Romances for Saxophone

Michel Colombier (Composer), Claude Debussy (Composer), Gabriel Faure (Composer), Modest Mussorgsky (Composer), Sergey Rachmaninov (Composer), Maurice Ravel (Composer), Erik Satie (Composer), Igor Stravinsky (Composer), Heitor Villa-Lobos (Composer), Michel Colombier (Orchestra), Branford Marsalis (Performer)

Product Details

• Performer: Branford Marsalis
• Orchestra: Michel Colombier
• Composer: Michel Colombier, Claude Debussy, Gabriel Faure, Modest Mussorgsky, Sergey Rachmaninov, et al.
• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B0000026EH
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #10,342 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fabulous!, March 28, 2001

By A Customer

This incredible album features Branford Marsalis' moving performances of classical music from the romantic period. I enjoy a variety of musical styles, particularly classical and jazz. I wasn't familiar with any of this music or many of these composers when I bought it 15 years ago. I bought it because I enjoyed Marsalis' Jazz, and thought a classical album from him would be interesting. 15 years later, this remains one of my very favorite CDs in my large collection, and I now love music from composers like Faure, Villa-Lobos, and Satie, which this album introduced me to. And I have never heard these pieces performed better than on this great album.

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars puts the class in classical, March 11, 2003

By	T. S. Lord (VT, United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

It would be disingenuous to say this is a "crossover" CD for Branford Marsalis, popularly known as a jazz artist. But what this achingly beautiful collection does is to melt all stereotypes away. Not only those that have been pinned on jazz artists in general, or Marsalis in particular, but the entire classical genre. As classical music can often be so intimidating and inaccessible to a mainstream audience, Marsalis dares to let his haunting sax breathe new life into all the selections. Trust me. As other reviewers have said, this will do three things: 1) Become one of your top five CD's in your collection, 2) Make you run out and buy other Marsalis CD's, and 3) Awaken or re-awaken you to the classics. Played like this, you can close your eyes and know, just know, it is the soundtrack of your life and all lives worth living.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If you own just one classical Saxophone CD, January 1, 2001

By	Gary Van Cott (Las Vegas, NV USA) - See all my reviews

I do like classical music. I have had this CD for a number of years and it is still great. The soprano sax is a difficult instrument to play in tune and Marsalis does that and with a wonderful tone, too.