French Saxophones

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Release Date: 25th May 2009
Catalogue No: CC72331
Label: Challenge Classics
Length: 2 hours 9 minutes

Debussy: Quartet in G Minor, Op. 10, L. 85

Work length20:51

$5.00

$7.00

Aurelia Saxophone Quartet

Anime et tres decide

Track length6:30

$1.00

$1.40

Assez vif et bien rythme

Track length5:44

$1.00

$1.40

Andantino, doucement expressif

Track length2:38

$1.50

$2.10

Tres modere - tres anime

Track length5:59

$1.50

$2.10

Ravel: Quartet in F Major, M. 35

Work length26:44

$5.00

$7.00

Aurelia Saxophone Quartet

Allegro moderato - Tres doux

Track length3:49

$1.50

$2.10

Assez vif - Tres rythme

Track length7:22

$1.00

$1.40

Tres lent

Track length7:01

$1.50

$2.10

Vif et agite

Track length8:32

$1.00

$1.40

Roussel: Quartet in D Major, Op. 45

Work length22:32

$4.00

$5.60

Aurelia Saxophone Quartet

Allegro

Track length5:55

$1.00

$1.40

Adagio

Track length8:16

$1.00

$1.40

Allegro vivo

Track length4:24

$1.00

$1.40

Allegro moderato

Track length3:57

$1.00

$1.40

Bozza: Andante et Scherzo pour quatour saxophones

Work length6:44

$2.00

$2.80

Aurelia Saxophone Quartet

Andante

Track length3:52

$1.00

$1.40

Scherzo

Track length2:52

$1.00

$1.40

Desenclos: Quatuor pour saxophones

Work length11:14

$3.00

$4.20

Aurelia Saxophone Quartet

Allegro non troppo

Track length2:25

$1.00

$1.40

(Calmo) Andante

Track length5:05

$1.00

$1.40

Poco largo, ma risoluto

Track length3:44

$1.00

$1.40

Françaix: Petit Quatour pour saxophones

Work length15:58

$3.00

$4.20

Aurelia Saxophone Quartet

Goguenardise

Track length7:33

$1.00

$1.40

Cantilène

Track length3:11

$1.00

$1.40

Serenade comique

Track length5:14

$1.00

$1.40

Rivier: Grave et presto: Molto lento - molto vivo

Work length4:39

$1.50

$2.10

Aurelia Saxophone Quartet

Schmitt, F: Quatuor pour saxophones, Op. 12

Work length12:30

$4.00

$5.60

Aurelia Saxophone Quartet

Avec une sage décision

Track length5:15

$1.00

$1.40

Vif

Track length2:42

$1.00

$1.40

Assez lent

Track length2:23

$1.00

$1.40

Anime sans excès

Track length2:10

$1.00

$1.40

Pierné, G: Introduction et variations sur une ronde populaire: Andantino-Allegro

Work length7:57

$1.50

$2.10

Aurelia Saxophone Quartet

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At the beginning of the 1990s the Aurelia Saxophone Quartet made two very successful CDs dedicated to French music for the label “Etcetera”, and they are now being made available as a set by Challenge Classics. The ensemble, then 10 years young, had already made a name for itself with a number of daring arrangements. The string quartets by Maurice Ravel and Claude Debussy drew the most attention. While developing its interpretation, the group wanted to make certain of its ground so the members consulted with such renowned string players as Stefan Metz, cellist in the Orlando String Quartet, and Raphael Hillyer, former viola player of the Juilliard String Quartet. On this first CD they also included an arrangement of the Roussel Quartet in D Major.

A year later, they recorded French music that was composed specifically for saxophone quartet. The pieces by Florent Schmitt, Jean Françaix, Gabriel Pierné, Eugène Bozza, Alfred Desenclos and Jean Rivier were all written around the middle of the twentieth century and form the basis of the saxophone quartet repertoire. These pieces were each composed at the request of the famous French saxophone pioneer Marcel Mule (1901-2001). In 1928, Mule and three colleagues from the Garde Républicaine de Paris formed the Quatuor de Saxophones de la Garde Républicaine.

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