Joseph Moog & Andreas Mader – Walking the Dog (2024) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

Joseph Moog & Andreas Mader – Walking the Dog (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:08:33 minutes | 634 MB | Genre: Classical
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A surprising and refreshing journey which explores the confines of the repertoire for saxophone and piano, Walking the Dog unites two formidable virtuosos of the contemporary classical scene, the Austrian Andreas Mader and the German Joseph Moog.Walking the Dog is a multifaceted work, an authentic melting-pot, a surprising witness to the richness of the international musical scene at the beginning of the 20th century. One would then encounter styles as diverse as the mambo, the merengue, the habanera, or the samba, or even fusions of these seemingly separate genres. Andreas Mader and Joseph Moog open their recital with Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue in the inspiring version of the Japanese Jun Nagao. Under their sensitive and incisive fingers, it becomes the spirit of Jazz itself, sparkling and fresh. The Suite of seven pieces adapted from Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet pursues it in a trenchant and caustic way: the saxophone, part soprano part tenor, displays all it’s colours.This programme also pays tribute to France – a well-deserved homage to the country where Adolf Sax fathered such a great family of instruments. Some works are iconic, such as Debussy’s Rhapsody (in a new and impressive version by the saxophonist), Milhaud’s Scaramouche, some less known, like the Two Pieces by Lili Boulanger, and we have a genuine rarity, the Five Exotic Dances, a brilliant and exciting suite of miniature compositions from 1961 by Jean Francaix. Andreas Mader and Joseph Moog conclude their journey by a return to the origins – New York – by giving us the little Promenade, under the title « Walking the Dog », that Gershwin composed for the film Shall We Dance with Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers.This is an absolutely thrilling album which arouses both curiosity and senses, a true revelation from this surprising duo. It is impossible to resist Andreas Mader’s voluptuous saxophone interlocked into the golden piano playing of Joseph Moog.

Works:
Françaix: Cinq danses exotiques
Gershwin: Promenade (Walking the Dog)
Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
Milhaud: Scaramouche, suite for saxophone & piano (or orchestra), Op. 165c
Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64
Ravel: Vocalise-étude en forme de habanera

Tracklist:
1-1. Joseph Moog – Rhapsody in Blue (Version for Saxophone and Piano by Jun Nagao) (16:44)
1-2. Joseph Moog – 2 Pieces for Violin and Piano: No. 1, Nocturne (Version for Saxophone and Piano by Andreas Mader) (02:42)
1-3. Joseph Moog – 2 Pieces for Violin and Piano: No. 2, Cortège (Version for Saxophone and Piano by Andreas Mader) (01:39)
1-4. Joseph Moog – Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64: No. 1, Introduction (Version for Saxophone and Piano by Andreas Mader – After the Suite for Violin and Piano by Lidia Baich and Matthias Fletzberger) (01:21)
1-5. Joseph Moog – Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64: No. 10, Juliet as a Young Girl (Version for Saxophone and Piano by Andreas Mader – After the Suite for Violin and Piano by Lidia Baich and Matthias Fletzberger) (01:28)
1-6. Joseph Moog – Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64: No. 13, Dance of the Knights (Version for Saxophone and Piano by Andreas Mader – After the Suite for Violin and Piano by Lidia Baich and Matthias Fletzberger) (03:22)
1-7. Joseph Moog – Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64: No. 19, Balcony Scene (Version for Saxophone and Piano by Andreas Mader – After the Suite for Violin and Piano by Lidia Baich and Matthias Fletzberger) (04:19)
1-8. Joseph Moog – Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64: No. 24, Dance of the Five Couples (Version for Saxophone and Piano by Andreas Mader – After the Suite for Violin and Piano by Lidia Baich and Matthias Fletzberger) (01:16)
1-9. Joseph Moog – Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64: No. 15a, Mercutio (Version for Saxophone and Piano by Andreas Mader – After the Suite for Violin and Piano by Lidia Baich and Matthias Fletzberger) (00:48)
1-10. Joseph Moog – Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64: No. 35b, Romeo Decides to Avenge Mercutio’s Death (Version for Saxophone and Piano by Andreas Mader – After the Suite for Violin and Piano by Lidia Baich and Matthias Fletzberger) (02:36)
1-11. Joseph Moog – Rhapsodie for Saxophone, L. 98 “Rhapsodie mauresque” (New Version with Piano by Andreas Mader) (10:21)
1-12. Joseph Moog – Scaramouche, Op. 165c: I. Allegro (Version with Piano) (03:03)
1-13. Joseph Moog – Scaramouche, Op. 165c: II. Modéré (Version with Piano) (03:58)
1-14. Joseph Moog – Scaramouche, Op. 165c: III. Brasileira. Mouvement de Samba (Version with Piano) (02:17)
1-15. Joseph Moog – Vocalise-étude en forme de habanera, M. 51 (Version for Saxophone and Piano by Andreas Mader – After the Flute Version by Jacques Larocque) (02:58)
1-16. Joseph Moog – Cinq danses exotiques: No. 1, Pambiche (01:06)
1-17. Joseph Moog – Cinq danses exotiques: No. 2, Baiao (01:35)
1-18. Joseph Moog – Cinq danses exotiques: No. 3, Mambo (01:51)
1-19. Joseph Moog – Cinq danses exotiques: No. 4, Samba lenta (01:08)
1-20. Joseph Moog – Cinq danses exotiques: No. 5, Merengue (00:37)
1-21. Joseph Moog – Promenade “Walking the Dog” (Version for Saxophone and Piano by Andreas Mader) (03:16)

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