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French Music for Clarinet and Piano

This collection, compiled Todd Levy, principal clarinet of the Milwaukee Symphony, includes some of the most popular clarinet repertoire by French composers. CONTENTS: BOZZA: Fantaisie italienne · MESSAGER: Solo de Concours · GALLOIS-MONTBRUN: Concertstück · RABAUD: Solo de Concours · RAVEL: Pièce en forme de Habanera (transcription by Gaston Hamelin) · WIDOR: Introduction et Rondo

French Music for Flute and Piano

This collection, compiled by Sonora Slocum, principal flutist of the Milwaukee Symphony, features some of the most popular flute repertoire by French composers. CONTENTS: BÜSSER: Prelude et Scherzo, Op. 35 · FAURÉ: Fantaisie, Op. 79 · GAUBERT: Nocturne et Allegro Scherzando · HÜE: Fantaisie · RAVEL: Pièce en forme de Habanera (transcription by Gaston Hamelin) · SAINT-SAËNS: Romance, Op. 37 · TAFFANEL: Andante pastoral et Scherzettino

Thierry Alla: Digital (sop) (Saxophone solo)

Christian Lauba: "XYL" Balafon 2, 12th Study for Alto Saxophone

Born in Tunisia in 1952, Christian Lauba has been a prominent contemporary composer, winning many prizes since his graduation from the Conservatory of Bordeaux during the mid-1980s. Lauba is particularly noted for his compositions for the Saxophone, such as Study No. 12 for Alto Saxophone. Published in 2007, Study No. 12, "XYL" Balafon 2 is highly virtuosic and modern, including multiphonic Saxophone sounds and other advanced technical features. The score of Study No. 12 also comes accompanied with a CD of a prerecorded accompanying part. With a typical performance lasting around six minutes, this Lauba study, nicknamed, "XYL" Balafon 2 is described as a 'a study for the mastering of circular breathing, the low and high registers, dynamic, rhythmic and melodic crescendos and decrescendos, rational and irrational note-values, chromaticism and digital virtuosity'. For all advanced Alto saxophonists, Study No. 12 provides an alternative, modern work, essential to a varied repertoire.