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Bach probably composed Fantasia and Fugue around 1725 at the beginning of his Leipzig years. Hardly any of his keyboard works is so closely associated with his organ works. The remarks ‚manualiter' in...

Ma Mère L'Oye', one of Ravel's most well-known and most often-performed works, was originally conceived and written as a piano duet (1908) and later on arranged for orchestra (1911). Inspired by the 1...

Trouvailles' is a collection of short compositions which I mostly came about by chance and could not get out of my mind again. Therefore, I finally decided to arrange them for saxophone quartet - not...

The Three Songs (Trois Chansons) dating from 1914/15 were arranged for four a cappella voices by Ravel immediately after he had written the music of these pieces. The lyrics were penned by the compose...

Historical information about Händel's Water Music Suites is limited, but certainly these works were intended for two, possibly three, parties given by King George I on the Thames River, London, betwee...

Maurice Ravel's Boléro is probably one of the most frequently performed works of orchestral literature. The composition originated between July and October 1928 and was dedicated to the dancer Ida Rub...

While the music in the arrangements of the other three concertos remained unchanged, Concerto in A-major, TWV 40:204 required some alterations to enable an idiomatic performance on saxophones. Numerou...

Harmoniemusik - Music for Wind Instruments arranged for Saxophone Quartet in Four Volumes. Dating back to circa 1770, 'Harmoniemusik' - music for wind instruments -was originally conceived for wind or...

Hailing from Act I of Rossini's immortal opera, this adaptation of three excerpts-'Largo Al Factotum,' 'All' idea di Quel Metallo,' and 'Una Voce Poco Fa'-covers an array of styles ranging from bold d...

Harmoniemusik - Music for Wind Instruments arranged for Saxophone Quartet in Four Volumes. Dating back to circa 1770, 'Harmoniemusik' - music for wind instruments -was originally conceived for wind or...

Harmoniemusik - Music for Wind Instruments arranged for Saxophone Quartet in Four Volumes. Dating back to circa 1770, 'Harmoniemusik' - music for wind instruments -was originally conceived for wind or...

The Fantasia opens with a long pedal point over which the upper parts unfold a solemn, declamatory theme. The second theme employs expressive sighing gestures. The fact that there are virtually no pas...

Bach probably composed Fantasia and Fugue around 1725 at the beginning of his Leipzig years. Hardly any of his keyboard works is so closely associated with his organ works. The remarks 'manualiter' in...

Brahms' Hungarian Dances are among the most popular compositions in the fi eld of light classical music with dance no. 5 probably being the most well-known one of the altogether 21 pieces of the cycle...

Das Air aus Bachs Suite Nr. 3 gehört sicherlich zu den bekanntesten Einzelsätzen der klassischen Musik. Die vorliegende Bearbeitung stammt aus dem Repertoire des Berliner Saxophon Quartetts.

Who does not know Carnival of the Animals with its music bursting with joy of living, grotesque humour, virtuosity and incomparable charm. Although its composer imposed a performance ban upon his work...

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart wrote the oboe quartet in F, K-number 370, early in 1771 for the oboist Friedrich Ramm. In an impressive manner, this composition gives expression to the intimacy inherent in M...

With the invention of the saxophone in the early 1840s, transcriptions are useful to present day saxophonists who wish to perform music of various styles and composers, and are thus an important part...

Henry Purcell (1659 - 1695) composed the Fantasias for String Instruments with three to seven parts in the summer of 1680 at the age of 21 for the traditional Viol Consorts, at a time when the instrum...

In this faithful adaptation of Bach's popular keyboard work in three distinct movements, all players serve in a variety of roles as soloist, as a small soloistic group within the ensemble (concertino)...

Written in tribute to all mothers, but especially the composer's mother Florilyn, who died at the age of 90 in 2008, each of the four movements in this grade 3 suite may be performed independently of...

The saxophone arrangements by Albert Loritz present classical music in a new look. Mussorgsky's Scherzo and Mozart's Overture of 'The Magic Flute' are now available as arrangements for saxophone quint...

The saxophone arrangements by Albert Loritz present classical music in a new look. Mussorgsky's Scherzo and Mozart's Overture of 'The Magic Flute' are now available as arrangements for saxophone quint...

A tone series, heard at the beginning in unison, is the basic material to be formed in the first movement. The intervals of a minor third and a fourth or fifth play a special role, whether in the melo...

Heiner Wiberny wrote this melodious and rhythmically spirited composition for his son Julian - here beautifully arranged by Peter Herbolzheimer. The Latin-influenced piece was inspired by his collabor...