Saxophone Concertos

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Lovers of the saxophone must welcome a CD that offers two stalwart works in such fine interpretations, as well as significantly extending the recorded repertory. — Gramophone Magazine, July 2008

Release Date: 28th Apr 2008
Catalogue No: CHAN10466
Label: Chandos
Length: 76 minutes

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Yoshimatsu: Soprano Saxophone Concerto ‘Albireo mode’

Work length23:00

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Nobuya Sugawa, Yutaka Sado, BBC Philharmonic

I. Topaz

Track length11:41

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II. Sapphire

Track length11:19

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Honda: Concerto du vent

Work length19:13

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Nobuya Sugawa, Yutaka Sado, BBC Philharmonic

I. Un vent propice

Track length4:29

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II. La marque du vent

Track length5:31

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III. Un nouveau vent

Track length9:13

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Ibert: Concertino da camera

Work length12:59

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Nobuya Sugawa, Yutaka Sado, BBC Philharmonic

I. Allegro con moto

Track length4:26

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II. Larghetto

Track length3:46

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III. Animato molto

Track length4:47

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Larsson, L-E: Concerto for Saxophone and String Orchestra, Op. 14

Work length21:39

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Nobuya Sugawa, Yutaka Sado, BBC Philharmonic

I. Allegro molto moderato

Track length10:21

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II. Adagio

Track length6:52

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III. Allegro scherzando

Track length4:26

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Nobuya Sugawa is one of the most distinguished wind instrumentalists in Japan. He is joined here by the BBC Philharmonic under Yutaka Sado to perform works by Yoshimatsu and Honda, both of which are dedicated to him. He also plays works by Ibert and Larsson which are firmly established in the saxophone’s concert repertoire.

Sugawa performs in Japan and throughout the world and over the years has received numerous prizes and awards.

Takashi Yoshimatsu, who has a long-term association with Chandos, in 1994 wrote a concerto for Sugawa titled Cyber-bird, a piece which utilises all the functions of the saxophone, and fuses classical, ethnic and jazz styles. When Sugawa approached Yoshimatsu for a new concerto, the composer declined, saying, ‘I can’t compose a new work that surpasses the last one’. Yet, when the idea of a soprano saxophone concerto was mentioned, he writes, ‘I thought, maybe I can compose a concerto for the soprano sax that highlights “calm”, in contrast to the “motion” characteristic of Cyber-bird, and so I started to structure a new work’. The ‘Albireo’ of the title is the name of the double Beta star that sits at the beak of the constellation Cygnus. These two stars shine respectively bright golden yellow like a topaz and bluish-green like a sapphire. Yoshimatsu continues, ‘Albireo Mode symbolises the character of the soprano sax, which is two-fold, combining both coolness and heat, both beauty and depth. That is why I named the cool and beautiful first part “Topaz” and the hot and deep second part “Sapphire”’. The work was premiered by Sugawa in 2005 at the Symphony Hall in Osaka.

Toshiyuki Honda began his professional career as a saxophonist. He writes of the connection between Sugawa and the Concerto du vent, ‘Nobuya Sugawa, a saxophone player like me and a friend whom I respect very much, entrusted me with the task of writing a concerto for him, a concerto that would represent a tribute to jazz. People tend to associate jazz with ad lib and rhythm and blues, but we took a slightly different direction… It was a great honour to be able to record with the BBC Philharmonic and Nobuya Sugawa… “Vent” is the French word for wind. Please think of the Concerto du vent as a Concerto of the wind’.

Completing the recording are Ibert’s Concertino da camera, one of the best-known works for alto saxophone, by a composer Yutaka Sado has conducted on many occasions, and Larsson’s popular Concerto for Saxophone and String Orchestra.

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July 2008

Lovers of the saxophone must welcome a CD that offers two stalwart works in such fine interpretations, as well as significantly extending the recorded repertory.

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