Anders Paulsson: Solitary Poems for Soprano Saxophone – SUPER-AUDIO CD

Title: Solitary Poems for Soprano Saxophone
Artist: Anders Paulsson
Label: Bis
Product Type: SUPER-AUDIO CD
UPC: 7318599926445
Genre: Classical
Release Date: 2023-11-17
Number of Discs: 1
Additional Details: HYBRID SACD

The project ‘Solitary Poems for Soprano Saxophone’ is a creative response to the COVID-19 pandemic and it’s consequent obliteration of livelihoods for freelance musicians. The 23 world premières pres ented on this album were all composed specifically for Anders Paulsson so that he and they could keep growing artistically during the pandemic when all concerts and touring came to a standstill, and simultaneously to support the creation of new music for soprano saxophone. Some pieces turned out to be extremely virtuosic while others were more contemplative and lyrical. While the vast majority of the pieces are for solo soprano saxophone, some feature a second instrument, including one that is a dialogue between Paulsson and himself. Composers from across the world have been given free rein to express musically what the pandemic has meant to them, whether it’s a reflection on solitude or on the imposed standstill, a hope for a better tomorrow, a concern for crucial environmental issues or a sense of wonder at nature. All the pieces also reveal the extraordinary potential of the soprano saxophone as a classical soloist instrument. Available in Dolby Atmos on selected streaming services.

Tracks:
1.1 Orphan Elephant
1.2 Gracenotes
1.3 Daybreak on Skeppsholmen
1.4 …of Days Gone by…
1.5 Lontano
1.6 Shared Solitude 1 for two saxophones
1.7 Soliloquy VI
1.8 Shared Solitude 2 for two saxophones
1.9 Dawn
1.10 Growing, Coming, Filling Up
1.11 Memories
1.12 And the People Stayed Home
1.13 Soliloquy
1.14 Inspired by Nile Rodgers
1.15 Solitude
1.16 Amber Soliloquy
1.17 Crux
1.18 Splendid Isolation
1.19 Nattuggla
1.20 Piece to Anders from Marie
1.21 Iridescence
1.22 How Dare You? for saxophone and didgeridoo
1.23 Later the Same Day for two saxophones