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For Alto is a riveting blast of fresh air, radically adventurous early gems from one of the most important thinkers in jazz." [22] In an article for Jazzwise, Kevin Le Gendre stated: "Braxton's alto saxophone is like the sound of acid dripped from the beating wings of hummingbirds, a charmingly corrosive caress. Through brilliant dynamics ...
World (1968/74), for 6 voices, 2 flutes (both doubling piccolo and the second alto flute), 2 oboes (one doubling oboe d'amore, the other cor anglais), 2 clarinets (the second doubling E-flat clarinet), 2 piccolo trumpets, trombone, tuba, 3 percussionists, cimbalom, celesta, 2 pianos, harp, 2 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos, 2 double basses [19'] [2]
Solo de Concours Op. 13 for Alto Saxophone and Piano (1874)—Paul Agricole Génin; Le Val Fleuri (1888)—Louis Ganne; Hot-Sonate (1930)—Erwin Schulhoff; Sonata for Alto Saxophone and Piano (1931)—Wolfgang Jacobi; Suite for Alto Saxophone and Piano (1935)—Paul Dessau; Aria for alto saxophone and piano (1936)—Eugène Bozza
Dancing Solo (1994) solo clarinet. Fanfare for the Women (1994) solo trumpet. Slang (1994) clarinet, violin, and piano. Concert Piece for Tuba & Piano (1995) tuba and piano. Blessed be the Tie That Binds (1996) solo organ. Blue Third Pieces (1996) flute or clarinet and guitar. Brass Flight (1996) brass choir. Holy Roller (1997) saxophone and piano
Sarabande (1986), for soprano saxophone and piano; Release (1987), for soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, bass clarinet, trumpet, trombone, percussion, piano and double bass; Kai (1989–1990), for cello solo and ensemble; Three Farewells (1989–1990), for flute, bass clarinet, harp and string quartet; Set To (1992–1993), for brass dectet
Alto Saxophone Improvisations 1979 is a solo album by American saxophonist and composer Anthony Braxton, recorded in 1978 and 1979 and released on the Arista label. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The tracks were subsequently reissued on The Complete Arista Recordings of Anthony Braxton on Mosaic Records in 2008.
As a longtime friend of Adolphe Sax, the inventor of the saxophone (they met as students at the Royal School of Music), he encouraged Sax to develop the four principal members of the saxophone family, and composed what is very likely the first work ever written for the saxophone quartet, his Premier Quatuor, Op. 53, completed in 1857. In ...
The work is fully representative of the composer's later style with its curious, shifting harmonies, the almost Prokofiev-like grotesquerie of the outer movements and the focus on individual instrumental tone colors throughout (highlighted by his use of an alto saxophone in the opening dance). [2]