Composer: Georges Bizet, Iain Farrington, Pedro Iturralde, Dmitri Shostakovich
Performer: Ferio Saxophone Quartet, Timothy End
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Chandos
Catalogue: CHAN20140
Release: 2021
Size: 1.04 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Shostakovich: Jazz Suite
01. I. March
02. II. Polka
03. III. Waltz No. 1
04. IV.Foxtrot
05. V. Little Polka
06. VI. Waltz No. 2
07. VII. Dance
Farrington: Animal Parade
08. I. Entrance
09. II. Penguins
10. III. Barrel organ monkey
11. IV. Alley cats
12. V. Blue whale
13. VI. Exit
Bizet: Carmen Suite
14. I. Prelude
15. II. Habanera
16. III. Aragonaise
17. IV. Intermezzo
18. V. Seguidilla
19. VI. Toreador’s Song
20. VII. Gypsy Dance
Iturralde: Memorias
21. I. Introduction
22. II. Casablanca
23. III. Alger
Evoke is the third album of the Ferio Saxophone Quartet, following their previous critically acclaimed albums Flux and Revive. In this recording the Quartet are joined by the pianist Timothy End for a programme of original works and arrangements for piano and saxophone quartet. Shostakovich’s Jazz Suite opens the proceedings, followed by Iain Farrington’s extremely descriptive Animal Parade. Next is Carmen Suite, a virtuosic arrangement of excerpts from Bizet’s opera, before the programme closes with the quintet Memorias by the Spanish composer Pedro Iturralde Ochoa. All the arrangements are by Iain Farrington and recorded here for the first time.