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LOVREGLIO: Concerto for sax quartet and orchestra (1938); Quatuor for saxophones (1934); Andante for sax quartet (1938) – Dynamic CDS 759, 56:29 – Quartetto dei Sassofoni AccademiaAmstel Quartet – Amstel Tracks NOW! = BACH: Nun komm…; LAGO: Ciudades; BRAHMS: Poco Allegretto from Sym. No. 3; NYMAN: 3 Movements from String Quartet No. 2; MOZART: Adagio & Fugue K.546; Barber: Adagio for Strings; SWELLINCK: Chromatic Fantasy; RIVIER: Grade et Presto; Ravel: Pavane; TAN DUN: 3 mov’t – Amstel Quartet – Challenge

LOVREGLIO: Concerto for sax quartet and orchestra (1938); Quatuor for saxophones (1934); Andante for sax quartet (1938) – Dynamic CDS 759, 56:29 – Quartetto dei Sassofoni Accademia
Amstel Quartet – Amstel Tracks NOW! = BACH: Nun komm…; LAGO: Ciudades; BRAHMS: Poco Allegretto from Sym. No. 3; NYMAN: 3 Movements from String Quartet No. 2; MOZART: Adagio & Fugue K.546; Barber: Adagio for Strings; SWELLINCK: Chromatic Fantasy; RIVIER: Grade et Presto; Ravel: Pavane; TAN DUN: 3 mov’t – Amstel Quartet – Challenge

by John Sunier | Apr 20, 2014 | Classical CD Reviews

A pair of fun classical sax quartet CDs.

LOVREGLIO: Concerto for sax quartet and orchestra (1938); Quatuor for saxophones (1934); Andante for sax quartet (1938) – Dynamic CDS 759, 56:29 – Quartetto dei Sassofoni AccademiaAmstel Quartet – Amstel Tracks NOW! = BACH: Nun komm…; LAGO: Ciudades; BRAHMS: Poco Allegretto from Sym. No. 3; NYMAN: 3 Movements from String Quartet No. 2; MOZART: Adagio & Fugue K.546; Barber: Adagio for Strings; SWELLINCK: Chromatic Fantasy; RIVIER: Grade et Presto; Ravel: Pavane; TAN DUN: 3 mov’t – Amstel Quartet – Challenge

LOVREGLIO: Concerto for sax quartet and orchestra (1938); Quatuor for saxophones (1934); Andante for sax quartet (1938) – Dynamic CDS 759, 56:29 – Quartetto dei Sassofoni AccademiaAmstel Quartet – Amstel Tracks NOW! = BACH: Nun komm…; LAGO: Ciudades; BRAHMS: Poco Allegretto from Sym. No. 3; NYMAN: 3 Movements from String Quartet No. 2; MOZART: Adagio & Fugue K.546; Barber: Adagio for Strings; SWELLINCK: Chromatic Fantasy; RIVIER: Grade et Presto; Ravel: Pavane; TAN DUN: 3 mov’t – Amstel Quartet – Challenge

by John Sunier | Apr 20, 2014 | Classical CD Reviews

A pair of fun classical sax quartet CDs.

“Le Piano Français” = RIVIER: Concerto Brève; CASADESUS: Capriccio Op. 49; WIENER: Concerto No. 1 “Franco Americain;” CASTEREDE: Piano Concerto – Timon Altwegg, p. – Guild“The Romantic Piano Concerto Vol. 60” = DUBOIS: Concerto-capriccioso in c; Piano Concerto No. 2 in f; Suite for piano and strings – Cédric Tiberghien, p. – Hyperion

“Le Piano Français” = RIVIER: Concerto Brève; CASADESUS: Capriccio Op. 49; WIENER: Concerto No. 1 “Franco Americain;” CASTEREDE: Piano Concerto – Timon Altwegg, p. – Guild
“The Romantic Piano Concerto Vol. 60” = DUBOIS: Concerto-capriccioso in c; Piano Concerto No. 2 in f; Suite for piano and strings – Cédric Tiberghien, p. – Hyperion

by John Sunier | Feb 10, 2014 | Classical CD Reviews

Two CDs of seldom-heard French Piano Concertos.

“Le Piano Français” = RIVIER: Concerto Brève; CASADESUS: Capriccio Op. 49; WIENER: Concerto No. 1 “Franco Americain;” CASTEREDE: Piano Concerto – Timon Altwegg, p. – Guild“The Romantic Piano Concerto Vol. 60” = DUBOIS: Concerto-capriccioso in c; Piano Concerto No. 2 in f; Suite for piano and strings – Cédric Tiberghien, p. – Hyperion

“Le Piano Français” = RIVIER: Concerto Brève; CASADESUS: Capriccio Op. 49; WIENER: Concerto No. 1 “Franco Americain;” CASTEREDE: Piano Concerto – Timon Altwegg, p. – Guild“The Romantic Piano Concerto Vol. 60” = DUBOIS: Concerto-capriccioso in c; Piano Concerto No. 2 in f; Suite for piano and strings – Cédric Tiberghien, p. – Hyperion

by John Sunier | Feb 10, 2014 | Classical CD Reviews

Two CDs of seldom-heard French Piano Concertos.

“Duo” = Works by Koechlin, Schmitt, Rivier, Bozza, Cartan – Jean-Guy Boisvert, clar./ Christiane Laflamme, flute/ Jean-Willy Kunz, harpsichord & p. – Atma“Blow the Winds Northerly” = Works by Francaix, Janacek & Klein – Stevenson Winds feat. Emmanuel Laville, oboe, & Mark O’Keeffe, trumpet – Nimbus Alliance

“Duo” = Works by Koechlin, Schmitt, Rivier, Bozza, Cartan – Jean-Guy Boisvert, clar./ Christiane Laflamme, flute/ Jean-Willy Kunz, harpsichord & p. – Atma“Blow the Winds Northerly” = Works by Francaix, Janacek & Klein – Stevenson Winds feat. Emmanuel Laville, oboe, & Mark O’Keeffe, trumpet – Nimbus Alliance

by John Sunier | Oct 15, 2013 | Classical CD Reviews

Wind music mostly à la francaise, though the second discs offers a welcome side excursion to Moravia.