Marcel Mule: "Le patron" of the Saxophone

Jean-Philippe Rameau (Composer), Roelens (Composer), Fonse (Composer), Foret (Composer), Pierre Agricola Genin (Composer), Jules Auguste Demersseman (Composer), Pierre Vellones (Composer), Alexander Glazunov (Composer), Giovanni Bolzoni (Composer), Jean Francaix (Composer), Jacques Ibert (Composer), Gabriel Pierne (Composer), Maurice Ravel (Composer), Riccardo Drigo (Composer), Francois Combelle (Composer), Eugene Bozza (Composer), Isaac Albeniz (Composer), Robert Clerisse (Composer), Francis Çebron (Conductor), Philippe Gaubert (Conductor) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Conductor: Francis Çebron, Philippe Gaubert
• Composer: Jean-Philippe Rameau, Roelens, Fonse, Foret, Pierre Agricola Genin, et al.
• Audio CD (June 18, 1996)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Clarinet Classics
• ASIN: B0000044D9
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #310,745 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #64 in Music > Classical > Instruments > Reeds & Winds > Saxophone

Track Listings

1. Work(s): Unnamed arr for saxophone

2. Pavane et Menuet Vif

3. La tyrolienne

4. Petres

5. Variations sur Marlborogh, for saxophone & piano

6. Le Carnival de Venise, for saxophone & orchestra

7. Concerto for saxophone & orchestra: Andante

8. Valse Chromatique, for saxophone quartet

9. Saxophone Quartet in B flat major, Op. 109: Theme & Scherzo

10. Minuetto

11. Serenade Comique, for saxophone quartet

12. Concertino da camera, for alto saxophone & 11 instruments

13. Concertino da camera, for alto saxophone & 11 instruments

14. Concertino da camera, for alto saxophone & 11 instruments

15. Canzonetta, for clarinet & piano, Op. 19

16. Vocalise-Étude en forme de Habanera, for voice & piano

17. Arlekinada (Harlequin's Millions), ballet: Serenade

18. Esquisse, for saxophone & piano

19. Concertino for saxophone & orchestra

20. Concertino for saxophone & orchestra

See all 23 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THE essential saxophone recording., July 31, 2003

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

This review is from: Marcel Mule: "Le patron" of the Saxophone (Audio CD)

I can now truly understand why Marcel Mule is considered "Le Patron" after hearing this album. On every single piece, he performs with impecible musicality: tight articulations, great breath control, nice understanding of volume, and tone and vibrato that a great violinist would kill for. Another interesting aspect is the excerpt from Francois Combelle, showing a history of how the instrument used to be played as if it were a clarinet.

Every single saxophonist should own this album, for it is a perfect example of how the saxophone is supposed to be played.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I Only Wish I Could Have Met Him, January 17, 2007

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Robert S. Avila (Manhattan, KS) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Marcel Mule: "Le patron" of the Saxophone (Audio CD)

Like the title suggest, I wish I had met hime before his death in 2001. Even though this disc is of original, "poorer quality" recordings, you can still hear Mule's mastery of timbre and vibrato. You can also tell that Mule was originally a violinist from his use of vibrato. I had fellow musician listen to these recordings without telling him who it was and the instrument, and he immediately thought srings. I recently had the opportunity to met and play with Eugene Rousseau, a former student of Marcel Mule and a saxophone genius. I also have the honor of studying under a star pupil of Rousseau, Anna Marie Wytko. Rousseau discussed Mule and through these recordings and my meeting him, I understand why Marcel Mule is called "Le Patron".

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars historical, February 9, 2008

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Joe Music - See all my reviews

This review is from: Marcel Mule: "Le patron" of the Saxophone (Audio CD)

Wow! What a chance to hear one of the "fathers" of the saxophone in action.