Challenge Classics / Turtle Records® / HQ|NORTHSTAR

Catalogue CC72066

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In Motion explores the many ways music captures movement - through rhythm, dance, the passing of time, and the ever-changing colors of sound. Saxophonist Andreas Mader joins an exceptional ensemble of friends under the direction of Pit Brosius in a vibrant program that reimagines masterpieces by Ibert, Villa-Lobos, Ravel, de Falla, Caroline Shaw and Dubois. New arrangements place the saxophone at the heart of an intimate chamber ensemble, revealing fresh perspectives on familiar works while celebrating the instrument’s remarkable expressive range. Inspired by the idea that “time, like the tide, its motion keeps,” the album unfolds as a journey of energy, elegance and constant transformation.

Recorded in the outstanding acoustic of Trifolion Echternach in Luxembourg and captured in high-definition sound by Bert van der Wolf-Oude Avenhuis of Northstar Recording, In Motion combines artistic imagination with exceptional sonic clarity. The result is an album that invites listeners into an immersive musical landscape where classical tradition, rhythmic vitality and contemporary creativity come together in performances of warmth, virtuosity and irresistible momentum.

Album tracks

 

ACQUES IBERT (1890–1962)

Concertino da Camera

arr. for Saxophone and eleven instruments

[1] I. Allegro con moto

[2] II. Larghetto 

[3] III. Animato molto 

PIERRE-MAX DUBOIS (1930–1995)

Sonatine-Tango

arr. for Saxophone and Ensemble by Pit Brosius

[4] I. Violent et animé 

[5] II. Scherzando 

[6] III. Tempo de sarabande

[7] IV. Vivace 1:49

CAROLINE SHAW (1982–)

[8] Its Motion Keeps arr. for Viola and Ensemble by Hy-Khang Dang

HEITOR VILLA-LOBOS (1887–1959)

Fantasia para Saxophone, W490

arr. for Saxophone and Ensemble by Pit Brosius

[9] I. Animé

[10] II. Lent

[11] III. Très animé 

MAURICE RAVEL (1875–1937)

Violin Sonata No. 2 in G Major, M. 77

arr. for Violin, Saxophone and Ensemble by Hy-Khang Dang

[12] II. Blues

MANUEL DE FALLA (1876–1946)

Suite from El amor brujo

arr. for Ensemble by Hy-Khang Dang

[13] I. Introducción y Escena. Introduction and Scene. 

[14] II. Canción del amor dolido. Song of a Broken Heart. 

[15] III. Danza ritual del fuego. Ritual Fire Dance. 

[16] IV. Canción del fuego fatuo. Song of the Will-o’-the-Wisp. 

[17] V. Scene (El amor popular). Scene (Popular Love). 

[18] VI. Danza del juego de amor. Dance of the Game of Love.