The Sound of the Italian Saxophone Quartet

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Album Summary

Performer

• Italian Saxophone Quartet

Ensemble

• Italian Saxophone Quartet

Composers

• Nino Rota (Composer) (1911 - 1979)
• Paul Reade (1943 - 1997)
• Astor Piazzolla (1921 - 1992)
• George Gershwin (1898 - 1937)
• Michael Nyman (Piano) (1944 - )
• Gabriel Pierné (1863 - 1937)
• Jean Françaix (1912 - 1997)
• Aníbal Troilo (1914 - 1975)
• Paul Nagle
• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)
• Pedro Iturralde (1929 - 1937)
• Scott Joplin (1868 - 1917)

Notes & Reviews:

Personnel: Marco Gerboni (alto saxophone); Mario Marzi (tenor saxophone).

Recording information: Sala Maffeiana, Verona, Italy (05/2003).

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Works Details

Gabriel Pierné (1863 - 1937) : Three Pieces (after Scarlatti)

• Performer: Italian Saxophone Quartet
• Ensemble: Italian Saxophone Quartet
• Running Time: 8 min. 33 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Prelude and Fugue, for keyboard no 16 in G minor (WTC I/16), BWV 861 (BC L95)

• Performer: Italian Saxophone Quartet
• Ensemble: Italian Saxophone Quartet
• Running Time: 5 min. 19 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1722

Reade, Paul : Saxophone Quartet

• Performer: Italian Saxophone Quartet
• Ensemble: Italian Saxophone Quartet
• Running Time: 7 min. 28 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Jean Françaix (1912 - 1997) : Petit Quatuor for Saxophones

• Performer: Italian Saxophone Quartet
• Ensemble: Italian Saxophone Quartet
• Running Time: 7 min. 23 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Chamber Music
• Written: 1935

Iturralde, Pedro : Suite Hélènique, for saxophone & piano :: Kalamatianos

• Performer: Italian Saxophone Quartet
• Ensemble: Italian Saxophone Quartet
• Running Time: 1 min. 56 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Iturralde, Pedro : Suite Hélènique, for saxophone & piano :: Valse, Kritis

• Performer: Italian Saxophone Quartet
• Ensemble: Italian Saxophone Quartet
• Running Time: 3 min. 40 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Piazzolla, Astor : Enrico IV

• Performer: Italian Saxophone Quartet
• Ensemble: Italian Saxophone Quartet
• Running Time: 4 min. 2 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1982

Piazzolla, Astor : Fugata, tango

• Performer: Italian Saxophone Quartet
• Ensemble: Italian Saxophone Quartet
• Running Time: 2 min. 9 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: ?1969

Piazzolla, Astor : Libertango

• Performer: Italian Saxophone Quartet
• Ensemble: Italian Saxophone Quartet
• Running Time: 2 min. 46 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1974

Aníbal Troilo (1914 - 1975) : Contrabajando

• Performer: Italian Saxophone Quartet
• Ensemble: Italian Saxophone Quartet
• Running Time: 2 min. 46 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Joplin, Scott : The Easy Winners

• Performer: Italian Saxophone Quartet
• Ensemble: Italian Saxophone Quartet
• Running Time: 3 min. 13 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1901

Gershwin, George : An American in Paris :: Blues

• Performer: Italian Saxophone Quartet
• Ensemble: Italian Saxophone Quartet
• Notes: Composition written: 1928.
• Running Time: 3 min. 6 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1928

Nagle, Paul : Three Shades of Blues, for saxophone quartet

• Performer: Italian Saxophone Quartet
• Ensemble: Italian Saxophone Quartet
• Running Time: 5 min. 48 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Rota, Nino [Composer] : 8 1/2, film score :: Excerpt

• Performer: Italian Saxophone Quartet
• Ensemble: Italian Saxophone Quartet
• Running Time: 4 min. 32 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1963

Nyman, Michael [Piano] : Songs for Tony

• Performer: Italian Saxophone Quartet
• Ensemble: Italian Saxophone Quartet
• Running Time: 4 min. 14 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Chamber Music
• Written: 1993