The Eloquent Saxophone / Tanner, Widner

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Label
Navona
Release Date
May 11, 2018
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      ARNDT DEBUSSY KOECHLIN
    • PERFORMER
      Tanner, Widner
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      May 11, 2018
    • UPC
      896931004589
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      NV6158
    • LABEL
      Navona
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Petit quatuor: III. Sérénade comique (arr. for saxophone and piano)

      Composer: Jean Françaix

      Performer: David Tanner, Marc Widner

    2. I. Lutte

      Composer: Alexander Tcherepnin

      Performer: David Tanner, Marc Widner

    3. II. Mi temps

      Composer: Alexander Tcherepnin

      Performer: David Tanner, Marc Widner

    4. III. Course

      Composer: Alexander Tcherepnin

      Performer: David Tanner, Marc Widner

    5. LA Blues

      Composer: Gene DiNovi

      Performer: David Tanner, Marc Widner

    6. I. Farandoulo di Chatouno (Farandoulo des jeunes filles)

      Composer: Paule Maurice

      Performer: David Tanner, Marc Widner

    7. II. Cansoun per ma mio (Chanson pour ma Mie)

      Composer: Paule Maurice

      Performer: David Tanner, Marc Widner

    8. III. La Boumiano (La Bohemienne)

      Composer: Paule Maurice

      Performer: David Tanner, Marc Widner

    9. IV. Dis Alyscamps l'amo souspire (Des Alyscamps l'Ame soupire)

      Composer: Paule Maurice

      Performer: David Tanner, Marc Widner

    10. V. Lou Cabridan (Le Cabridan)

      Composer: Paule Maurice

      Performer: David Tanner, Marc Widner

    11. Syrinx (arr. for saxophone and piano)

      Composer: Claude Debussy

      Performer: David Tanner, Marc Widner

    12. 3 Romanzen, Op. 94: No. 1 in A Minor (arr. for saxophone and piano)

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Performer: David Tanner, Marc Widner

    13. Caprice en forme de valse

      Composer: Paul Bonneau

      Performer: David Tanner, Marc Widner

    14. 15 Etudes, Op. 188: No. 8. Pour les notes en staccato et le melange de legato et staccato

      Composer: Charles Koechlin

      Performer: David Tanner, Marc Widner

    15. Nola

      Composer: Felix Arndt

      Performer: David Tanner, Marc Widner

    16. I. Fast

      Composer: Leslie Bassett

      Performer: David Tanner, Marc Widner

    17. II. Slow

      Composer: Leslie Bassett

      Performer: David Tanner, Marc Widner

    18. III. Moderato

      Composer: Leslie Bassett

      Performer: David Tanner, Marc Widner

    19. IV. Fast

      Composer: Leslie Bassett

      Performer: David Tanner, Marc Widner


Navona Records is proud to announce the re-release of David Tanner's 1988 album The Eloquent Saxophone. Tanner is no Stranger to Navona; his compositions and arrangements can be heard on two other Navona releases: Of Birds and Lemons (2012) and Dashing (2016). This was his first album, featuring him as a performer. It includes two unaccompanied pieces and two sax quartets recorded by multi-tracking, as well as a rich variety of works with accompaniment admirably rendered by pianist Marc Widner. The music ranges from Schumann to a stylized blues by Gene DiNovi. Tanner's musical language is enriched by classical training and a career encompassing rock'n'roll and jazz as well as symphony. Reviewer Denis Armstrong wrote in Music Magazine, "Not long into this recording, one begins to marvel at the sheer joy David Tanner's playing conveys... a dense and rich recording... at times elegant and elegiac, other times ribald and visceral. But the one constant is the joy and clarity of expression." The first track sets the tone: "Serenade comique" is a brief, frantic sax quartet composition that evokes Parisian traffic or perhaps a flock of birds. "La Blues," the other quartet selection, evokes the melancholy of New York in the depth of night. "It is a treat for the listener to hear this feat of multi-tracking done so well," said reviewer Joseph Viola in Saxophone Journal. Each track is in contrast to the one before it; each represents something different and interesting. To quote Music Magazine again, "The Eloquent Saxophone [is] a thoroughly eccentric, invigorating and generous treat."