The Quatuor Ellipsos tells us a family story through four iconic works firmly ingrained in the collective unconscious: Carmen, Casse-Noisette, West Side Story and Rhapsody in Blue. Like a small-scale symphonic orchestra, in a spirit bordering on that of chamber music, they invite three great pianists, Marie-Josèphe Jude, Charles Heisser and Jean-Frédéric Neuburger. With the coruscating arrangements we are immersed into the innumerable timbres of their saxophones in association with the piano.
1 Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Op. 71A (Arr. for Saxophone Quartet and Piano By Nicolas Herrouët) I. Ouverture
2 Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Op. 71A (Arr. for Saxophone Quartet and Piano By Nicolas Herrouët) II. Marche
3 Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Op. 71A (Arr. for Saxophone Quartet and Piano By Nicolas Herrouët) III. Danse de la Fée Dragée
4 Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Op. 71A (Arr. for Saxophone Quartet and Piano By Nicolas Herrouët) IV. Danse Russe "Trépak"
5 Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Op. 71A (Arr. for Saxophone Quartet and Piano By Nicolas Herrouët) V. Danse Arabe
6 Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Op. 71A (Arr. for Saxophone Quartet and Piano By Nicolas Herrouët) VI. Danse Chinoise
7 Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Op. 71A (Arr. for Saxophone Quartet and Piano By Nicolas Herrouët) VII. Danse Des Mirlitons
8 Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Op. 71A (Arr. for Saxophone Quartet and Piano By Nicolas Herrouët) VIII. Valse Des Fleurs
9 Bizet: Rhapsodie Sur Carmen (Arr. for Saxophone Quartet and Piano By Jun Nagao)
10 Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue (Arr. for Saxophone Quartet and Piano By Nicolas Herrouët)
11 Bernstein: West Side Story (Arr. for Saxophone Quartet, Piano and Percussion By Nicolas Herrouët) Act I Dance at the Gym: Mambo
12 Bernstein: West Side Story (Arr. for Saxophone Quartet, Piano and Percussion By Nicolas Herrouët) Act I Maria
13 Bernstein: West Side Story (Arr. for Saxophone Quartet, Piano and Percussion By Nicolas Herrouët) Act I America
The Quatuor Ellipsos tells us a family story through four iconic works firmly ingrained in the collective unconscious: Carmen, Casse-Noisette, West Side Story and Rhapsody in Blue. Like a small-scale symphonic orchestra, in a spirit bordering on that of chamber music, they invite three great pianists, Marie-Josèphe Jude, Charles Heisser and Jean-Frédéric Neuburger. With the coruscating arrangements we are immersed into the innumerable timbres of their saxophones in association with the piano.
