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ID: KAI0012942 (EAN: 9120010281518) | 1 CD | DDD Released in: 2009
- LABEL:
- KAIROS
- Collection:
- Chamber Music
- Subcollection:
- Chamber Ensemble
- Composers:
- APERGHIS, Georges
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Interprets:
- BERTOCCHI, Serge (saxophone) | GOURY, Jean-Michel (saxophone) | MEUGÉ, Pierre-Stephane (saxophone) | STROSSER, Genevieve (viola) | WEISS, Marcus (saxophone)
- Ensembles:
- XASAX
- Other info:
Georges Aperghis was not the first well-known composer for musical theatre who neglected the less "spectacular" varieties of music. But unlike the "symphonic form," which Aperghis has rarely considered since his initial attempt in 1972, chamber music recurs throughout his oeuvre. As though staging a theatrical work, Aperghis plays his game in a chamber music hall with new instrumental combinations, creating a connection between the instruments and European musical tradition.
XASAX Ensemble de saxophones modulable: In 1992 the three French saxophonists Serge Bertocchi, Pierre-Stéphane Meugé, and Jean-Michel Goury joined with Marcus Weiss of Switzerland to form XASAX - Ensemble de saxophones modulable. Their experience with contemporary music as soloists and chamber musicians in ensembles like Klangforum Wien and ensemble recherche flowed into their development of a new repertoire for saxophone. XASAX pursues a variety of historical connections, establishes ties to seemingly alien trends, and thereby creates new terrain for this young instrument.
| APERGHIS, Georges (b. 1945) | | | 1. | Crosswind (1997), for viola and four saxophones | 12:51 | | | 2. | Alter ego (2001), for saxophone | 7:53 | | | 3. | Rasch (2006), version for viola and saxophone | 6:07 | | | 4. | Volte-face (1997), for viola | 8:42 | | | 5. | Signaux (1978), version for 12 saxophones | 13:17 | |
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