Ferio Saxophone Quartet - Revive (2018) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

For its second album on Chandos, the young Ferio Saxophone Quartet presents a set of unique arrangements of milestones from the baroque repertoire, from Corelli via Bach to Handel.

Including many premiere recordings, these fresh interpretations, full of flair and vitality, played on instruments that combine elements of brass and woodwind, bring the tunes and counterpoint to a fascinating new register. The Ferio Quartet plays with power, warmth, and dexterity. Playing is of the highest level throughout. (Classical Music) Intensely musical performances the artistry of the performances is beyond question. (Gramophone) The Ferio Quartet plays with a nimble technique, mature phrasing, exquisite and forceful dynamics, and excellent balance, blend, and teamwork. (American Record Guide)

“…The sound created by the Ferio Saxophone Quartet on this album has a beautifully seamless quartet, underpinned by an innate understanding of what needs to be heard when. What impresses me most is the ensemble’s balance, in particular the way the burgeoning texture in Bach’s music is always delicately topped off by a modest but always sweet soprano line from Huw Wiggin. It is Correlli Adagio’s from the Christmas Concerto that brings me to a complete standstill. Painful melancholy played on soulful instruments. It’s like the music was written for them in the first place.” (Jon Jacob, Thoroughly Good Blog)

Tracklist:
01. Abdelazar, Z. 570: II. Rondeau (Arr. I. Farrington for Saxophone Quartet)
02. Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068: II. Air ("On a G String") [Arr. I. Farrington for Saxophone Quartet]
03. Prelude & Fugue in F Minor, BWV 857 (Arr. R. Huuck for Saxophone Quartet): I. Prelude
04. Prelude & Fugue in F Minor, BWV 857 (Arr. R. Huuck for Saxophone Quartet): II. Fugue
05. Prelude & Fugue in G Minor, BWV 885 (Arr. R. Huuck for Saxophone Quartet): I. Prelude
06. Prelude & Fugue in G Minor, BWV 885 (Arr. R. Huuck for Saxophone Quartet): I. Fugue
07. Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B Minor, BWV 1067: VII. Badinerie (Arr. I. Farrington for Saxophone Quartet)
08. Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd!, BWV 208 "Hunt Cantata": IX. Aria. Schafe können sicher weiden (Arr. I. Farrington for Saxophone Quartet)
09. Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV 1048 (Arr. I. Farrington for Saxophone Quartet): I. Allegro
10. Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV 1048 (Arr. I. Farrington for Saxophone Quartet): II. Adagio
11. Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV 1048 (Arr. I. Farrington for Saxophone Quartet): III. Allegro
12. Harpsichord Suite in D Minor, HWV 437: III. Sarabande (Arr. I. Farrington for Saxophone Quartet)
13. Water Music, Suite No. 2 in D Major, HWV 349 (Arr. I. Farrington for Saxophone Quartet): II. Alla Hornpipe
14. Water Music, Suite No. 2 in D Major, HWV 349 (Arr. I. Farrington for Saxophone Quartet): V. Bourrée
15. Water Music, Suite No. 3 in G Major, HWV 350: V. Menuet II (Arr. I. Farrington for Saxophone Quartet)
16. Pavan "The Earl of Salisbury"-A Gigg-Pavan "The Earl of Salisbury" (Reprise) [Arr. I. Farrington for Saxophone Quartet]
17. Fugue in G Minor, BWV 578 (Arr. I. Farrington for Saxophone Quartet)
18. Concerto grosso in G Minor, Op. 6 No. 8 "Christmas Concerto": III. Adagio-Allegro (Arr. I. Farrington for Saxophone Quartet)
19. Concerto in the Italian Style in F Major, BWV 971 (Arr. K. Tochio & Ferio Saxophone Quartet for Saxophone Quartet): I. Allegro
20. Concerto in the Italian Style in F Major, BWV 971 (Arr. K. Tochio & Ferio Saxophone Quartet for Saxophone Quartet): II. Andante
21. Concerto in the Italian Style in F Major, BWV 971 (Arr. K. Tochio & Ferio Saxophone Quartet for Saxophone Quartet): III. Presto