Sweden's BIS label has focused a series of releases on creating a modest revival of the virtuoso ideal, focusing especially on music of the early twentieth century. Several have been successful, both in purely technical terms and in making a convincing case for abandoned repertoire, but none has offered as much sheer fun as this album of saxophone-and-orchestra music -- which also scores on each of the first two counts. The album's title denotes its contents, which are not just French but emanate from or refer to the ...
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Sweden's BIS label has focused a series of releases on creating a modest revival of the virtuoso ideal, focusing especially on music of the early twentieth century. Several have been successful, both in purely technical terms and in making a convincing case for abandoned repertoire, but none has offered as much sheer fun as this album of saxophone-and-orchestra music -- which also scores on each of the first two counts. The album's title denotes its contents, which are not just French but emanate from or refer to the country's southern, Mediterranean regions. The mood, bright and joyous, is inflected slightly differently in a series of works ranging from moderately familiar (Milhaud's Scaramouche, more often played on clarinet, and a saxophone version of the Pavane pour une infante défunte) to the almost forgotten but festive Tableaux de Provence of female composer Paule Maurice. All the music testifies to the level of craft composers of the period attained; it lies superbly on the saxophone, which...
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Add this copy of Under the Sign of the Sun to cart. $28.65, new condition, Sold by Importcds rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Sunrise, FL, UNITED STATES, published 2007 by BIS.
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Darius Milhaud; Florent Schmitt; Henri Tomasi; Jacques Ibert; Maurice Ravel; Paule Maurice. New. New in new packaging. USA Orders only! Brand New product! please allow delivery times of 3-7 business days within the USA. US orders only please.
