SKU: IS.SQ6605EM

ISBN 9790365066056.

Whether jazz, funk, pop, world music or classical, Walter has played all of these musical styles after graduating. From 1990 till 1995 he was a member of high-energy funk-jazz groups like Real Deal and the DSWB quartet. He also made his first recordings at that time. At the end of the nineties he played world music with Kunda Buffi and Native Soil, jazz with The Musetrap (the Jan Muës ensemble) and touched many hearts during the Guido Belcanto tour. A multifaceted musician, Walter Baeken does not only play his horn, he also composes and arranges classical and contemporary music for a variety of ensembles. He is also busy working as a session musician on many CD-recordings.

SKU: AP.1-ADV7427

ISBN 9783892215813. UPC: 805095074277. English.

For Ravel, the year 1917 was marked by his mother's death and the death of many of his friends who lost their lives in World War I. Hence, the suite he finished that same year can be considered as an elegy. Due to its classical, sonatina-like character, this piece does not radiate an atmosphere of mourning, but rather a light, cool serenity. This arrangement for SATB saxophone quartet is faithful to the original orchestral version. Titles: I. Prélude * II. Forlane * III * Menuet * IV. Rigaudon.

SKU: AP.1-ADV7409

UPC: 805095074093. English.

This is a journey through four styles of music: funk, jazz, klezmer, and tango. The jazz style is a breezy West-Coast jazz waltz and the klezmer music is an arrangement of Abraham Goldfaden's 1880 Jewish lullaby, Rozhinkes Mit Madlen (Raisins With Almonds). Titles: Funky * Jazz Waltz * Klez Rozhinkes mit Mandlen * Tango.

SKU: AP.1-ADV7406

UPC: 805095074062. English.

This rhapsody, based on Eastern European music and Klezmer, contains four main themes: a waltz, a dance on asymmetrical rhythms, followed by a slow but expressive movement, a brilliant finale with Mediterranean influences including an improvisational part.

SKU: HL.49045875

The Catalan composer and vihuela player Luis de Milan (1500-1561) ranks among the most important composers of the Spanish Renaissance. His collection El Maestro from 1536 was the first publication of vihuela music in music history (the vihuela is a predecessor of the guitar). The six pavans contained therein are typical examples of the stately processional dance. According to the etymological derivation of'pavo' (Spanish/Latin: 'peacock'), this characteristic bird call which can be performed freely and naturalistically by the saxophoneplayer can sometimes be heard in this 'peacock's dance'. World premiere: 15.2.2017 Ballhaus Berlin, with Domiki Wollenweber (cor anglais) and the saxophone quartet CLAIR OBSCUR. Also published by Schott: a version for alto saxophone (cor anglais) and organ (ED 21260).