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Bill Perconti's exploration of repertoire continues with this disc of music for solo saxophone.

At first thought, the scope of a solo saxophone CD seems a bit narrow, but this recording includes the mainstream family of saxophones—soprano, alto, tenor, baritone, and bass saxophones—in a wide variety of classical styles, ranging from tradition tonal music to 12-tone abstraction. As a soloist and founding performer of such ensembles as the Alloy Saxophone Quartet, Bill Perconti's exploration and expansion of the classical saxophone repertoire includes 12 CDs on five record labels. He has commissioned and premiered music by composers Lera Auerbach, Henry Cowell, Alan Hovhaness, Libby Larsen and Frederick Rzewski, among many others. A graduate of Bowling Green State University, Baldwin Wallace conservatory and the University of Iowa, he served on the faculty at Lewis-Clark State College until his recent retirement.

Benjamin Britten, composer
Six Metamorphoses after Ovid, Op. 49
William Perconti, saxophone

Allan Blank, composer
Four Shorts for Solo Baritone Saxophone
William Perconti, saxophone

Leo Kraft, composer
Arietta da capo
William Perconti, saxophone

Eugène Bozza, composer
Improvisation
William Perconti, saxophone

Paul Bonneau, composer
Caprice en forme de valse
William Perconti, saxophone

Rick Sowash, composer
Variations on a Theme by "Grandma Moses"
William Perconti, saxophone

Rick Sowash, composer
College Town Diary
William Perconti, saxophone

Warren Benson, composer
Farewell
William Perconti, saxophone

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Bill Perconti's exploration of repertoire continues with this disc of music for solo saxophone.

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