SaxAppeal

We are all driven by a passion for some aspect of our lives; it is why we exist. However each and every one of us has a hidden corner of the mind in which we live out our private fantasies. Sometimes we are lucky enough to allow these fantasies to become reality and that is the essence of this C.D.

Whilst my passion is to conduct opera and to truly interpret Mozart’s sublime clarinet concerto, my hidden love is the saxophone with its secret, tender voice that it seldom gets to reveal.

This golden gem is famous as a jazz instrument screeching away in the bar room. And yet its tenderness can come to light such as in Michael Easton’s Meeting in the Mist.

Although most at home in languid, sensuous melodies, when required the saxophone can display brilliance best witnessed on this recording in Iturralde´s Czardas.
In Ravel’s Habanera a smoke filled bar in some distant spot in Latin America must be the inspiration for this tantalizing slow and ultimately sensual duo between both partners.

Few people surpassed Rachmaninoff in his ability to write sweeping melodies that go like a dart straight to the heart. The Vocalise could almost be Cupid’s theme song.
And the tender whispers of two lovers are eloquently expressed in Karen Tanaka’s Night Bird.

My love for the saxophone is such that I want to take it out of the bar room and into the bedroom.

I trust you will enjoy joining me in this endeavor!

Christian Germaine

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