Showing posts with label Concerto for Saxophone Quartet and Orchestra (1995). Show all posts
Showing posts with label Concerto for Saxophone Quartet and Orchestra (1995). Show all posts

Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Concerto for Saxophone Quartet and Orchestra (1995)

PIECE: Concerto for Saxophone Quartet and Orchestra

YEAR: 1995

CAST: saxophone quartet, orchestra

PREMIERE: September 1, 1995

RECORDINGS:
Philip Glass: Symphony No.2 (1998)

PARTIAL RECORDINGS:

ARRANGEMENTS FOR OTHER INSTRUMENTS:
Philip Glass: Saxophone (2002) [saxophone quartet version, no orchestra]
Philip Glass: Up Close (2004) [saxophone quartet version, no orchestra] movement I
Philip Glass: Glass Cuts (2005) [2 electronic remixes]
Tetraphonics: The Invitation (2007) [saxophone quartet version, no orchestra]
Philip Glass: The Concerto Project Vol.III (2008) [same 2002 "Saxophone" recording]
Sonic.Art Saxophone Quartet: Works for Saxophone Quartet by Michael Nyman & Philip Glass (2011) [saxophone quartet version, no orchestra]

Tetraphonics - The Invitation (2007)


TETRAPHONICS
The Invitation
Cybele Records SACD 261.001

PHILIP GLASS
Concerto for Saxophone Quartet
1. I
2. II
3. III
4. IV

FRANK REINSHAGEN
5. The Invitation

BARBARA THOMPSON
Saxophone Quartet No.2 "From Darkness into Light"
6. 1st Movement "black"
7. 2nd Movement "Red"
8. 3rd Movement "Blue" -cool-
9. 4th Movement "Green"
10. 5th Movement "Yellow" -butterflies-
11. 6th Movement "White" -peace-

ZDENEK LUKAS
12. Rondo per 4 sassofoni

J.S.BACH
13. Fuge No.20 in a-major BWV865


TETRAPHONICS:
Steffen Hass (soprano saxophone)
Elmar Frey (alto saxophone)
Volker Ax (tenor saxophone)
Richmond Mays (baritone saxophone)

Friday, March 30, 2012

Philip Glass - Symphony No.2 (1998)


PHILIP GLASS
Symphony No.2
Elektra Nonesuch 7559-79496-2

SYMPHONY No.2
1. Movement I
2. Movement II
3. Movement III

4. Interlude from Orphée (Act II, Scene 5)

CONCERTO FOR SAXOPHONE QUARTET AND ORCHESTRA
5. Movement I
6. Movement II
7. Movement III
8. Movement IV

1-3. Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra
4. Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
5-8. Rascher Saxophone Quartet, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

Dennis Russell Davies, conductor


Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Philip Glass - Saxophone (2002)


PHILIP GLASS
Saxophone
Orange Mountain Music OMM0006

CONCERTO FOR SAXOPHONE (QUARTET VERSION)
1. Movement I
2. Movement II
3. Movement III
4. Movement IV

MELODIES FOR SAXOPHONE
5. Melody 1 (alto)
6. Melody 2 (soprano)
7. Melody 3 (baritone)
8. Melody 4 (soprano)
9. Melody 5 (tenor)
10. Melody 6 (alto)
11. Melody 7 (soprano)
12. Melody 8 (baritone)
13. Melody 9 (tenor)
14. Melody 10 (alto)
15. Melody 11 (tenor)
16. Melody 12 (baritone)
17. Melody 13 (tenor)

THE WINDCATCHER
18. Part 1
19. Part 2
20. Part 3

1-4. The Rascher Saxophone Quartet
5-17. Andrew Sterman
18-20. The Philip Glass Ensemble Woodwinds (Jon Gibson, Richard Peck, Andrew Sterman)


Saturday, March 24, 2012

Philip Glass - The Concerto Project Vol.III (2008)



PHILIP GLASS
The Concerto Project Vol.III
Orange Mountain Music OMM0042

CONCERTO GROSSO
1. Movement I
2. Movement II
3. Movement III

CONCERTO FOR SAXOPHONE QUARTET
4. Movement I
5. Movement II
6. Movement III
7. Movement IV

CONCERTO GROSSO:
Beethoven Orchester Bonn
Dennis Russell Davies, conductor

CONCERTO FOR SAXOPHONE QUARTET
Rascher Saxophone Quartet

Saturday, March 3, 2012

Sonic.Art Saxophone Quartet - Philip Glass & Michael Nyman Works for Saxophone Quartet (2011)


SONIC.ART SAXOPHONE QUARTET
Philip Glass & Michael Nyman Works for Saxophone Quartet
Genuin Classics GEN 11222


PHILIP GLASS
String Quartet No.3 "Mishima" (arranged for saxophone quartet)
1. 1957-Award Montage
2. November 25-Ichigaya
3. Grandmother and Kimitake
4. 1962: Body Building
5. Blood Oath
6. Mishima / Closing

PHILIP GLASS
Saxophone Quartet
7. I
8. II
9. III
10. IV

MICHAEL NYMAN
SONGS FOR TONY
11. I
12. II
13. III
14. IV

SONIC.ART SAXOPHONE QUARTET:
Ruth Velten, soprano saxophone
Alexander Soroshkevich, alto and baritone saxophones
Martin Possega, tenor saxophone
Annegret Schmiedl, baritone saxophone


Thursday, January 12, 2012

Philip Glass - Up Close (2004)


PHILIP GLASS
Up Close
Orange Mountain Music 14-01330-4


1. GLASSWORKS - Opening
Philip Glass Ensemble live at Sadler's Wells Theatre, London. Piano by Michael Riesman

2. GLASSWORKS - Floe
Philip Glass Ensemble live at Sadler's Wells Theatre, London. Piano by Michael Riesman

3. SATYAGRAHA - Act III
Piano by Michael Riesman. Piano transcription by Michael Riesman

4. EINSTEIN ON THE BEACH - Train / Spaceship
Philip Glass Ensemble live at Sadler's Wells Theatre, London (edited excerpt)

5. THE SAXOPHONE CONCERTO -Movement I

6. LA BELLE ET LA BETE - Overture
Piano by Michael Riesman. Piano transcription by Michael Riesman

7. ANOTHER LOOK AT HARMONY, PART IV

8. MODERN LOVE WALTZ
Piano by Philip Glass

Sunday, January 1, 2012

Glass Cuts, Philip Glass Remixed (2005)


GLASS CUTS, PHILIP GLASS REMIXED
Orange Mountain Music OMM 023

1. Another Look at Harmony (Robert Bell)
2. Etude No.2 (Luciano Supervielle)
3. Saxophone Concerto (Hector Castillo & Eduardo Larez)
4. Tirol Concerto (Sebastian Escofet)
5. Etude No.1 (Androoval)
6. Houston Skyline (Kate Simko)
7. Dance from Akhnaten (impLOG.)
8. Etude No.5 (Taylor Deupree)
9. Channels and Winds (Marcos Romero)
10. Why Are We Here (Dave Wesley)
11. Thin Blue Line (Dietrich Schoenemann)
12. Saxophone Concerto (Brian Bender)
13. 2nd Perception of Light, Moon, Mist and Rainbow (DJ ESP)