Born in 1938 French composer Jean-Claude Risset is best known for his pioneering contributions to electronic music. Composed in 2003 Reprises Alto Saxophone and Electroacoustic Device is no exception to the composer's prolific contributions to the genre. Risset has experimented with a variety of software to recreate and produce sounds and synthesis techniques. Composed for Conservatoire students a typical performance of Reprises lasts around 3 and a half minutes. The Saxophone demonstrates use of chromaticism extended techniques and complex rhythms amongst other features whilst accompanied by anelectronic part helpfully recorded on a CD. For all advanced saxophonists aspiring to play a range of repertoire Risset's Reprises is essential.

French saxophonist Claude Georgel was born in 1959. He studied at the Nancy Conservatory where he became curious in the modern music heard today written or improvised. His interests and expertise have led him to create many compositions including Crise(n) for Alto Saxophone and Electronics. Crise(n) is the third volume in the composer's series 'Altitudes'. The work is frequently incorporated to final year syllabuses at conservatoires. Composed in 2009 a typical performance of Crise(n) takes around three minutes and ten seconds. The piece is highly virtuosic making use of complexrhyhtms ornamentation unusual performance directions exploited sound techniques and other extended techniques. For all advanced saxophonists Georgel's Crise(n) makes for a challenging yet exciting performance work.

Par LUCATO FABRICE. / Niveau : Fin 1er Cycle / Répertoire / Saxophone Ténor et Piano

OpenSax – the title of this collection should appeal to all saxophonists who seek to explore new directions while keeping an eye on the current musical scene. Claude Georgel director of the Vent de Sax collection took advantage of a festive occasion – the 17th World Saxophone Congress and Festival in July 2015 – to ask nine composers from very different backgrounds to write pieces either joyful or poetic. The idea was to allow instrumentalists (starting year two of Alto Saxophone study) to explore a variety of artistic and technical worlds guided by the pure joy of playing. It’s a thrilling adventure: British composer JohnHarle draws on the Sanskrit symbol Yantra to weave magical connections between soloist and electroacoustics. Sophie Lacaze turns young saxophonists into Oriental storytellers as they celebrate through deft plays on keys the thousand shards of La Lune dans l’Eau. Vincent-Raphaël Carinola takes musicians into the dreamlike mechanism of the Montre molle so dear to Dali. In Sunny groove Claude Barthélémy offers those who thrill to jazz the pleasure of slipping into the skin of the legendary Sonny Rollins. Annette Mengel gives her Vol au Vent the appearance of a fragile haiku while Clara Olivares the composer of L’Envol transforms what could have been a banal study of the various types of vibrato into a hymn for freedom – that of the performer for example to whom she gives great importance. Claude Georgel’s Du Tac au Tac! conjures an amusing world to which a “very free questioning” rubato brings a simply irresistible sway. In Gamaphone for Saxophone and electroacoustics Philippe Gleiss throws a bridge between jazz and funk by plunging the musician into the sensual delights of rhythm. Xavier Rosselle brings the electroacoustic accompaniment of Main gauche Main droite et Clac a granular quality that emphasizes the music’s sobriety. From the nine stops that compose this journey springs an intoxicating taste of freedom. - Claude BarthélemySonny’s groove

Born in 1955 Algerian composer Thierry Alla studied at the Conservatoires of Tours and Bordeaux. Published in 2012  Rouages for Alto Saxophone and Electroacoustic Device is an example of the composer's prolific contributions to the modern genre. Alla has composed significantly composed for all Saxophones and has experimented with a variety of software to recreate and produce sounds and synthesis techniques. These two combined have created many successful modern works including Rouages of which a typical performance lasts around 5 minutes and 10 seconds. The Saxophone demonstrates use ofchromaticism extended techniques and complex rhythms among other features whilst accompanied by an electronic part helpfully recorded on a CD. For all advanced saxophonists aspiring to play a range of repertoire Alla's Rouages is essential.

Songe (3'10'') (3e) (livre avec cd) (collection vent de sax) pour saxophone alto et dispositif electroacoustique (livre seul). Par Alla aux éditions Leduc. Partition / Livre de chansons pour Saxophone

 Ancestral, pour saxophone basse, explore de nouvelles régions sonores de l'instrument, Ses possibilités multiphoniques nous transportent dans un espace intangible, hors du temps, Inspirée par l'art pariétal, l'oeuvre offre une catabase au plus profond du son, Plusieurs sons multiples se jouent avec la main gauche seule, laissant l'autre main libre pour jouer du Tam, La bande électroacoustique permet de relayer les deux instruments, CD-ROM inclus Collection Notes de Sax / Saxophone

Par VASSEUR DOMINIQUE. Nocturne (3'40'') (3e) (collection vent de sax) pour saxophone alto et dispositif electroacoustique. Par Vasseur aux éditions Leduc. Partition / Livre de chansons pour Saxophone / Date parution : 2022-03-03/ Répertoire / Saxophone Alto