Track Listings (11) - Disc #1| All Artists: Sergey Rachmaninov, Alexander Glazunov, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Pierre Max Dubois, Jacques Ibert, Bohdan Jarmolowicz, Polish Chamber Philharmonic Title: Saxophone Concertos Members Wishing: 0 Total Copies: 0 Label: Centaur Release Date: 10/1/1999 Genre: Classical Styles: Forms & Genres, Concertos, Historical Periods, Modern, 20th, & 21st Century, Instruments, Reeds & Winds, Symphonies Number of Discs: 1 SwapaCD Credits: 1 UPCs: 675754053529, 044747240022 |
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CD ReviewsBanaszak sets the standard for classical sax repertoire Neil Coulter (ncoulter@kent.edu) | Kent, Ohio | 10/25/1999 (5 out of 5 stars) "While Eugene Rousseau's DG recording of the standard repertoire for the saxophone is certainly beautiful, it is, unfortunately, no longer available and has never been reissued on CD anyway. Other performers have recorded those same pieces since, but almost no one has endeavored to record all of them on the same album. Banaszak has not only taken on the challenge, but has triumphed. His sensitive, precise playing is a lesson to many other recording artists. Hopefully this Cd will become as widely-known and appreciated as Rousseau's, and Banaszak's artistry on the standard repertoire will be a new standard for classical sax playing. Bravo also to the conductor and orchestral players, as well as the sound engineers who have produced a lush, full, rich sound rarely heard." A solid performance in spite of some hang-ups Thomas Krenzel Doggett | 04/12/2000 (4 out of 5 stars) "Banaszak offers very convincing interpretations of these "warhorses" of the saxophone repetoire, and his range (both artistic and technical) is commendable. The orchestra, though, has some serious intonation problems which hinder the effectivness of all these performanes, and it often seems to hold Banaszak back during more driving passages. These problems come together to make the Villa-Lobos something of a failure, but the rest of the selections offer Banaszak a better chance at success, and the Dubois stands as the high point of the cd, as the soloist's commanding role give him essentially free reign. Banaszak occassionally takes an overly cautious approach in his interpretations, but all in all, he gives excellent performances of what are probably the most exposed pieces in the repetoire." A fine combination between French and American classical sax saxman124 | Cleveland | 11/19/2002 (5 out of 5 stars) "Through reading the other comments on this cd, I could not help but to notice either extreme positive or extreme negative opinions. In my opinion Greg Banaszak does a very good job with his interpetations of the pieces on this album. I feel he brings factors of standard French style classical saxophone and factors of standard American style classical saxophone and combines them. One thing that bores me with any classical saxophone playing is not enough vibrato. I feel Mr. Banaszak's use of vibrato in his playing really adds a nice touch to the music. Regardless of what the negative comments say, I say BRAVO!!!"
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