Adolphe Sax Album Vol. 2

Après la publication de Adolphe Sax album consacré aux premiers solos caractéristiques du temps d'Adolphe Sax, ce second volume propose un travail similaire et retrace le parcours du saxophone du commencement en 1840 jusqu'au 20e siècle naissant. Au-delà de la lecture des partitions proposées, cet ouvrage sera un outil pédagogique indispensable pour élargir la connaissance de l'instrument de Sax, bien avant la popularité qu'on lui connaît avec le jazz, la pop etc. Saxophonistes, professeurs, élèves, musicologues et amateurs de saxophone apprécieront certains solos, mélodies rares voire inconnues, les caractéristiques de l'écriture de l'époque propres à l'instrument et l'utilisation qu'en ont fait les compositeurs selon les contextes musicologiques, historiques et esthétiques. Contenu BERG Alban : Lulu symphonische stücken - CAPLET André : Impression d'automne - CRAS Jean : Demain - INDY Vincent d' : Poème des rivages - DUKAS Paul : L'ondine et le pêcheur - FRANCK César : Hulda et les pêcheurs - HOLST Gustav : Suites : HURE Jean : Concertstuck et Andante - KASTNER Georges : Le dernier Roi de Juda -LOEFFLER Charles-Martin : Ballade carnavalesque - MAGNARD Albéric : 1re Symphonie - MASSENET Jules : La valse de Lahore - MAYEUR Louis : Grande fantaisie de concert - MOUSSORGSKY Modeste : Le vieux château PUCCINI Giacomo : La sui monti dell'est de Turandot - RAVEL Maurice : Boléro - ROBJOHN William : Introduction et Thème - ROSSINI Gioacchino : La corona d'Italia - SOUSA John Philip : The Stars and Stripes Forever

Solos caractéristiques pour saxophone sélectionnés par Nicolas Prost-Typical solo for saxophone selected by Nicolas Prost. The third volume of Adolphe Sax album suggests unrecognized repertoire for saxophone or with saxophone from his beginning (1845) to the World War II (1940). Then the saxophonist would have various musical esthetics inspired by historical and political back-ground. This volume is a amazing musicologic document to all saxophone lovers

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