Latin American Dances: Works for Saxophone & Piano Sándor Rigó & Christina Leeb-Grill

• Jean Françaix (1912 - 1997): 5 Danses exotiques:
• 1 Françaix: 5 Danses exotiques: No. 1, Pambiche 01:06
• 2 Françaix: 5 Danses exotiques: No. 2, Baiao 01:18
• 3 Françaix: 5 Danses exotiques: No. 3, Mambo 01:42
• 4 Françaix: 5 Danses exotiques: No. 4, Samba lenta 01:10
• 5 Françaix: 5 Danses exotiques: No. 5, Merengue 00:36
• Astor Piazzolla (1921 - 1992): 6 Tango-études (Version for Alto Saxophone & Piano):
• 6 Piazzolla: 6 Tango-études (Version for Alto Saxophone & Piano): No. 1, Décidé 03:00
• 7 Piazzolla: 6 Tango-études (Version for Alto Saxophone & Piano): No. 2, Anxieux et rubato 06:26
• 8 Piazzolla: 6 Tango-études (Version for Alto Saxophone & Piano): No. 3, Molto marcato e energico 03:12
• Darius Milhaud (1892 - 1974): Scaramouche, Op. 165c (Version for Alto Saxophone & Piano):
• 9 Milhaud: Scaramouche, Op. 165c (Version for Alto Saxophone & Piano): I. Vif et joyeux 03:14
• 10 Milhaud: Scaramouche, Op. 165c (Version for Alto Saxophone & Piano): II. Modéré 03:49
• 11 Milhaud: Scaramouche, Op. 165c (Version for Alto Saxophone & Piano): III. Brazileira 02:15
• Maurice C. Whitney (1909 - 1984):
• 12 Whitney: Rumba (Arr. for Alto Saxophone & Piano) 02:47
• Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887 - 1959): Fantasia, Op. 630, W490 (Version for Soprano Saxophone & Piano):
• 13 Villa-Lobos: Fantasia, Op. 630, W490 (Version for Soprano Saxophone & Piano): I. Animé 04:10
• 14 Villa-Lobos: Fantasia, Op. 630, W490 (Version for Soprano Saxophone & Piano): II. Lent 02:40
• 15 Villa-Lobos: Fantasia, Op. 630, W490 (Version for Soprano Saxophone & Piano): III. Très animé 03:00
• Astor Piazzolla: 6 Tango-études (Version for Alto Saxophone & Piano):
• 16 Piazzolla: 6 Tango-études (Version for Alto Saxophone & Piano): No. 5, Quarter Note = 120 02:01
• 17 Piazzolla: 6 Tango-études (Version for Alto Saxophone & Piano): No. 4, Lento meditativo 03:43
• 18 Piazzolla: 6 Tango-études (Version for Alto Saxophone & Piano): No. 6, Avec anxiété 03:52
• Paquito D'Rivera (b. 1948):
• 19 D'Rivera: Invitación al Danzón (Version for Soprano Saxophone & Piano) 05:32
• 20 D'Rivera: Vals Venezolano (Arr. M. Rizo for Alto Saxophone & Piano) 01:41
• 21 D'Rivera: Contradanza (Arr. M. Rizo for Alto Saxophone & Piano) 01:50
• 22 D'Rivera: La fleur de cayenne (Version for Soprano Saxophone & Piano) 03:23
• Total Runtime 01:02:27

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Virtuoso duo Sándor Rigó and Christina Leeb-Grill have taken Jean Françaix’s description of his own work, ‘musique pour faire plaisir’, as the motto for this programme. Dance styles and rhythms are at the heart of his repertoire, from the spectacular Brazileira with which Milhaud concludes his theatrical Scaramouche, through Piazzolla’s refinement of tradition in his Tango-Études, to the Brazilian rhythms showcased in Villa-Lobos’s Fantasia. Paquito D’Rivera adapted his Invitación al Danzón especially for this recording, providing Sándor Rigó with space to demonstrate his brilliance in improvisation.

Sandor Rigo, saxophone
Christina Leeb-Grill, piano

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