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| Romances for Saxophone | 
 enlarge | Creators: Michel Colombier, Claude Debussy, Gabriel Faure, Modest Mussorgsky, Sergey Rachmaninov, Maurice Ravel, Erik Satie, Igor Stravinsky, Heitor Villa-lobos, Branford Marsalis
Label: Sony
Category: Music
List Price: $9.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (16 reviews)
Sales Rank: 19289
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 42122
UPC: 074644212228
EAN: 0074644212228
ASIN: B0000026EH
Release Date: October 25, 1990
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| Tracks:
| • | L'Isle Joyeuse | | • | Pavane | | • | Arabesque No. 1 | | • | Vocalise | | • | Pastorale | | • | Emmanuel | | • | Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 | | • | Gymnopedie No. 3 | | • | Prelude | | • | Piece en forme de Habanera | | • | Sicilienne | | • | Serenata | | • | The Old Castle |
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| Customer Reviews: Read 11 more reviews...
 Classical sax? September 5, 2007
Branford Marsalis is best known for his jazz work (and playing with Sting). My mother had this CD. I was mesmerized. I can't listen to it at work because I won't be able to concentrate on anything except his beautiful music. My mother lost her copy of the CD, so I had to purchase it and make it a treasured part of my collection.
Love the soprano sax May 18, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
If you don't already love the soprano sax, this should do it for you.
Incredibly Musical Peformance March 20, 2006
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
In my opinion, this is one of the best Classical CDs ever produced. I listen to it often and I am amazed at what an incredibly MUSICAL performance Branford Marsalis had. If you like saxaphone, I think you will love it. If you don't, I think you will still find it valuable because the technique, the phrasing are quintissential.
 Just a small point of rectifition December 28, 2004
2 out of 9 found this review helpful
None of the works presented here precede the invention of the saxophone. Please look this up. You will find the saxophone invented around 1840, yes early romantic. And in addition, I believe many of the composers here used the saxophone at least once in their music. This is certainly true of Stravinsky, Debussy, Ravel and Villa-Lobos. (Villa-Lobos used the saxophone in at least 40 works!)
 What am I missing? December 19, 2003
13 out of 25 found this review helpful
I think it is very admirable that Marsalis has attempted to produce a classical CD, however, this is not the sublime, masterpiece that so many previous reviewers have labelled it. His tone is particularly unstable, and not very even, his soprano playing is miles better than his alto however. This is a real shame, as the primary solo instrument in the saxophone family is the alto, anyone beginning study in classical saxophone would need to get this sorted first. His tuning is barely acceptable, but only for a jazzo, he would be shot if he played so out for a real saxophone teacher. Please have a listen to some real repertoire for saxophone, played by a real player, such as Bornkamp, Rousseau, Delangle, Fourmeau, Michat, Londeix, etc. This is a good INTRODUCTION to classical music, if for the first time, but please don't accept this as being the be all and end all of classical music, and of saxophone.
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