6 Works for Saxophone & Percussion

Track Listings
1. Möbius #3    
2. Piseq - Ritus III    
3. Proteus    
4. Inaudible Choirs    
5. Abstractions    
6. Pictures from the Sea's Garden    

6 Works for Saxophone & Percussion, Music, Duodenum, Chamber Music & Recitals, Classical
Anton Webern: Complete Works, Opp. 1-31
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Excellent Webern from the master Boulez and company.
  • Webern may grow on you and Boulez et al. are worth every penny.
  • Interesting and Challenging
  • The original and still the best
  • Boulez's Webern -- brilliant modern miniatures
Anton Webern: Complete Works, Opp. 1-31
Anton Webern , Pierre Boulez , Heather Harper , Charles Rosen , Isaac Stern , Halina Lukomska , Colin Bradbury , John [guitar] Williams , Daniel Majeske , Robert Marcellus , Abraham Weinstein , and Barry McDaniel
Manufacturer: Sony
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000002707
Release Date: 1991-02-08

Tracks:

  1. Passacaglia fur grobes Orch Op.1 - LSO/Pierre Boulez
  2. 'Entflieht auf leichten Kahnen' Op.2 (Text: Stefan George) - John Alldis Chor/Pierre Boulez
  3. Funf Lieder Op.3, aus 'Der siebente Ring' von Stefan George: I. Dies ist ein Lied fur dich allein... - Heather Harper/Charles Rosen
  4. Funf Lieder Op.3, aus 'Der siebente Ring' von Stefan George: II. Im Windesweben-Sehr fliebend - Heather Harper/Charles Rosen
  5. Funf Lieder Op.3, aus 'Der siebente Ring' von Stefan George: III. Am Bachesranft-Ziemlich rasch - Heather Harper/Charles Rosen
  6. Funf Lieder Op.3, aus 'Der siebente Ring' von Stefan George: IV. Im Morgentaun-Fliebend - Heather Harper/Charles Rosen
  7. Funf Lieder Op.3, aus 'Der siebente Ring' von Stefan George: V. Kahl reckt der Baum-Langsam - Heather Harper/Charles Rosen
  8. Funf Lieder Op.4, nach Gedichten von Stefan George: I. Eingang-Ruhevoll - Heather Harper/Charles Rosen
  9. Funf Lieder Op.4, nach Gedichten von Stefan George: II. Noch zwingt mich Treue-Bewgt - Heather Harper/Charles Rosen
  10. Funf Lieder Op.4, nach Gedichten von Stefan George: III. Ja Heil und Dank-Sehr langsam - Heather Harper/Charles Rosen
  11. Funf Lieder Op.4, nach Gedichten von Stefan George: IV. So ich traurig bin-Sehr fliebend und zart - Heather Harper/Charles Rosen
  12. Funf Lieder Op.4, nach Gedichten von Stefan George: V. Ihr tratet zu dem Herde-Langsam - Heather Harper/Charles Rosen
  13. Funf Satze fur Streichquartett Op.5: I. Heftig bewegt - Juilliard Str Qt
  14. Funf Satze fur Streichquartett Op.5: II. Sehr langsam - Juilliard Str Qt
  15. Funf Satze fur Streichquartett Op.5: III. Sehr bewget - Juilliard Str Qt
  16. Funf Satze fur Streichquartett Op.5: IV. Sehr langsam - Juilliard Str Qt
  17. Funf Satze fur Streichquartett Op.5: V. In zarter Bewegung - Juilliard Str Qt
  18. Sechs Stucke fur grobes Orch Op.6: I. Etwas bewegte Achtel - LSO/Pierre Boulez
  19. Sechs Stucke fur grobes Orch Op.6: II. Bewgt - LSO/Pierre Boulez
  20. Sechs Stucke fur grobes Orch Op.6: III. Zart bewegt - LSO/Pierre Boulez
  21. Sechs Stucke fur grobes Orch Op.6: IV. Langsam - LSO/Pierre Boulez L
  22. Sechs Stucke fur grobes Orch Op.6: V. Sehr langsam - LSO/Pierre Boulez
  23. Sechs Stucke fur grobes Orch Op.6: VI. Zart bewegt - LSO/Pierre Boulez
  24. Vier Stucke fur Geige und Klavier Op.7: I. Sehr langsam - Isaac Stern/Charles Rosen
  25. Vier Stucke fur Geige und Klavier Op.7: II. Rasch - Isaac Stern/Charles Rosen
  26. Vier Stucke fur Geige und Klavier Op.7: III. Sehr langsam - Isaac Stern/Charles Rosen
  27. Vier Stucke fur Geige und Klavier Op.7: IV. Bewegt - Isaac Stern/Charles Rosen
  28. Zwei Lieder fur mittlere Stimme und acht Instrumente Op.8, nach gedichten von Rainer Maria Rikle:... - Heather Harper
  29. Zwei Lieder fur mittlere Stimme und acht Instrumente Op.8, nach gedichten von Rainer Maria Rikle:... - Heather Harper
  30. Sechs Bagatellen fur Streichquartett Op.9: I. Mabig - Juilliard Str Qt
  31. Sechs Bagatellen fur Streichquartett Op.9: II. Leicht bewegt - Juilliard Str Qt
  32. Sechs Bagatellen fur Streichquartett Op.9: III. Zeimlich fliebend - Juilliard Str Qt
  33. Sechs Bagatellen fur Streichquartett Op.9: IV. Sehr langsam - Juilliard Str Qt
  34. Sechs Bagatellen fur Streichquartett Op.9: V. Auberst langsam - Juilliard Str Qt
  35. Sechs Bagatellen fur Streichquartett Op.9: VI. Fliebend - Juilliard Str Qt
  36. Funf Stucke fur Orchester Op.10: I. Sehr ruhig und zart - LSO/Pierre Boulez
  37. Funf Stucke fur Orchester Op.10: II. Lebhaft und zart bewegt - LSO/Pierre Boulez
  38. Funf Stucke fur Orchester Op.10: III. Sehr langsam und auberst ruhig - LSO/Pierre Boulez
  39. Funf Stucke fur Orchester Op.10: IV. Fliebend, auberst zart - LSO/Pierre Boulez L
  40. Funf Stucke fur Orchester Op.10: V. Sehr fliebend - LSO/Pierre Boulez
  41. Drei kleine Stucke fur Violoncello und Klavier Op.11: I. Mabige Achtel - Gregor Piatigorsky/Charles Rosen
  42. Drei kleine Stucke fur Violoncello und Klavier Op.11: II. Sehr bewegt - Gregor Piatigorsky/Charles Rosen
  43. Drei kleine Stucke fur Violoncello und Klavier Op.11: III. Auberst ruhig - Gregor Piatigorsky/Charles Rosen
  44. Vier Lieder fur Singstimme und Klavier Op.12: I. Der Tag ist vergangen (Volkslied)-Sehr ruhig - Heather Harper/Charles Rosen
  45. Vier Lieder fur Singstimme und Klavier Op.12: II. Die geheimnisvolle Flote (Li Tai po/Bethge)-... - Heather Harper/Charles Rosen
  46. Vier Lieder fur Singstimme und Klavier Op.12: III. Schein mir's als ich sah die (aus August ... - Heather Harper/Charles Rosen
  47. Vier Lieder fur Singstimme und Klavier Op.12: IV. Ein Winterabend (Goethe0-Sehr flieBend - Heather Harper/Charles Rosen

Tracks:

  1. Vier Lieder fur Sopran und Orch Op.13: I. Wiese im Park (karl Kraus)-Sehr ruhig - Heather Harper
  2. Vier Lieder fur Sopran und Orch Op.13: II. Die Einsame (Wang Xen Yu/Bethge)-Bewegt - Heather Harper
  3. Vier Lieder fur Sopran und Orch Op.13: III. In der Fremde (Li Tai Po/Bethge)-FlieBend - Heather Harper
  4. Vier Lieder fur Sopran und Orch Op.13: IV. Ein Winterabend (Georg Trakl)-Sehr ruhig - Heather Harper
  5. Sechs Lieder fur Singstimme und vier Instrumente Op.14, nach Gedichten von Georg Trakl: I. Die... - Heather Harper
  6. Sechs Lieder fur Singstimme und vier Instrumente Op.14, nach Gedichten von Georg Trakl: II. ... - Heather Harper
  7. Sechs Lieder fur Singstimme und vier Instrumente Op.14, nach Gedichten von Georg Trakl: III. ... - Heather Harper
  8. Sechs Lieder fur Singstimme und vier Instrumente Op.14, nach Gedichten von Georg Trakl: IV. ... - Heather Harper
  9. Sechs Lieder fur Singstimme und vier Instrumente Op.14, nach Gedichten von Georg Trakl: V. Nachts... - Heather Harper
  10. Sechs Lieder fur Singstimme und vier Instrumente Op.14, nach Gedichten von Georg Trakl: VI. Gesang.. - Heather Harper
  11. Funf geistliche lieder fur Sopran und funf Instrumente Op.15: I. Das Kreuz-Getragen - Halina Lukomska
  12. Funf geistliche lieder fur Sopran und funf Instrumente Op.15: II. Morgenlied (aus'Des Knaben... - Halina Lukomska
  13. Funf geistliche lieder fur Sopran und funf Instrumente Op.15: III. In Gottes Namen aufstehn-... - Halina Lukomska
  14. Funf geistliche lieder fur Sopran und funf Instrumente Op.15: IV. Mein Weg geht jetzt voruber-... - Halina Lukomska
  15. Funf geistliche lieder fur Sopran und funf Instrumente Op.15: V. Fahr hin , o Seel'-FlieBend - Halina Lukomska
  16. Funf Kanons nach lateinischen Texten fur Sopran, Klarineete und BaBklarinette Op.16: I. Christus... - Halina Lukomska
  17. Funf Kanons nach lateinischen Texten fur Sopran, Klarineete und BaBklarinette Op.16: II. Dormi... - Halina Lukomska
  18. Funf Kanons nach lateinischen Texten fur Sopran, Klarineete und BaBklarinette Op.16: III. Crux... - Halina Lukomska
  19. Funf Kanons nach lateinischen Texten fur Sopran, Klarineete und BaBklarinette Op.16: IV. Asperges... - Halina Lukomska
  20. Funf Kanons nach lateinischen Texten fur Sopran, Klarineete und BaBklarinette Op.16: V. Crucem... - Halina Lukomska
  21. Drei Volkstexte fur Singstimme und drei Instrumente Op.17: I. Armer Sunder, du - Halina Lukomska
  22. Drei Volkstexte fur Singstimme und drei Instrumente Op.17: II. Liebste Jungfrau, wir sind dein - Halina Lukomska
  23. Drei Volkstexte fur Singstimme und drei Instrumente Op.17: III. Heiland, unsre Missetaten - Halina Lukomska
  24. Drei Lieder fur Singstimme, Es-Klarinette und Gitarre Op.18: I. Schatzerl klein - Halina Lukomska/John Williams/Colin Bradley
  25. Drei Lieder fur Singstimme, Es-Klarinette und Gitarre Op.18: II. Erlosung - Halina Lukomska/John Williams/Colin Bradley
  26. Drei Lieder fur Singstimme, Es-Klarinette und Gitarre Op.18: III. Ave Regina - Halina Lukomska/John Williams/Colin Bradley
  27. Zwei Lieder fur gemischten Chor und funf Instrumente Op.19, aus'Chinesisch-deutsche Jahres-... - John Alldis Choir/Pierre Boulez
  28. Zwei Lieder fur gemischten Chor und funf Instrumente Op.19, aus'Chinesisch-deutsche Jahres-... - John Alldis Choir/Pierre Boulez
  29. Streichtrio Op.20: I. Sehr langsam - Members of the Juilliard Str Qt
  30. Streichtrio Op.20: II. Sehr getragen und ausdrucksvoll - Members of the Juilliard Str Qt
  31. Sym Op.21: I. Ruhig schreitend - LSO/Pierre Boulez
  32. Sym Op.21: II. Variationen - LSO/Pierre Boulez
  33. Qt fur Geige, Klarinette, Tenorsaxophon un Klavier Op.22: I. Sehr maBig - Charles Rosen/Daniel Majeske/Robert Marcellus/Abraham Weinstein
  34. Qt fur Geige, Klarinette, Tenorsaxophon un Klavier Op.22: II. Sehr schwungvoll - Charles Rosen/Daniel Majeske/Robert Marcellus/Abraham Weinstein
  35. Drei Gesange Op.23, aus 'Viae inviae' von Hildegard Jone: I. Das dunkle Herz-Getragen - Halina Lukomska/Charles Rosen
  36. Drei Gesange Op.23, aus 'Viae inviae' von Hildegard Jone: II. Es sturzt aus hohen Frisch-Bewegt - Halina Lukomska/Charles Rosen
  37. Drei Gesange Op.23, aus 'Viae inviae' von Hildegard Jone: III. Herr Jesus mein-Langsam - Halina Lukomska/Charles Rosen
  38. Konzert fur neum Instrumente Op.24: I. Etwas lebhaft - Members of the LSO/Pierre Boulez
  39. Konzert fur neum Instrumente Op.24: II. Sehr langsam - Members of the LSO/Pierre Boulez
  40. Konzert fur neum Instrumente Op.24: III. Sehr rasch - Members of the LSO/Pierre Boulez
  41. Drei Lieder fur Singstimme und Klavier Op.25, nach Gedichten von Hildegard Jone: I. Wie bin ich... - Halina Lukomska/Charles Rosen
  42. Drei Lieder fur Singstimme und Klavier Op.25, nach Gedichten von Hildegard Jone: II. Des Herzens... - Halina Lukomska/Charles Rosen
  43. Drei Lieder fur Singstimme und Klavier Op.25, nach Gedichten von Hildegard Jone: III. Sterne, Ihr... - Halina Lukomska/Charles Rosen

Tracks:

  1. 'Das Augenlicht' fur gemischten Chor und Orch Op.26, Worte von Hildegard Jone - John Alldis Chor/Pierre Boulez
  2. Variationen fur Klavier Op.27: I. Sehr maBig - Charles Rosen
  3. Variationen fur Klavier Op.27: II. Sehr schnell - Charles Rosen
  4. Variationen fur Klavier Op.27: III. Ruhig flieBend - Charles Rosen
  5. Streichquartett Op.28: I. MaBig - Juilliard Str Qt
  6. Streichquartett Op.28: II. Gemachlich - Juilliard Str Qt
  7. Streichquartett Op.28: III. Sehr flieBend - Juilliard Str Qt
  8. Kantate Nr.1 Op.29, Worte von Hildegard Jone: I. Zundender Lichtblitz-Getragen - Halina Lukomska/John Alldis Chor
  9. Kantate Nr.1 Op.29, Worte von Hildegard Jone: II. Kleiner Flugel, Ahornsamen-Leicht bewegt - Halina Lukomska/John Alldis Chor
  10. Kantate Nr.1 Op.29, Worte von Hildegard Jone: III. Tonen die seligen Saiten -Ruhig - Halina Lukomska/John Alldis Chor
  11. Variationen fur Orch Op.30 - LSO/Pierre Boulez
  12. Kantate Nr.2 Op.31: I. BaB. Schweigt auch die Welt - Halina Lukomska/Barry McDaniel/John Alldis Chor
  13. Kantate Nr.2 Op.31: II. BaB. Sehr tiefverhalten - Halina Lukomska/Barry McDaniel/John Alldis Chor
  14. Kantate Nr.2 Op.31: III. Chor. Schopfen aus Brunnen des Himmels - Halina Lukomska/Barry McDaniel/John Alldis Chor
  15. Kantate Nr.2 Op.31: IV. Sopran. Leichteste Burden der Baume - Halina Lukomska/Barry McDaniel/John Alldis Chor
  16. Kantate Nr.2 Op.31: V. Chor. Freundselig ist das Wort - Halina Lukomska/Barry McDaniel/John Alldis Chor
  17. Kantate Nr.2 Op.31: VI. Chor. Gelockert aus dem SchoBe - Halina Lukomska/Barry McDaniel/John Alldis Chor
  18. Funf Satze fur Streinchquartett Op.5: I. Heftig bewegt - LSO/Pierre Boulez
  19. Funf Satze fur Streinchquartett Op.5: II. Sehr langsam - LSO/Pierre Boulez
  20. Funf Satze fur Streinchquartett Op.5: III. Sehr bewegt - LSO/Pierre Boulez
  21. Funf Satze fur Streinchquartett Op.5: IV. Sehr langsam - LSO/Pierre Boulez
  22. Funf Satze fur Streinchquartett Op.5: V. In zarter Bewegung - LSO/Pierre Boulez
  23. J.S. Bach/A. Webern: Fuga (Ricercata) Nr.2 aus dem 'Musikalischen Opfer' - LSO/Pierre Boulez
  24. F. Schubert: 'Deutsche Tanze' (German Dances/Danses allemandes/Danze tedesche): I. - Frankfurter Funkorchester/Anton Webern
  25. F. Schubert: 'Deutsche Tanze' (German Dances/Danses allemandes/Danze tedesche): II. (I.Da capo) - Frankfurter Funkorchester/Anton Webern
  26. F. Schubert: 'Deutsche Tanze' (German Dances/Danses allemandes/Danze tedesche): III. (I.Da capo) - Frankfurter Funkorchester/Anton Webern
  27. F. Schubert: 'Deutsche Tanze' (German Dances/Danses allemandes/Danze tedesche): IV. - Frankfurter Funkorchester/Anton Webern
  28. F. Schubert: 'Deutsche Tanze' (German Dances/Danses allemandes/Danze tedesche): V. (IV. Da capo) - Frankfurter Funkorchester/Anton Webern
  29. F. Schubert: 'Deutsche Tanze' (German Dances/Danses allemandes/Danze tedesche): VI. (IV. Da capo) - Frankfurter Funkorchester/Anton Webern

Amazon.com essential recording

This collection presents all Webern's works with opus numbers in chronological order, allowing listeners to scrutinize the inner workings of this influential composer's intense, compressed style from the lush Passacaglia to the starkness of his late vocal works. A broadcast recording of Webern conducting a group of Schubert Dances makes a lively bonus. --Jed Distler

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Excellent Webern from the master Boulez and company........2006-09-12

Boulez has a DG recording, which I have several singles from that set. The DG is very good and recommended as a second set. This Sony recording is outstanding and the finest in my Webern collection. If you have this set , you still may want to look at the DG set. Why? Because this music is so wonderful, so that another experience is well worth the price of say $40. But if you have the DG set, you definetly want to keep that set and also get this Sony set.
Notice how few new Webern recordings are released. When conductors hear this set, I guess they feel its pointless to try to meet these standards. The artists here are all in excellent form and understanding of this extremely difficult but rewarding music.

4 out of 5 stars Webern may grow on you and Boulez et al. are worth every penny........2005-09-18

If you are looking for an introduction to Webern, give this a try. It has the advatage of being comprehensive and well played. If you don't like all of Webern, so be it. If you buy this recording and give it a few listenings you will have heard enough to make an informed judgement.

I have found that Webern's music demands mutiple hearings before you can say you've really heard it. When you are in the mood for some 20th century pioneering work, turn to this recording and listen. Over time, you will be glad you did.

5 out of 5 stars Interesting and Challenging.......2004-04-09

I don't know if I "like" Webern, but he is certainly interesting and challenging. The textures of his music are very fragile and transparent. The pieces are extraordinarily economical (the average Webern piece, I would guess, is about two minutes in duration, maybe less). The dissonances are extreme (strange to say, twelve-tone music can vary in how dissonant it sounds, as some twelve-tone composers (Berg, for example) use "easier" tone rows as the bases of their works). Webern was a musician of great integrity, and he pushed twelve-tone music to the radical extreme (as compared his more conservative teacher, Schoenberg, and fellow-pupil, Berg.) Again, I don't know if it works, and I don't know if I like it. I will definitely continue to listen to it. What I definitely like is this wonderful recording, with performances lovingly rendered. For this reason, I'm giving the recording five stars. However, if you want an "easier" introduction to twelve-tone and atonal music, get Berg's Violin Concerto, or even Schoenberg's piano concerto. With respect to the Schoenberg piano concerto, Mitsuko Uchida's disc is wonderful, and is highly recommended.

5 out of 5 stars The original and still the best.......2003-11-25

Boulez's seminal original recordings of Webern are still important today. They capture the extraordinary distance this composer travelled from his tonal opus 1 passacaglia, though the atonal expressionism of the opus 5 and opus 6 pieces, the extreme compression of the opus 9 bagatelles, the contrapuntal abstraction of the mid-period songs to the serial masterpieces of his later years. These pieces still divide concert audiences today--I've been to Webern performances where half the audience was electrified and the other half clearly wanted to be elsewhere--but their historical significance cannot be denied. I believe their musical significance cannot either: close on a dozen of these works are amongst the finest pieces the 20th century has to offer. This set of performances, dating from the late 1960s and early 1970s and largely recorded under the direction by Pierre Boulez, has long since been regarded as being as close to definitive as one can get. I wouldn't go so far--there are occasional less impressive performances (such as the saxophone quartet) amongst the very fine ones. However, as complete sets go, I find the performances here largely superior to Boulez's more recent traversal on DG.

Technically, this set is not a Complete Works. It only includes those works that Webern published with an opus number, with the addition of the composer's wonderful orchestral transcription of the Ricercare a 6 from Bach's Musical Offering, and an old recording of Webern conducting his orchestrations of Schubert's German Dances. There are more works included on Boulez's rival set on DG--at twice the price--but most of what you gain are juvenilia.

And, for those who remain unconvinced that they'd like Webern, check out http://www.antonwebern.com -- a website that has free streaming mp3s of several of the recordings on this set. Listen to a few of them a few times (though skip the opus 16-18 songs, some of his driest works), and then decide.

4 out of 5 stars Boulez's Webern -- brilliant modern miniatures.......2001-11-27

All 31 works that Webern gave official Opus numbers on 3 discs, conducted by Boulez (not Kolbe!), with the Juilliard Quartet and the London Symphony Orchestra, and a superb booklet with commentary and lyrics -- so why only 4 stars? My objection is the strictly chronological presentation, and the fact that I am not won over by Webern's vocal works -- I would vastly prefer grouping the music by form. Everything is brilliantly performed, and Charles Rosen, who accompanies sopranos on piano on several pieces, plays with sparkling luminosity. But the reason I sought out this collection is because I wanted to hear Boulez's versions of Webern's masterpieces, the "Symphony (Op. 21)" and "Variations for Orchestra (Op. 30)," as well as the string trios and quartets. Here these instrumental works are mixed among the lieders, Webern's many vocal works, and I find this frustrating. I prefer hearing the instrumental pieces grouped together, as on the Dohnanyi or Sinopoli discs of orchestral works (see my reviews of both), or the Schoenberg or Emerson Quartet's discs of the string trios and quartets (see my reviews of both). Unfortunately there is not a Boulez disc comparable to the Dohnanyi (on London) or Sinopoli (on Teldec). So it's either this Sony box or the several more recently recorded discs on DG, unless of course you are a total Webern fanatic and want the Ultra-Complete box with all the numbered AND un-numbered pieces...

It's really hard to fault this excellent Webern collection. Obviously if you have a more catholic appreciation of Webern's music than I (including the vocal works), my criticism is irrelevant. If you are a completist on a budget, this is a clear choice over the more expensive box. But if you are looking for an introduction to Webern's music, the best of which is some of the best of the 20th century in my opinion, I suggest that you begin with 1) Dohnanyi and the Cleveland Orchestra, and 2) the Schoenberg Quartet.

[There is a mistake on the site. Pierre Boulez is the conductor, not Helmuth Kolbe. Careful inspection of the box reveals that Kolbe was the engineer...]
Lyric Soprano: Kenneth Tse, Soprano Saxophone
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    Lyric Soprano: Kenneth Tse, Soprano Saxophone

    Manufacturer: Crystal Records CD658
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

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    ASIN: B0009RO1JK
    Release Date: 2005-05-16

    Tracks:

    1. Pasculli: Le Api
    2. FaurTrois Romances sans Paroles:Andante, quasi Allegretto
    3. FaurTrois Romances sans Paroles:Allegro molto
    4. FaurTrois Romances sans Paroles:Andante moderato
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    6. Albz: Tango Op. 165, No. 2
    7. Brd: Fantaisie
    8. Worley: Six Dances: Prelude - for Norma
    9. Worley: Six Dances: Allemande - for Alma
    10. Worley: Six Dances: Sarabande - for Susan
    11. Worley: Six Dances: Gavotte - for Tabitha
    12. Worley: Six Dances: Courante - for Karen
    13. Worley: Six Dances: Gigue - for Laura
    14. Piazzolla: L'Histoire du Tango: Bordel 1900
    15. Piazzolla: L'Histoire du Tango: Caf930
    16. Piazzolla: L'Histoire du Tango: Night-club 1960
    17. Piazzolla: L'Histoire du Tango: Concert d'aujourd'hui
    18. Lewis: Prelude (for Kenneth Tse)

    Product Description

    Kenneth Tse was called “a brilliant saxophonist...worthy of any stage in the world” by his former teacher, world-renowned saxophonist and pedagogue, Eugene Rousseau. This is Tse's third CD on the Crystal Records label. He is currently the professor of saxophone at the University of Iowa and also serves as the membership director for the North American Saxophone Alliance.
    Electroacoustic, Chamber Ensemble, Soundscapes & Works Radio
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      Electroacoustic, Chamber Ensemble, Soundscapes & Works Radio

      Manufacturer: Recommended Records
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

      Chamber MusicChamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
      ElectronicElectronic | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music | Computer
      GeneralGeneral | Classical | Styles | Music
      GeneralGeneral | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music
      GeneralGeneral | Jazz | Styles | Music
      Vocal Jazz GeneralVocal Jazz General | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music
      GeneralGeneral | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
      ASIN: B00005RDAB
      Release Date: 2002-02-05

      Tracks:

      1. Edwin Armstrong
      2. Congo
      3. Zimbabwe
      4. Lingo Babel
      5. Whyitiso
      6. City In Between
      7. Secrets
      8. Breaking The Seal
      9. Anti-Apocalypse
      6 Works for Saxophone & Percussion
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        6 Works for Saxophone & Percussion
        Duodenum
        Manufacturer: Da Capo Open Spaces
        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD

        Chamber MusicChamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
        GeneralGeneral | Classical | Styles | Music
        GeneralGeneral | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music
        4-for-3 Classical4-for-3 Classical | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music
        4-for-3 All Music4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music
        ASIN: B0002CPFAG
        Release Date: 2004-08-17
        Americas
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          Americas

          Manufacturer: Wisteria Records
          ProductGroup: Music
          Binding: Audio CD

          Hovhaness, AlanHovhaness, Alan | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
          All Works by MilhaudAll Works by Milhaud | Milhaud, Darius | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
          Piazzolla, AstorPiazzolla, Astor | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
          All Works by StillAll Works by Still | Still, William Grant | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
          Villa-Lobos, HeitorVilla-Lobos, Heitor | ( V ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
          GeneralGeneral | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music
          GeneralGeneral | Villa-Lobos, Heitor | Composers | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
          Chamber MusicChamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
          Vocal & SongVocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
          SaxophoneSaxophone | Reeds & Winds | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music
          GeneralGeneral | Classical | Styles | Music
          GeneralGeneral | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music
          GeneralGeneral | International | Styles | Music
          GeneralGeneral | New Age | Styles | Music
          Modern & 20th CenturyModern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
          ClassicalClassical | Indie Music | Stores | Music
          GeneralGeneral | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music
          GeneralGeneral | New Age | Indie Music | Stores | Music
          Bargain Box SetsBargain Box Sets | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music
          All Bargain TitlesAll Bargain Titles | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music
          ASIN: B00007GCXG
          Release Date: 2002-11-12

          Tracks:

          1. Milhaud Scaramouche (1939)Vif
          2. Mod
          3. Brazileira
          4. Villa-Lobos Bachianas Brasilieras No. 5 (1938)
          5. Piazzolla 6 Tango-Etudes (1987) Dd
          6. Anxieux et rubato
          7. Molto marcato e energico
          8. Lento-Meditative
          9. Quarter = 120
          10. Avec anxi
          11. Hovhaness Suite for Saxophone and Guitar(1979) Adagio espressivo
          12. Senza misura-Allegro
          13. Andante espressivo
          14. Cowell Air and
          15. Scherzo (1961)
          16. Still Romance (1966)

          Product Description

          Music from North & South America. A CD of beautiful melodies and upbeat music from noteworthy composers. Styliani brings out the tenderness of each romantic melody and the spirit of the upbeat works. The Saxophone is used in combination with piano and guitar.
          Kreisler: 1928 Victor Recordings: Favourite Short Pieces
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            Kreisler: 1928 Victor Recordings: Favourite Short Pieces

            Manufacturer: Biddulph Records
            ProductGroup: Music
            Binding: Audio CD

            GeneralGeneral | Dohnányi, Ernö von | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
            All Works by DebussyAll Works by Debussy | Debussy, Claude | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
            Foster, StephenFoster, Stephen | ( F ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
            All Works by KreislerAll Works by Kreisler | Kreisler, Fritz | ( K ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
            All Works by MassenetAll Works by Massenet | Massenet, Jules | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
            GeneralGeneral | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music
            PreludesPreludes | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music
            SuitesSuites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music
            General ModernGeneral Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
            SaxophoneSaxophone | Reeds & Winds | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music
            ViolinViolin | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music
            Kreisler, FritzKreisler, Fritz | ( K ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
            GeneralGeneral | Classical | Styles | Music
            GeneralGeneral | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music
            GeneralGeneral | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
            GeneralGeneral | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
            ASIN: B000009JYE
            Release Date: 1994-08-18
            Gymnopédie
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              Gymnopédie

              Manufacturer: Linn Records
              ProductGroup: Music
              Binding: Audio CD

              DancesDances | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music
              GeneralGeneral | Bartók, Béla | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
              Corea, Armando ChickCorea, Armando Chick | ( C ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
              Grieg, EdvardGrieg, Edvard | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
              All Works by SatieAll Works by Satie | Satie, Erik | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
              NocturnesNocturnes | Short Forms | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music
              Chamber MusicChamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
              Chamber MusicChamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
              Vocal & SongVocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
              GeneralGeneral | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music
              GeneralGeneral | Classical | Styles | Music
              GeneralGeneral | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music
              GeneralGeneral | Jazz | Styles | Music
              Vocal Jazz GeneralVocal Jazz General | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music
              Modern & 20th CenturyModern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
              AirsAirs | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
              ASIN: B00001O2XX
              Release Date: 1999-09-14

              Tracks:

              1. Gymnopedie
              2. Bagpipe Music
              3. Gnossienne No. 1
              4. Children's Song No. 6
              5. Arietta
              6. Children's Song No. 7
              7. Notturno
              8. Bulgarian Rhythm No. 1
              9. Gnossienne No. 3
              10. Je Te Veux
              11. Hall Of Mirrors - Sonata No. 1: Mirror Talk
              12. Hall Of Mirrors - Sonata No. 1: The Looking Glass
              13. Hall Of Mirrors - Sonata No. 1: There Is A Mirror Only You Can See
              14. Hall Of Mirrors - Sonata No. 1: Hologram
              15. Dreaming With Open Eyes - Sonata No. 2: Call Of The Shaman
              16. Dreaming With Open Eyes - Sonata No. 2: The Promise And The Search
              17. Dreaming With Open Eyes - Sonata No. 2: A Heap Of Broken Images?
              18. Dreaming With Open Eyes - Sonata No. 2: Journeys Home, Destination Unknown

              Track Listings:

              1. 60's Classics: Encore Collection
              2. Adagio II - A Special 2 1/2 Hour Collection Of Orchestral Classics
              3. At The New York Philharmonic
              4. Bach Improvisations
              5. Bartok: The Miraculous Mandarin, Concerto for Orchestra
              6. Bartok: Violin Sonatas/Andante/Rhapsody 1
              7. Bedtime Songs for Babies: Sweet Dreams
              8. Beethoven: Symphonies 5 & 6 "Pastoral" / Mengelberg, Concertgebouw Orchestra
              9. Brahms: Cello Sonatas/Mendelssohn: Cello Sonatas [Import]
              10. Brahms: Clarinet Quintet/Mozart: Clarinet Quintet [Import]

              Track Listings

              track listings

              Track Listings

              The Essential Poco [Original recording remastered]

              The Son of Vienna

              Thunderbroad [Import]

              My Guitar

              Strikes Back [Import]

              When I Leave These Prison Walls

              The Lead and How to Swing It

              The Baroque Flute

              Third Ear Band [CD-single]

              The Indispensable Fats Waller, Vols. 7-8: 1938-1940 [Import]

              The Tain [EP]

              Situaziones Komplicadas [Import]

              Salsa, Vol. 2

              Aviva el Fuego en Mi

              Rock with a Sock