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Special offer. Gerard McChrystal: Aria

Works for Saxophone

Gerard McChrystal (saxophone), Craig Ogden (Guitar) & Shiroma de Silva (piano)

Smith Quartet, Codetta & Trinity Laban String Ensemble

Gerard McChrystal: Aria
McChrystal excels in these mainly slow, reflective pieces

BBC Music Magazine, March 20124 out of 5 stars

Special offer. Gerard McChrystal: Aria

Works for Saxophone

Gerard McChrystal (saxophone), Craig Ogden (Guitar) & Shiroma de Silva (piano)

Smith Quartet, Codetta & Trinity Laban String Ensemble

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McChrystal excels in these mainly slow, reflective pieces

BBC Music Magazine, March 20124 out of 5 stars

About

Award winning saxophonist Gerard McChrystal comes from Derry, N.Ireland and has become the player of choice for composers and performers internationally. Gerard has premiered concertos by Sir Malcolm Arnold, Dave Heath and John Metcalf and in his career to date performed with, amongst others, Philip Glass, Smith Quartet and Craig Ogden. This brilliantly devised new CD, with many works transcribed by Gerard, is at times melancholic but this deeply personal album is always beautiful and captivating.

Contents and tracklist

Excerpt,Handel: Concerto Grosso Op. 3 No. 2 in B flat major, HWV313
Work length3:51
  • Gerard McChrystal (alto saxophone)
  • Trinity Laban String Ensemble
  • Nic Pendlebury
Concerto Grosso in B-Flat Major, Op. 3, No. 2, HWV 313: II. Largo (arr. G. McChrystal)
Track length3:51
Nyman: The Diary of Anne Frank
Work length3:46
The Diary of Anne Frank: Why? (arr. I. Humphries)
Track length3:46
McGlynn: Behind the Closed Eye
Work length3:43
  • Gerard McChrystal (soprano saxophone)
  • Codetta
  • Donal Doherty
Behind the Closed Eye: Aisling
Track length3:43
Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5: Aria (Cantilena)
Work length5:00
Bachianas brasileiras No. 5: Aria (Cantilena) (arr. G. McChrystal)
Track length5:00
Glass, P: Glassworks
Work length6:57
  • Gerard McChrystal (soprano saxophone)
  • Trinity Laban String Ensemble
  • Nic Pendlebury
Glassworks: II. Facades
Track length6:57
Scott, A: My Mountain Top (version for soprano saxophone)
Work length8:26
  • Gerard McChrystal (soprano saxophone), Lemn Sissay (narrator), Andy Scott (electronics)
Bozza: Aria
Work length3:36
  • Gerard McChrystal (alto saxophone), Shiroma de Silva (piano)
Cowie, B: 8 Romances
Work length3:07
  • Gerard McChrystal (soprano saxophone)
  • Trinity Laban String Ensemble
  • Nic Pendlebury
8 Romances: Romance No. 2
Track length3:07
Behind the Closed Eye
Work length4:07
Fauré: Les berceaux, Op. 23 No. 1
Work length2:47
  • Gerard McChrystal (soprano saxophone), Shiroma de Silva (piano)
8 Romances
Work length3:51
8 Romances: Romance No. 1
Track length3:51
Debussy: Syrinx
Work length2:49
  • Gerard McChrystal (alto saxophone)
Ravel: Vocalise-étude en forme de habanera
Work length2:59
Piece en forme de habanera (arr. G. McChrystal)
Track length2:59
Tanaka, K: Night Bird
Work length8:16
  • Gerard McChrystal (alto saxophone), Karen Tanaka (electronics)
The Diary of Anne Frank (arr. I. Humphries)
Work length3:18
The Diary of Anne Frank: If? (arr. I. Humphries)
Track length3:18
8 Romances
Work length3:54
8 Romances: Romance No. 3
Track length3:54
McGlynn: From Nowhere to Nowhere
Work length3:04
  • Gerard McChrystal (alto saxophone)

Awards and reviews

March 2012

McChrystal excels in these mainly slow, reflective pieces
4 out of 5 stars
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