Ballade pour saxophone et orchestre à cordes

Ballade pour saxophone et orchestre à cordes
Ballade for saxophone (or basset horn) and string orchestra

Year of composition

1938

Duration

15'

Scored for

alto saxophone (or basset horn) - strings - piano - timp. - perc.(3)
Arrangement for flute (1939) by Frank Martin, see 2me Ballade pour flûte et piano.

Publication information

Universal Edition (UE13956/UE35054/UE32986)

Premiere

World premiere: Sydney, autumn 1938. Sigurd Rascher, saxophone

Recordings (selective list)

  • Version for saxophone and string orchestra
    John Harle, alto saxophone
    Ronald Brautigam, piano
    Concertgebouworkest
    Riccardo Chailly, conductor
    Decca Music Group Limited ℗ + © 2015

  • Version for saxophone and string orchestra
    ‘Frank Martin and the saxophone’
    Arno Bornkamp, alto saxophone
    Amsterdam Sinfonietta
    Thierry Fischer, conductor
    OTR C12095 ℗ 2012 (FMS003)

  • Version for saxophone and string orchestra
    ‘Frank Martin - Ballades’
    Martin Robertson, alto saxophone
    London Philharmonic Orchestra
    Matthias Bamert, conductor
    CHANDOS CHAN 9380 ℗ + © 1995 (FMS114)

  • Version for saxophone and organ (arr. Jakoba Marten-Büsing)
    ‘Spectro Saxofonis Vol.2’
    Harry-Kinross White, alto saxophone
    Jakoba Marten-Büsing, organ
    Musicaphon M 56843 © 2000 + ℗ 2001 (FMS122 + FMS196)

  • Version for saxophone and string orchestra
    John-Edward Kelly, saxophone
    Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra
    Juha Kangas, conductor
    ARTE NOVA 74321 27786 2 ℗ 1991 + © 1995 (FMS175)

  • Version for saxophone and string orchestra
    ‘Molto Furioso’
    Christian Roellinger, alto saxophone
    Berne Symphony Orchestra
    Dmitrij Kitajenko, conductor
    MUSICA HELVETICA MH CD 99.2 © + ℗ 1997 (FMS186)

  • Version for saxophone and piano
    Tim Smith, alto saxophone
    Yolanda Klappert, piano
    Yolanda Klappert ℗ 2013 + Commedia LLC © 2013

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