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Dedication: Music for Saxophone QuartetPrism Quartet Ensemble
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With one exception, Matthew Levy's set of Three Miniatures (which marks a kind of interlude), all of the short pieces on this album were commissioned by the PRISM saxophone quartet in commemoration of its 20th anniversary in 2004. As such, the album marks a little survey in miniature of the state of concert music at that time, at least setting aside the spheres of electronic music and of tonal neo-Romantic crowd-pleasers. You could buy it with that in mind rather than out of sheer admiration for this crack ensemble, who have done for saxophones what the Kronos Quartet did for strings. Yet the range of music only goes to show how versatile the group is, and in the end the album is a virtuoso display. Consider the controlled violence in a work like Gregory Wanamaker's speed metal organum blues (which sounds just about like you might expect from the title), the peppy cross rhythms of Jennifer Higdon's Bop, the humor of Frank J. Oteri's four-movement Fair and Balanced?, and the lyricism of Adam B. Silverman's Just a Minute, Chopin, for starters: all of these little works receive committed, precise performances, and there really are few dull moments on the entire 26-item program. Fans of funk-jazz saxophonist Greg Osby may be interested purely because of the alternate versions of his Prism #1 (Refraction), on which he joins the PRISM quartet. Highly recommended. © James Manheim, Rovi
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Roshanne Etezady ComposerInkling, for saxophone quartet Work
Timothy McAllister Saxophone (Alto),
Matthew Levy Saxophone (Tenor),
Prism Quartet Ensemble,
Zachary Shemon Saxophone (Alto),
Taimur Sullivan Saxophone (Baritone)
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| 1 | Inkling, for saxophone quartet | 1:09 |
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Zack Browning ComposerHowler Back, for saxophone quartet Work
Timothy McAllister Saxophone (Alto),
Matthew Levy Saxophone (Tenor),
Prism Quartet Ensemble,
Zachary Shemon Saxophone (Alto),
Taimur Sullivan Saxophone (Baritone)
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| 2 | Howler Back, for saxophone quartet | 1:09 |
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Tim Ries ComposerLu, for saxophone quartet Work
Timothy McAllister Saxophone (Alto),
Matthew Levy Saxophone (Tenor),
Prism Quartet Ensemble,
Zachary Shemon Saxophone (Alto),
Taimur Sullivan Saxophone (Baritone)
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| 3 | Lu, for saxophone quartet | 2:36 |
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Timothy McAllister Saxophone (Alto),
Matthew Levy Saxophone (Tenor),
Prism Quartet Ensemble,
Zachary Shemon Saxophone (Alto),
Taimur Sullivan Saxophone (Baritone)
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| 4 | Speed Metal Organum Blues, for saxophone quartet | 1:14 |
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Renée Favand-See ComposerIsolation, for saxophone quartet Work
Timothy McAllister Saxophone (Alto),
Matthew Levy Saxophone (Tenor),
Prism Quartet Ensemble,
Zachary Shemon Saxophone (Alto),
Taimur Sullivan Saxophone (Baritone)
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| 5 | Isolation, for saxophone quartet | 1:07 |
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Libby Larsen ComposerWait a Minute..., for saxophone quartet Work
Timothy McAllister Saxophone (Alto),
Matthew Levy Saxophone (Tenor),
Prism Quartet Ensemble,
Zachary Shemon Saxophone (Alto),
Taimur Sullivan Saxophone (Baritone)
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| 6 | Wait a Minute..., for saxophone quartet | 1:09 |
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Timothy McAllister Saxophone (Alto),
Matthew Levy Saxophone (Tenor),
Prism Quartet Ensemble,
Zachary Shemon Saxophone (Alto),
Taimur Sullivan Saxophone (Baritone)
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| 7 | Talea (hoping to somehow 'know'), for saxophone quartet | 1:06 |
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Nick Didkovsky ComposerStink Up! (PolyPrism 1), for saxophone quartet Work
Timothy McAllister Saxophone (Alto),
Matthew Levy Saxophone (Tenor),
Prism Quartet Ensemble,
Zachary Shemon Saxophone (Alto),
Taimur Sullivan Saxophone (Baritone)
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| 8 | Stink Up! (PolyPrism 1), for saxophone quartet | 1:06 |
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Nick Didkovsky ComposerStink Up! (PolyPrism 2), for saxophone quartet Work
Timothy McAllister Saxophone (Alto),
Matthew Levy Saxophone (Tenor),
Prism Quartet Ensemble,
Zachary Shemon Saxophone (Alto),
Taimur Sullivan Saxophone (Baritone)
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| 9 | Stink Up! (PolyPrism 2), for saxophone quartet | 1:01 |
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Greg Osby ComposerPrism No.1 (Refraction), for saxophone quartet Work
Timothy McAllister Saxophone (Alto),
Matthew Levy Saxophone (Tenor),
Prism Quartet Ensemble,
Greg Osby Saxophone (Alto),
Zachary Shemon Saxophone (Alto),
Taimur Sullivan Saxophone (Baritone)
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| 10 | Prism No.1 (Refraction), for saxophone quartet | 6:49 |
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Timothy McAllister Saxophone (Alto),
Matthew Levy Saxophone (Tenor),
Prism Quartet Ensemble,
Zachary Shemon Saxophone (Alto),
Taimur Sullivan Saxophone (Baritone)
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| 11 | Mild, Medium-Lasting, Artificial Happiness, for saxophone quartet | 1:49 |
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Ken Ueno ComposerJuly 23, from Sunrise to Sunset, the Summer of the S.E.P.S.A Bus Ride Destra e Sinistra Around Ischia Just to Get Tomorrow's Scatolam Work
Timothy McAllister Saxophone (Alto),
Matthew Levy Saxophone (Tenor),
Prism Quartet Ensemble,
Zachary Shemon Saxophone (Alto),
Taimur Sullivan Saxophone (Baritone)
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| 12 | July 23, from Sunrise to Sunset, the Summer of the S.E.P.S.A Bus Ride Destra e Sinistra Around Ischia Just to Get Tomorrow's Scatolam | 1:20 |
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Adam Silverman ComposerJust a Minute, Chopin, for saxophone quartet Work
Timothy McAllister Saxophone (Alto),
Matthew Levy Saxophone (Tenor),
Prism Quartet Ensemble,
Zachary Shemon Saxophone (Alto),
Taimur Sullivan Saxophone (Baritone)
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| 13 | Just a Minute, Chopin, for saxophone quartet | 2:21 |
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William Bolcom ComposerScherzino, for saxophone quartet Work
Timothy McAllister Saxophone (Alto),
Matthew Levy Saxophone (Tenor),
Prism Quartet Ensemble,
Zachary Shemon Saxophone (Alto),
Taimur Sullivan Saxophone (Baritone)
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| 14 | Scherzino, for saxophone quartet | 1:16 |
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Matthew Levy ComposerMiniatures, for saxophone quartet Work
6:27
Timothy McAllister Saxophone (Alto),
Matthew Levy Saxophone (Tenor),
Prism Quartet Ensemble,
Zachary Shemon Saxophone (Alto),
Taimur Sullivan Saxophone (Baritone)
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| 15 | 1.Diary | 2:05 |
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| 16 | 2.Meditation | 1:49 |
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| 17 | 3.Song Without Words | 2:33 |
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Jennifer Higdon ComposerBop, for saxophone quartet Work
Timothy McAllister Saxophone (Alto),
Matthew Levy Saxophone (Tenor),
Prism Quartet Ensemble,
Zachary Shemon Saxophone (Alto),
Taimur Sullivan Saxophone (Baritone)
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| 18 | Bop, for saxophone quartet | 1:09 |
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Dennis DeSantis ComposerHive Mind, for saxophone quartet Work
Timothy McAllister Saxophone (Alto),
Matthew Levy Saxophone (Tenor),
Prism Quartet Ensemble,
Zachary Shemon Saxophone (Alto),
Taimur Sullivan Saxophone (Baritone)
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| 19 | Hive Mind, for saxophone quartet | 1:06 |
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Robert Capanna ComposerMoment of Refraction, for saxophone quartet Work
Timothy McAllister Saxophone (Alto),
Matthew Levy Saxophone (Tenor),
Prism Quartet Ensemble,
Zachary Shemon Saxophone (Alto),
Taimur Sullivan Saxophone (Baritone)
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| 20 | Moment of Refraction, for saxophone quartet | 1:04 |
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Keith Moore ComposerOneTwenty, for saxophone quartet Work
Timothy McAllister Saxophone (Alto),
Matthew Levy Saxophone (Tenor),
Prism Quartet Ensemble,
Zachary Shemon Saxophone (Alto),
Taimur Sullivan Saxophone (Baritone)
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| 21 | OneTwenty, for saxophone quartet | 1:31 |
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Jason Eckardt ComposerA Frectured Silence, for saxophone quartet Work
Timothy McAllister Saxophone (Alto),
Matthew Levy Saxophone (Tenor),
Prism Quartet Ensemble,
Zachary Shemon Saxophone (Alto),
Taimur Sullivan Saxophone (Baritone)
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| 22 | A Frectured Silence, for saxophone quartet | 1:18 |
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Frank J. Oteri ComposerFair and Balanced?, for saxophone quartet Work
6:58
Timothy McAllister Saxophone (Alto),
Matthew Levy Saxophone (Tenor),
Prism Quartet Ensemble,
Zachary Shemon Saxophone (Alto),
Taimur Sullivan Saxophone (Baritone)
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| 23 | 1.Remaining Neutral | 1:00 |
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| 24 | 2.Seeming Partial | 3:09 |
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| 25 | 3.Uncommon Ground | 1:00 |
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| 26 | 4.Incremental Change | 1:49 |
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Perry Goldsmith ComposerOut of Bounds, for saxophone quartet Work
Timothy McAllister Saxophone (Alto),
Matthew Levy Saxophone (Tenor),
Prism Quartet Ensemble,
Zachary Shemon Saxophone (Alto),
Taimur Sullivan Saxophone (Baritone)
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| 27 | Out of Bounds, for saxophone quartet | 1:24 |
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Tim Berne ComposerBrokelyn, for saxophone quartet Work
Timothy McAllister Saxophone (Alto),
Matthew Levy Saxophone (Tenor),
Prism Quartet Ensemble,
Zachary Shemon Saxophone (Alto),
Taimur Sullivan Saxophone (Baritone)
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| 28 | Brokelyn, for saxophone quartet | 0:57 |
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Chen Yi ComposerHappy Birthday to PRISM, for saxophone quartet Work
Timothy McAllister Saxophone (Alto),
Matthew Levy Saxophone (Tenor),
Prism Quartet Ensemble,
Zachary Shemon Saxophone (Alto),
Taimur Sullivan Saxophone (Baritone)
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| 29 | Happy Birthday to PRISM, for saxophone quartet | 1:24 |
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James Primosch ComposerStraight Up, for saxophone quartet Work
Timothy McAllister Saxophone (Alto),
Matthew Levy Saxophone (Tenor),
Prism Quartet Ensemble,
Zachary Shemon Saxophone (Alto),
Taimur Sullivan Saxophone (Baritone)
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| 30 | Straight Up, for saxophone quartet | 1:24 |
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Greg Osby ComposerPrism No.1 (Refraction), for saxophone quartet Work
Timothy McAllister Saxophone (Alto),
Matthew Levy Saxophone (Tenor),
Prism Quartet Ensemble,
Greg Osby Saxophone (Alto),
Zachary Shemon Saxophone (Alto),
Taimur Sullivan Saxophone (Baritone)
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| 31 | Prism No.1 (Refraction), for saxophone quartet | 6:49 |
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