a little strange. It's rather muffled on my stereo system. I thought maybe it was the microphone or maybe the placement of the microphones-- I don't know, I'm not a recording engineer. When I first listened to it, I thought about what a shame it was that the CD sounds so muffled. It really obscures some of the shimmer the piece has.

Kelly's altissimo technique is decent, as it should be, since he quit school to study with the late Sigurd Rascher. There aren't many recordings of this piece around, and definitely not at this great price, so I would say buy it despite the spots and wrinkles.

And if you're a saxophone student, buy two and give one to a friend.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Well..., June 30, 2003

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Kevin Norton (Morehead, KY USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Concertino Da Camera / Ballade Pour Saxophone Alto (Audio CD)

I'm not sure whether or not the recording is well done, but none the less I have problems with his performance style. Though his articulation is executed well, he has somewhat of a hollow tone to his playing, and the fact that he doesn't use vibrato much doesn't help him.

3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not the Best..., July 17, 2003

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austin snider (missouri) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Concertino Da Camera / Ballade Pour Saxophone Alto (Audio CD)

Although John Edward Kelly is a gifted saxophonist his tone sounds like its missing something, his minimum use of vibrato sounds as if he is an inexperienced saxophonist. In my mind nobody plays Ibert's Concertino de Camera like Marcel Mule(truly one of the most gifted saxophonist ever)