Saxophonie Quatuor Ellipsos

• Fernande Decruck (1896 - 1954):
• 1 Pavane 04:23
• Saxophonescas:
• 2 Saxophonescas: I. Héroïque 04:19
• 3 Saxophonescas: II. Faunesque 04:02
• 4 Saxophonescas: III. Fantasmagorie 02:18
• 5 Saxophonescas: IV. Pianissimo 02:21
• 6 Saxophonescas: V. Parenthèses 00:56
• 7 Saxophonescas: VI. Histoire sans nom 02:29
• 8 Saxophonescas: VII. Choral orphéonique 02:04
• 9 Saxophonescas: VIII. Fuguesque... 02:03
• Deux berceuses:
• 10 Deux berceuses: I. Mouvement calme et souple de berceuse 03:04
• 11 Deux berceuses: II. Berceuse Héroïque 03:12
• Variations saxophoniques:
• 12 Variations saxophoniques: I. Andante espressivo 01:37
• 13 Variations saxophoniques: II. Stesso tempo, molto espressivo e sostenuto 01:01
• 14 Variations saxophoniques: III. Allegretto scherzando 00:48
• 15 Variations saxophoniques: IV. Con flessibilita, senza rigore 01:20
• 16 Variations saxophoniques: V. Allegro moderato energico 00:58
• 17 Variations saxophoniques: VI. Allegro ma non troppo 00:45
• 18 Variations saxophoniques: VII. Lento espressivo (molto cantando) 02:50
• 19 Variations saxophoniques: VIII. Tempo flessibile e vivo di filatosa 01:08
• 20 Variations saxophoniques: IX. Agitato e tumultuoso 01:09
• 21 Variations saxophoniques: X. Moderato e senza rigore, molto espressivo 01:30
• 22 Variations saxophoniques: XI. Moderato senza Pentezza 01:33
• 23 Variations saxophoniques: XII. Fugue - Allegro moderato con ritmo 02:25
• Saxofonia di camera:
• 24 Saxofonia di camera: I. Andante 02:29
• 25 Saxofonia di camera: II. Allegro moderato, con anima 02:06
• 26 Saxofonia di camera: III. Andantino affectuoso 03:50
• 27 Saxofonia di camera: IV. Allegro con moto, poco agitato 03:38
• Saxophonie:
• 28 Saxophonie: I. Allegro moderato 00:45
• 29 Saxophonie: II. Lento expressivo 02:15
• 30 Saxophonie: III. Tempo di jazz 01:03
• Total Runtime 01:04:21

Info for Saxophonie

With this 2nd album on NoMadMusic, the Ellipsos Quartet pays a tribute to the composer Fernande Decruck, curiously unknown in France, but renowned in the United States. Fernande Decruck wrote many pieces for saxophone and notably for quartet. Her music, very refined and tinged with rhythmic and harmonic audacity, is at the crossroads of the worlds of Ravel, Stravinsky, Gershwin and Debussy. A world of sound to be discovered, thanks to these unpublished pieces, most of which were published for the first time this year by Billaudot.

Quatuor Ellipsos

Quatuor Ellipsos
After more than fourteen years of existence, its career led him to play so much in France (Théâtre du Châtelet, Crazy Days of Nantes, Radio-France Festival, Music in l'Empéri, Debussy Festival, Bach Festival, Folle Criée Festival etc.), that on the international scenes of the United States, Brazil, China, South Korea, Morocco, Finland, Germany, the United Kingdom, Slovenia, Spain, Italy, Switzerland(Swiss), etc.

ELLIPSOS AND SAXOPHONISTS CLASSICS
Originally from Nantes, if this quartet distinguishes itself by its opening and its versatility: turned as well to the classic directory as to the musics of our time, It recorded in 2007 the eclectic album "Medina" with the saxophonist and the composer Philippe Geiss. This first opus edited to PASSIONS will have passed by to more than 5000 copies. The same year, Ellipsos launched in the direction of a summer academy (regional education authority) in the royal Abbey of Celles-sur-Belle where he welcomes young musicians for shape. But it is also the opportunity to create collaborations with famous saxophonists : Nicolas Prost, Philippe Geiss, Jean-Charles Richard, the Korean Seung-Dong Lee, the Brazilian Erik Heimann-Pais, etc.

OPENING OF THE QUARTET WITH OTHER CLASSIC MUSICIANS
Although his four musicians meet during their program to the National Academies of Region of Versailles and Cergy (by working with Vincent David and Jean-Yves Fourmeau), the Quartet Ellipsos quickly widened the range of his trainers.

They so received the education of Paul Meyer and Eric Lesage to the Upper Music academy of Paris. During his first years of existence, the quartet regularly worked with various masters such as Maurice Bourgue in Avignon, Claire Désert in Paris, Thierry Escaich in the Moulin d'Andé, and the composer Christian Lauba in Bordeaux.

Just four years having established, the Quartet Ellipsos creates the event in May, 2007 by taking away, in Paris, the First prize of the International Competition of the FNAPEC, awarded by Philippe Nahon and Caroline Casadesus. In 2008, Gaëlle Gallic and his emission "Generations interpreters" elects it "Crush of the listeners of France Musique". Next year it is the French State which invites him to occur, live on France Culture and since the Main courtyard of the Hotel Matignon, during the Music festival. The meeting with Thierry Escaich gave rise to a real and sustainable complicity.

The composer signs in 2010 the foreword of the third album of Ellipsos. To the program of this entitled record "Bolero", indeed represent both Thierry Escaich's rooms for Quartet of Saxophones, beside Maurice Ravel's famous works. In June, 2015, during his installation in Jacques Taddéi's armchair to the Academy of Arts, Thierry Escaich invites the Quartet Ellipsos to occur under the Dome of the Institute of France. The same summer, the organist and the Quartet occur for the first time together on stage to the Festival Bach de Saint-Donat, formulate regularly reproduced since then.

MORE UNEXPECTED MEETINGS
So much the Quartet Ellipsos counts as partners of chamber music of the renowned interpreters such Caroline Casadesus, Jean-François Zygel, the Quartet Voce so much he likes being a surprise by playing with Manu Dibango, Didier Lockwood, the singers Zaza Fournier or Yael Naïm. In 2015, he arouses the interest of the comedians Chevallier and Laspalès, who invites them with them, to occur in the Top of Rouen.

Further to this episode, Michel Drucker tries of to know more about it on this unique artistic relation and invites them in his television program "Deeply on Sunday" on France 2.

Booklet for Saxophonie