Solitaire
Pedro Pablo Cámara Toldos, saxophones
This CD aims to compile the most emblematic works of the end of the twentieth century while seeking to give more recent music a leading role because, fortunately, some of today’s creators are of the same quality as the most firmly-established figures of the previous period. This is not work about the flutter-tonguing “traditional contemporary saxophone”, display of the shallowest virtuosity, an accumulation of slaps or “strident multiphonics” used as effects, and which have been made an example of our feeblest “clichés”. Quite the contrary, the intention has been to select a programme where various styles coexist while seeking to keep in common the use the individual composers make of the saxophone, of course using E.Ts., although never as techniques themselves but rather with the aim of offering a message, part of the differentiated language of each. This is the main feature of the current panorama, the quest for a sonic language original to each composer, using the saxophone as the medium, never as the beginning or end of the composition.
Giacinto Scelsi: Tre Pezzi (Nº3)
Andreas Eduardo Frank (1987)
Between me and myself V* (2016) for alto saxophone and video
https://youtu.be/n5VdtosJFOA
Óscar Escudero (1992)
POV* (2017) for soprano saxophone in VR glasses and video
https://youtu.be/x3pPs7X9E3I
Recording venue: 3-5 July 2017 and 19-20 April 2018. Agustinos Chapel, Granada (Spain)
Music Producer: Paco Moya
Saxophones:
Soprano Selmer Serie III, Selmer Concept mouthpiece, 3 ½ D’Addario reeds, Silverstein Works ligature
Alto Selmer Serie II, Nick LM1 mouthpiece, 3 ½ Légère Signature reeds, Silverstein Works ligature
Tenor Selmer Serie II, Nick LM2 mouthpiece and Vandoren T20, 3 Vandoren reeds, Silverstein Works ligature
Baritone Selmer Serie III, Selmer E mouthpiece, 3 ½ Légère Signature reeds, Selmer traditional ligature
Text: Pedro Pablo Cámara Toldos
English translation: Gordon Burt
Photography: Jorge Serna Lozano (Cover) and Miguel Ángel Viñuela
Sponsors: Selmer Paris, Vandoren, Mafer Música, Puntorep, Playnick
Special thanks: to the amazing composers for the music and intensive work together, Torá, Paul, Alonso, Netti, Sánchez-Verdú, Méndez, Escudero and Frank. Also to the Sponsors because they are doing possible the production.
+ info: www.pedropablocamara.com
18,00 €