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Table of Contents:

• The arrival of the Queen of Sheba / George Frideric Handel ; [arr. Jean-Yves Fourmeau] (3:04)
• Petit quatuor : pour saxophones / Jean Françaix (6:58)
• Aria / Johann Sebastian Bach ; [arr. Robert Stanton] (4:53)
• Badinerie / Johann Sebastian Bach ; [arr. Joseph Powel] (1:39)
• Rialto ripples / George Gershwin ; [arr. William Perconti] (2:18)
• Escape to the center / Dana Wilson (6:15)
• Quatuor pour saxophones / Pierre-Max Dubois (9:46)
• The goldrush suite / Jack Marshall (16:44)
• Allegro molto quasi presto / Ludwig van Beethoven ; [transcribed by Robert Frascotti] (5:48)
• That's a-plenty / Bert Williams ; [arr. Paul Nagle] (2:22).

Contributors:

Fourmeau, Jean-Yves , arranger of music

Stanton, Robert E. , arranger of music

Powel, Joseph B. , arranger of music

Perconti, Bill , arranger of music

Frascotti, Robert , arranger of music

Nagle, Paul A. , arranger of music

Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759

Françaix, Jean, 1912-1997

Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750

Gershwin, George, 1898-1937

Wilson, Dana

Dubois, Pierre Max, 1930-1995

Marshall, Jack, 1921-1973

Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827

Williams, Bert, 1874-1922

Empire Saxophone Quartet , instrumentalist, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/itr

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Accompanying materials: English

Included Works:

Solomon [by Handel, G.F.] > Sinfonia (arranged)

Petit quatuor [by Françaix, J.]

Suites, orchestra [by Bach, J.S.] > BWV 1068, D major > Air (arranged)

Suites, orchestra [by Bach, J.S.] > BWV 1067, B minor > Badinerie (arranged)

Rialto ripples [by Gershwin, G.] (arranged)

Escape to the center [by Wilson, D.]

Quartets, saxophones (4) (4) [by Dubois, P.M.] > (1956)

Goldrush suite [by Marshall, J.]

Quartets, violins (2), viola, cello [by Beethoven, L.v.] > No. 2, op. 18, no. 2, G major > Allegro molto, quasi presto (arranged)

That's a plenty [by Williams, B.] (arranged)

Subjects:

Woodwind quartets (Saxophones (4))

Woodwind quartets (Saxophones (4)), Arranged

Genres:

Chamber music

Arrangements (Music)

Performers:

Empire Saxophone Quartet (Steven Mauk, soprano saxophone ; Jāmal Rossi, alto saxophone ; April Lucas, tenor saxophone ; Anthony Alduino, baritone saxophone).

Performance Medium:

4 performers: soprano saxophone; alto saxophone; tenor saxophone; baritone saxophone

General Notes:

Title from disc label.
Recorded 1995 July 8-10 Bailey Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.
Editions recorded: Billaudot (1st work); Schott (2nd work); Western International Music (3rd work); to the Fore Publishers (4th work); Roncorp (5th, 9th works); Dorn Publications (6th work); A. Leduc (7th work); Shawnee Press (8th work); Musicians Publications (10th work).
Program notes and notes on the performers (12 pages : portrait)--inserted in container.
From the collection of Eric Nestler.

Physical Description:

1 audio disc ; 4 3/4 in.
BWV 1068
BWV 1067
no. 2, op. 18, no. 2

Physical Characteristics:

plastic; metal; 4 3/4 in.; 1.4 m/s; mass-produced

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical; 1.4 m/s

Digital Characteristics:

audio file; CD audio

Call Numbers:

LPCD 162,985

Other Standard Numbers:

Universal Product Code: 760451003226
[Unknown Type]: 6045100322
Publisher Number, Open Loop: 032

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2002568239

OCLC Numbers:

36448732