VVCD - 00232

Orchestra virtuosos                                                                                                    
Lev Mikhailov, saxophone               
Alexander Glazunov (1865-1936)
1 Concerto for saxophone and orchestra Es dur, op. 109     14.23
        Quartet for saxophones B dur, op. 109
2  Allegro                                                                              8.05
3  Canzona variee. Andante                                                  12.28
4 Finale. Allegro moderato                                                   6.24 
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963). Sonata for French horn alto or saxophone alto and piano Еs dur, 1943
5 Ruhig bewegt                                                                     2.01
6 Lebhaft                                                                               3.40    
7 Sehr langsam                                                                      2.16    
8 Lebhaft                                                                              4.01    
Dmitri Smirnov (b.1948). Mirages, Five pieces for four saxophones
9  Andante                                                                            2.44    
10 Con moto                                                                         1.17    
11 Adagio                                                                             1.42
12  Allegro                                                                            1.03    
13 Lento                                                                                3.21    
Jeanine Rueff (1922 -1999). Concerto for Saxophone Quartet D dur
14 Introduction                                                                      3.00
15 Fugue                                                                                1.45
16 Minuet                                                                               2.26
17 Passe-pied                                                                         2.15
18 Aria                                                                                   2.42    
19 Finale in a rondo form                                                     3.19
Lev Mikhailov, saxophone soprano (1-4, 9-19), saxophone alto (5-8)
Grand Symphony Orchestra Soloists’ Ensemble, conductor Alexander Korneyev
Alexander Oseitchuk, saxophone alto (2-4, 9-19)
Yuri Vorontsov, saxophone tenor (2-4)
Vladimir Eryomin, saxophone baritone (2-4, 9-19)
Alexei Nabatov, saxophone tenor (9-19)
Alexei Nasedkin, piano, reading  (5 - 8)

Total: 79.18
Recorded 1979, 1980
Restoration: Vista Vera, 2011
Sound Engineer: Gennadi Popovkin