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Andante and Scherzo by Eugène Bozza (1905-1991) is a very enjoyable quartet for Saxophones composed in 1938. Dedicated to the Paris quartet, this romantic piece is divided in two parts: it starts as a...

The Mexican expression 'mengambrea' refers to a bizarre mix of styles, a wild, yet well thought-out hotchpotch of tastes which refers both to the musical style of the work and to the obscure creations...

This dark and expressive saxophone quartet fuses music suggestive of different traditions, from Japanese Taiko drumming to African-American gospel singing. The work's title is vividly portrayed in the...

11-minute set of saxophone quartet arrangements from Copland's film music to 'Our Town' and the famous 'Simple Gifts' section from the ballet 'Appalachian Spring'. 'Our Town' excerpt arrangements base...

Composer's note: Raw Power was inspired by the proto-punk music of Iggy (Pop) and the Stooges, epitomised by his 1973 record of the same name. The work explores the heaviness, clangor and joyous honk...

Absolute Music

Die Musikanten sind da! Der Altdeutsche Tanz aus dem 14. Jahrhundert läßt die Post auf jeder Mittelalterparty abgehn, vorausgesetzt, es sind keine Priester anwesend ....!

The composer Pascal Proust has many years' experience as a musician and music teacher. His output includes several hundred compositions for the most diverse instrumentations. He wrote 14 Easy Saxophon...

The piece is technically quite difficult and, curiously, it is the lower instruments which have the hardest parts - the baritone sax having some altissimo passages and, eventually, ending the piece wi...

Nearly Distant is a bravura romp for saxophone quartet from one of Britain's leading composers.

Martland wittily plays low against hight, with bluff and gutsy contribitions from the bass saxophone defining the storyline.Rian Evans, Guardian review (world premiere)

Published alongside Martland's arrangement of Purcell's Fantazia 7 for trombone quartet, Fantazia 6 for saxophone quartet follows in a long line of exceptionally inventive arrangements by Steve Martla...

These six character pieces come from Ligeti's famous piano cycle 'Musica ricercata'. Now wild, now cheerful, now contemplative, now excited - each of these miniatures is an unmistakable gem.The minima...

'Panta rhei - everything is in a state of flux' is the bottom line of what the Greek philosopher Heraclitus believed. 'Everything is in a continual state of flux and change' - to him, this was 'logos'...

The subtitle 'For a young elephant' of 'Circus Polka' composed by Stravinsky is due to the piece's original use as music for a ballet performance with 50 elephants and the same number of ballerinas. T...