Grainger: Music for Saxophones

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Label
Naxos
Release Date
December 11, 2015
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      GRAINGER, PERCY
    • PERFORMER
      Griggs, Holmes, Pierick, Dochnahl, Kenis, Honnold, Hawthorne
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      December 11, 2015
    • UPC
      747313322879
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8573228
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Instrumental
    Works ⌄

    1. The Immovable Do "The Ciphering C" (Version for Saxophone Ensemble)

      Composer: Percy Grainger

      Performer: J. Michael Holmes, Phil Pierick, Adrianne Honnold, Adam Hawthorne, Joyce Griggs, Drew Whiting, Jesse Dochnahl, Ben Kenis

    2. La bel'aronde (Pretty Swallow) [Arr. P. Grainger for Saxophone Ensemble]

      Composer: Claude Le Jeune

      Performer: J. Michael Holmes, Adrianne Honnold, Adam Hawthorne, Joyce Griggs, Phil Pierick, Jesse Dochnahl

    3. Ballade No. 17 (Arr. P. Grainger for Saxophone Ensemble)

      Composer: Percy Grainger

      Performer: J. Michael Holmes, Joyce Griggs, Phil Pierick

    4. The Lonely Desert-Man Sees the Tents of the Happy Tribes (Version for Saxophone & Piano)

      Composer: Percy Grainger

      Performer: Joyce Griggs, Casey Gene Dierlam

    5. Prelude, BWV 874 (Arr. P. Grainger for Saxophone Ensemble)

      Composer: Percy Grainger

      Performer: J. Michael Holmes, Phil Pierick, Joyce Griggs, Jesse Dochnahl

    6. Fugue, BWV 874 (Arr. P. Grainger for Saxophone Ensemble)

      Composer: Percy Grainger

      Performer: J. Michael Holmes, Phil Pierick, Joyce Griggs, Jesse Dochnahl

    7. Pavan à 5 No. 4 "Four-Note Pavan" (Arr. P. Grainger for Saxophone Ensemble)

      Composer: Percy Grainger

      Performer: J. Michael Holmes, Phil Pierick, Adam Hawthorne, Joyce Griggs, Jesse Dochnahl, Ben Kenis

    8. Når jola kjem (When Yule-Tide Comes) [Arr. P. Grainger in E-Flat Major for Saxophone Ensemble]

      Composer: Carl Gustav Sparre Olsen

      Performer: J. Michael Holmes, Phil Pierick, Joyce Griggs

    9. La Bernardina (Arr. P. Grainger for Saxophone Ensemble)

      Composer: Percy Grainger

      Performer: J. Michael Holmes, Adrianne Honnold, Joyce Griggs

    10. Fugue, BWV 849 (Arr. P. Grainger for Saxophone Ensemble)

      Composer: Percy Grainger

      Performer: J. Michael Holmes, Phil Pierick, Joyce Griggs, Drew Whiting, Jesse Dochnahl, Ben Kenis

    11. No. 15, — (Arr. P. Grainger for Saxophone Ensemble)

      Composer: Percy Grainger

      Performer: J. Michael Holmes, Jesse Dochnahl, Phil Pierick, Adam Hawthorne, Joyce Griggs

    12. March in D Major (Attrib. J.S. Bach, BWV Anh. 122) [Arr. P. Grainger for Saxophone Ensemble]

      Composer: Percy Grainger

      Performer: J. Michael Holmes, Phil Pierick, Adam Hawthorne, Joyce Griggs, Drew Whiting, Jesse Dochnahl, Ben Kenis

    13. Lisbon "Dublin Bay"

      Composer: Percy Grainger

      Performer: J. Michael Holmes, Phil Pierick, Adam Hawthorne, Joyce Griggs, Jesse Dochnahl

    14. Når jola kjem (When Yule-Tide Comes) [Arr. P. Grainger in B-Flat Major for Saxophone Ensemble]

      Composer: Carl Gustav Sparre Olsen

      Performer: J. Michael Holmes, Phil Pierick, Joyce Griggs

    15. 6-Part Fantasy (Arr. P. Grainger for Saxophone Ensemble)

      Composer: Percy Grainger

      Performer: J. Michael Holmes, Jesse Dochnahl, Adrianne Honnold, Joyce Griggs, Phil Pierick, Adam Hawthorne, Ben Kenis

    16. Angelus ad virginem "The Annunciation Carol" (Arr. P. Grainger for Saxophone Ensemble)

      Composer: Percy Grainger

      Performer: J. Michael Holmes, Phil Pierick, Adrianne Honnold, Joyce Griggs, Drew Whiting, Jesse Dochnahl, Ben Kenis


Percy Grainger called the saxophone ‘the world’s finest wind-tone tool, the most voice-like’, and wrote for it a series of fascinating but hitherto little-explored works. These arrangements are special in that, unusually, Grainger largely abandoned his idea of ‘elastic scoring’ and noted specific instrumental configurations. The selections include the music of J.S. Bach, British and Norwegian folksongs, old polyphonic instrumental and vocal music, as well as two original compositions, each indelibly stamped with Grainger’s experiences as pianist, folk-song collector, and proponent of early music.