Phantasy in Blue: Music for Cello and Saxophone Quintet

Featuring

Alban Gerhardt
Daniel Gauthier
Miguel Valles
Simon Hanrath
Sebastian Pottmeier
Jang Eun Bae

Alliage Quintett
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Antonio Vivaldi
Manuel de Falla
Dmitri Shostakovich
Stefan Malzew

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Performer Biography

The Alliage Quintett has been awarded two Echo Klassik prizes and is known for its sound that evokes a large orchestra while preserving the saxophone quartet's melodic capabilities.

Performer Biography

Alban Gerhardt is known for his intense musicality, compelling stage presence, and insatiable artistic curiosity, shedding new light on familiar scores and investigating new repertoire.

Performer Biography

Alban Gerhardt, a versatile cellist, launched his career in 1991 with the Berliner Philharmoniker and Semyon Bychkov.

Interpretation

The arrangers on this album, Stefan Malzew, Itai Sobol, Sebastian Gottschick, and Louis-Noël Fontaine, take liberties with original scores, extending a tradition of re-orchestration seen in figures like Mozart and Liszt.

Instruments

Alban Gerhardt performs on a Matteo Goffriller cello, an instrument dating from 1710.

Performer Biography

The Alliage Quintett, comprising four saxophones and a piano, was founded by Daniel Gauthier, Germany's first professor of classical saxophone.

Recording & Production

The collaboration between Alban Gerhardt and the Alliage Quintett began after a 2018 concert in Cologne, where the idea of replacing a clarinet with a cello was discussed.