The Solitary Saxophone [Import]

Karlheinz Stockhausen (Composer), Luciano Berio (Composer), Giacinto Scelsi (Composer), Betsy Jolas (Composer), Toru Takemitsu (Composer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Composer: Karlheinz Stockhausen, Luciano Berio, Giacinto Scelsi, Betsy Jolas, Toru Takemitsu
• Audio CD (October 14, 1994)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Bis
• ASIN: B0000016KE
• Also Available in: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #346,501 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #16 in Music > Classical > Historical Periods > Modern, 20th, & 21st Century > Composers > Scelsi, Giacinto
  • #66 in Music > Classical > Instruments > Reeds & Winds > Saxophone

Track Listings

1. In Freundschaft, for melody instrument

2. Sequenza VIIb, for soprano saxophone

3. Maknongan for baritone saxophone, tuba, contrabassoon, contrabass clarinet, or any bass instrument

4. Ixor, for reed instrument

5. Episode Quatrieme for tenor saxophone

6. Pieces (3) for soprano saxophone (or bass trumpet): 1. 80 - 84

7. Pieces (3) for soprano saxophone (or bass trumpet): 2. Dolce, meditativo

8. Pieces (3) for soprano saxophone (or bass trumpet): 3. 108

9. Sequenza IXb, for alto saxophone

10. Distance, for oboe & sho ad lib

Editorial Reviews

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Stunning renditions of contemporary works by a great artist., October 15, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: The Solitary Saxophone (Audio CD)

This recording is the first BIS label release by French saxophonist Claude Delangle, saxophone professor at the Paris Conservatory. Performing only unaccompanied saxophone pieces on four different saxophones, he manages to convey the compositional ideas behind each work with his musicianship and virtuosity. This recording strongly influenced my musical thinking! Especially recommended are his performance of Berio's Sequenza VIIB and Betsy Jolas' Episode Quatrieme.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars marvelous, March 22, 2002

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Daniel Graser "saxgod685" (Wappingers Falls, New York United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Solitary Saxophone (Audio CD)

Claude Delangle is a true virtuoso in every sense of the word. On this cd he focuses on some abstract, unaccompanied pieces of sax literature. All of which require great finger and throat technique from the performer. He executes this perfecly on all 4 saxophones he plays on this cd. His tone is very pure and even and his intonation, as usual, is dead on. This cd should be in every classical saxophonist's library along with several other Delangle cd's. This guy is only getting better as he progresses.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The perfection in saxophone playing, March 23, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: The Solitary Saxophone (Audio CD)

Really, the perfection in saxophone playing and interpretation. If you're looking for the top music recordings in contemporary saxophone, then you must buy this one.