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Latin American Dances: Works for Saxophone & Piano

8/13/2021, 22 Tracks, 1:02:31

Featuring

  • Sándor Rigó
  • Christina Leeb-Grill
  • Jean Françaix
  • Ástor Piazzolla
  • Darius Milhaud
  • Maurice Cary Whitney
  • Heitor Villa-Lobos
  • Paquito D'Rivera

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Instruments

The saxophone, invented in 1846, was already intriguing to composers like Berlioz, Bizet, and Debussy, and has remained a well-loved solo instrument in classical repertoire.

Source: Booklet

Recording & Production

This album, "Latin American Dances," recorded in 2020, is the first recording for Naxos by the duo Rigó and Leeb-Grill.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Sándor Rigó, the saxophonist on this album, is a Yanagisawa artist, and performs with various jazz, world, and classical music ensembles.

Source: Booklet

Interpretation

The duo Sándor Rigó and Christina Leeb-Grill perform only original compositions for saxophone and piano, avoiding arrangements of works written for other instruments, to highlight the saxophone's true characteristics.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Sándor Rigó studied clarinet, then classical and jazz saxophone at the University of Music in Vienna.

Source: Booklet

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