DESCRIPTION:
"...quite simply, one of the most impressive solo saxophone recital recordings I have ever heard..." -- Daniel Coombs, Audiophile Magazine

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Christopher Creviston, saxophones
Hannah Gruber, piano

PROGRAM:

Sonata for Flute and Piano, Opus 164 (1956-57), arr. for sop sax and piano ~ Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
-- Allegretto malincolico
-- Cantilena: Assez lent
-- Presto giocoso


Croquembouches for Alto Saxophone and Piano (1926/1946) ~ Claude Delvincourt (1888-1954)
-- Plumpudding
-- Puits d'amour
-- Negre en chemise
-- Linzer tart
-- Grenadine
-- Rahat Loukhoum


Fantasia for Soprano Saxophone and Orchestra (1948) ~ Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959)
-- Animé
-- Lent
-- Très animé


Two Preludes for Alto Saxophone and Piano (1993) ~ Dorothy Chang (b.1970)
-- Adagio e espressivo
-- Prestissimo


Concert Suite for Eb Alto Saxophone and Band (1998) ~ William Bolcom (b. 1938)
-- Lively
-- Like an Old Folksong
-- Scherzando
-- Introduction and Jump


*Concerti on this cd are performed with piano reductions.
*Program notes written by William Bolcom, Dorothy Chang, Kirk Severtson and David Stambler.