Revive: Baroque Arrangements for Saxophone Quartet
premiere recording of all arrangements by Iain Farrington
HENRY PURCELL
from incidental music to Abdelazar, or The Moor's Revenge, Z570 (1695) for strings
Arranged by Iain Farrington (b.1977)
Lively
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
for solo violin, strings, and basso continuo
Second movement from Suite No.3, BWV 1068 (c.1731)
in D major • in D-Dur • en ré majeur
Arranged by Iain Farrington
Andante
Prelude and Fugue, BWV 857
5:20
in F minor • in F-Moll • en fa mineur
No.12 from Das wohltemperirte Clavier, Book I (1722)
Arranged by Reinhard Huuck (1943-2015)
Prelude and Fugue, BWV 885
5:06
in G minor • in g-Moll • en sol mineur
No.16 from Das wohltemperirte Clavier, Book 2 (c.1740)
Arranged by Reinhard Huuck
Last movement from Suite No.2, BWV 1067 (1738-39)
in B minor • in h-Moll • en si mineur
for solo flute, strings and basso continuo
Arranged by Iain Farrington
Allegro
8.
Schafe kõnnen sicher weiden
4:18
(Sheep may safely graze)
for two recorders and basso continuo
from Cantata, BWV 208 Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd! (1713)
(What I like is simply the hunt!)
Arranged by Iain Farrington
Andante
Brandenburg Concerto No.3, BWV 1048 (c.1712-20)
11:00
in G major • in G-Dur • en sol majeur
for three violins, three violas, three cellos, and basso continuo
Arranged by Iain Farrington
GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL
Fourth movement from Suite, HWV 437 (published 1733)
in D minor • in d-Moll • en ré mineur
for harpsichord
Arranged by Iain Farrington
Andante
Three Movements from 'Water Music' (1717)
6:44
13.
Alla Hornpipe. Allegro
2:52
from Suite No.2, HWV 349
in D major • in D-Dur • en ré majeur
for two oboes, bassoon, two trumpets, two horns, strings, and basso continuo
Arranged by Iain Farrington
from Suite No.2, HWV 349
in D major • in D-Dur • en ré majeur
for two oboes, bassoon, two trumpets, two horns, strings, and basso continuo
Arranged by Iain Farrington
15.
Minuet II. Andante
2:34
from Suite No.3, HWV 350
in G major • in G-Dur • en sol majeur
for recorder, flute, strings, and basso continuo
Arranged by Iain Farrington
WILLIAM BYRD
for keyboard
Arranged by Iain Farrington
Pavana. The Early of Salisbury. Slowly flowing -
from Parthenia (published c.1612)
A Gigg. Lively -
from the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book, Volume 2 (published 1899)
Pavana (reprise). Slowly flowing
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
17.
Fugue, BWV 578 (1707 or before?)
3:08
in G minor • in g-Moll • en sol mineur
for organ
Arranged by Iain Farrington
Allegro moderato
ARCANGELO CORELLI
Second movement from Concerto grosso, Op.6 No.8 'Fatto per la notte di Natale' (published 1714)
(Written for Christmas Night, or Christmas Concerto)
in G minor • in g-Moll • en sol mineur
Arranged by Iain Farrington
Adagio - Allegro - Adagio
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Concerto nach italiänischem Gusto, BWV 971
12:33
(Concerto in the Italian Style, or Italian Concerto)
in F major • in F-Dur • en fa majeur
Part I from Clavier-Übung, Book II (published 1735)
for harpsichord
Arranged by Katsuki Tochio (b. 1963) and Ferio Saxophone Quartet (middle movement)
Chamber: Ferio Saxophone Quartet