"The Road Not Taken: French Saxophone Masterpieces"

Richard Hodges, Saxophone

John Forconi, Piano

Suite - P. Bonneau, Sonatine - C. Pascal, 14 Pieces - C. Koechlin, Sonatine Bucolique - H. Sauguet, Pièces Caractèristiques - P. M. Dubois

The Road Not Taken: French Saxophone Masterpieces is a collection of some of the most influential and important music in the saxophone repertoire. With the exception of the Pièces Caractèristiques of Dubois, no current recording of these works existed in 2001 when this recording was released. The title, "The Road Not Taken", comes of course from the famous poem of Robert Frost, but it was also the title of a 1994 New York Times article discussing the life and music of the French composer Charles Koechlin (1867-1950) whose 14 pieces (originally for flute)  is featured on this recording. Koechlin had lived his creative life as he saw fit with little regard to fame, fortune, or current trends. This approach to creativity could also be used to describe the entire school of French composition. During the later half of the 19th century French composers became extremely nationalistic culminating in what we now refer to as the "French sound." It is beautifully unique. The music on this recording would not have existed if the French artistic community had not taken that road less traveled. The road that allowed them to find there own voice.

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