Paul Cohen, Allison Brewster Franzetti, Lois Anderson & Kathleen Nester - Soprano Summit (2022) [Official Digital Download]

Ravello Records presents SOPRANO SUMMIT from revered saxophonist Paul Cohen. Alongside his work as a performer, Cohen is known for his passionate scholarship, rediscovering long-forgotten saxophone works as well as arranging related music for the instrument. In this, his latest contribution, Cohen presents an album of music for the soprano saxophone in chamber and solo settings. The range and diversity of the soprano saxophone is stunning, from Cohen’s arrangement of Percy Grainger’s Arrival Platform Humlet (solo soprano saxophone) to Amanda Harberg’s first piece for saxophone, Feathers and Sax, (soprano saxophone and piano) and Jeff Scott’s new work The Gift of Life (piccolo, soprano/alto saxophone and piano). SOPRANO SUMMIT is both a celebration of the soprano saxophone as a concert instrument and a revelation of new, lost, revived, and beloved works.

Tracklist
1. Paul Cohen & Allison Brewster Franzetti – Feathers and Sax (06:39)
2. Paul Cohen & Lois Anderson – Soprano Saxophone Sonata: I. Andante - Animato - Andante (05:29)
3. Paul Cohen & Lois Anderson – Soprano Saxophone Sonata: II. Adagietto (05:33)
4. Paul Cohen & Lois Anderson – Soprano Saxophone Sonata: III. Scherzo (05:00)
5. Paul Cohen – Arrival Platform Humlet (Arr. P. Cohen for Soprano Saxophone) (02:54)
6. Paul Cohen & Allison Brewster Franzetti – Lessons of the Sky (08:41)
7. Paul Cohen & Allison Brewster Franzetti – Soprano Saxophone Sonata: I. Allegro moderato (04:59)
8. Paul Cohen & Allison Brewster Franzetti – Soprano Saxophone Sonata: II. Andante (04:47)
9. Paul Cohen & Allison Brewster Franzetti – Soprano Saxophone Sonata: III. Allegro scherzando (03:16)
10. Kathleen Nester, Paul Cohen & Allison Brewster Franzetti – The Gift of Life (Arr. K. Nester, P. Cohen & A.B. Franzetti for Piccolo, Saxophone & Piano): I. Overture (03:01)
11. Kathleen Nester, Paul Cohen & Allison Brewster Franzetti – The Gift of Life (Arr. K. Nester, P. Cohen & A.B. Franzetti for Piccolo, Saxophone & Piano): II. Tragedy and Ascent (03:24)
12. Kathleen Nester, Paul Cohen & Allison Brewster Franzetti – The Gift of Life (Arr. K. Nester, P. Cohen & A.B. Franzetti for Piccolo, Saxophone & Piano): III. Celebration of Life (03:39)
13. Paul Cohen & Allison Brewster Franzetti – Serenata for Soprano Saxophone & Piano (04:36)