Hannah Koob – Die Fremde (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 01:00:12 minutes | 1,67 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © 7 Mountain Records
Hannah Koob is a young Dutch-German top saxophonist who dedicates herself with immense energy to play unexplored repertoire for saxophone. “Die Fremde” is a musical expedition along music that has a gloomy but evermore cheerful timbre. Virtuoso solo playing in the rarely performed The Stranger by the Dutchman Hans Kox, this is only the 2nd studio recording of the piece, in which Koob shows the extreme limits of the melodic and dynamic range of her alto saxophone. Lyricism and fluent interplay between piano and saxophone in the Partita by Erwin Dressel and compelling harmonies and ditto melody in Henk Badings’ La Malinconia. Two commissioned compositions complete this energetic and infectious debut: the cinematic Andante by Leonard Küßner and Halvdager by Andreas van Zoelen, the latter in the beautiful, rarely heard combination of saxophone and harmonium.
Tracklist:
01. Hannah Koob – Badings: La Malinconia (07:09)
02. Hannah Koob – Dressel: Partita für Altsaxophon und Klavier: I. Prélude-Allemande (05:02)
03. Hannah Koob – Dressel: Partita für Altsaxophon und Klavier: II. Canzone (04:54)
04. Hannah Koob – Dressel: Partita für Altsaxophon und Klavier: III. Courante (02:38)
05. Hannah Koob – Dressel: Partita für Altsaxophon und Klavier: IV. Pavane (03:01)
06. Hannah Koob – Dressel: Partita für Altsaxophon und Klavier: V. Gigue (02:46)
07. Hannah Koob – Küssner: Andante für Altsaxophon und Klavier (04:17)
08. Hannah Koob – Kox: The Stranger: Introduction (02:20)
09. Hannah Koob – Kox: The Stranger: I. Allegro (01:18)
10. Hannah Koob – Kox: The Stranger: II. Presto (00:45)
11. Hannah Koob – Kox: The Stranger: III. Andante molto (02:53)
12. Hannah Koob – Kox: The Stranger: IV. Andantino (02:30)
13. Hannah Koob – Kox: The Stranger: V. Con fantasia (01:52)
14. Hannah Koob – Kox: The Stranger: VI. Tempo giusto (01:38)
15. Hannah Koob – Kox: The Stranger: VII. Tempo primo (02:38)
16. Hannah Koob – Kox: The Stranger: VIII. Furioso (02:08)
17. Hannah Koob – Kox: The Stranger: IX. Larghetto (01:07)
18. Hannah Koob – Kox: The Stranger: X. Largo (01:31)
19. Hannah Koob – Kox: The Stranger: XI. Adagio con gran espressione (03:04)
20. Hannah Koob – Kox: The Stranger: XII. Epilogue (02:39)
21. Hannah Koob – Zoelen: Halvdager (03:53)
