Marcel Mule plays Ibert Concertino da camera 1mov

[clarence569]

im in middle school and im tring to play this and im dying

[thisisnotdom]

Great piece! A bit too much vibrato for my liking though.

[PJcam24]

Is there any altissimo in this song? Im thinking of learning it, but cant do altissimo.

[TheZealousPianist]

@PJcam24 There's a bit of it, yes (i.e. 0:40) - you could theoretically play it down an octave as Marcel Mule does here; there's another part in the sheet music that is written an octave higher than he plays it in this recording (because it goes up to an F, two octaves above the staff).

[shysaxguy]

1 person is an altissimo fan boy 

[chrsax]

que maestro ,..................... 

[SaxMan7656]

I wish the recording quality was better. He was such an amazing player

[ACM401823]

I can't believe anyone could dislike this.

[musicmanson]

@ACM401823 I can. Classical saxophone is the biggest joke ever. First off, it's a genre where the goal is to make the instrument not sound like its characteristic sound. Second, since it's a relatively new instrument, there's no material written for it before the 19th century, so the classical saxophonist has to rely on transcriptions of idiomatically incorrect pieces to make up for it. Also, there are no orchestra jobs for classical saxophonists.

[graysonking16]

@musicmanson Obviously haven't done your research... Eugene Rousseau's whole idea of tone production is the "natural sound" of the saxophone.

Larry Teal's School for saxophone was similar however he believed in slight refinement to the sound to bring it into a classical setting.

However, I will not speak for the teachings of the saxophone I don't know.

Bottom line, everyone's tone on the saxophone with be different due to different shapes of your oral cavity, trachea, and lungs.

[musicmanson]

@graysonking16 I understand that the saxophone is going to sound different regardless of everyone's physical anatomy, but when one hears a classical saxophone, they're not going to immediately know that it's a saxophone.

[graysonking16]

@musicmanson A full understanding of the saxophone is applied study to both classical and jazz saxophone.

And actually there are plenty of orchestral playing jobs for the saxophone most teacher of the saxophone get asked to play pieces with a local orchestra all the time. Why do you have to discourage other musicians that is NOT what music is about.

[musicmanson]

@graysonking16 I agree, but you get all of these classical saxophone guys who can't play jazz to save their lives and are proud of it. I can play classical saxophone, but I feel like it's more beneficial to study classical on clarinet and flute. And what orchestras have an actual saxophone chair? The example you provided said that the saxophone is featured behind an orchestra, which is true, but there is no saxophone chair in an orchestra.

[shysaxguy]

@musicmanson everything you just said, I dont agree with, you're uneducated . . .

[ACM401823]

@musicmanson Classical saxophone is what I do. I love the sound, I love playing it. I used to want to be a jazz player, I really did, then my instructor introduced me to the contemporary classical saxophone. I fell in love with it. I love jazz too, I just don't like playing it as much. There's so many good contemporary pieces out there. It's not a joke. If someone likes music, it isn't a joke. As gray said, it's learning jazz and classical.

[graysonking16]

@ACM401823 It was a Rascher guy

[mishavonnaxlovelace]

I want to play this in my senior year--I'm a sophomore now working on Tableaux de Provence. This piece inspired me to explore classical alto saxophone. Wonderful technique, although I'm a little anxious about altissimo. I wonder if I'll be able to hit it when I get to be a senior.

[XdarkdomainX]

i dont like the old fashiond vibrato.... uyuyuyuuyuyuyuyuyuyuyuy, it should be uy uy uy uy uy uy uy.. but mule is stille one of the best out there, so no room for me to critisize

[Timberki792]

The altissimo was actually rejected by Marcel Mule when it was written but the reason it is there is because it was written for Sigurd Rascher who wanted the altissimo included in the piece. Mule told Ibert that it wouldn't be accepted if he left the altissimo in so he made it an optional 8va.

[royallighting7]

@Timberki792 I've heard about Mule and altissimo, about how he doesn't tune "sqeakes". Did he just flat out not know how to play altissimo or did he just never perform it?

[architect921]

@royallighting7 I've herd about a rare recording of this peice were Mule played Altissimo. I think he did that so he could prove he could play it, but didn't like to.

[Sirvalorsax]

Wow nice articulation at 2:42 but where is the altissimo at 3:40 and ;52???? I wish i had this recording when I was at legite sax school. Thanks for posting!! :)

[matthewspa2]

@Sirvalorsax Altissimo was somewhat frowned upon back then and wasn't considered a necessary skill for the professional classical sax player. Certainly looked at differently now.

[KentuckyKid84]

@matthewspa2 What's odd is that, in the recording he made at the University of Utah in the 1950s, he actually tries to take it up. It's not the greatest sound, but he does manage to hit the notes themselves.

[jmccracken1963]

WOW!!!!!!!! Thank you VERY much for sharing this us. I think that I have this recording on a Marcel Mule CD somewhere in my extensive audio collection - now I'm just going to have to dig that CD out and listen to it again......

[cameron935]

Sounds pretty good. I play the alto so yeah gives me a good idea of what I want my sound to be.

[saxinjax0730]

The epitome of a mastery of the French school of saxophone performance.

[toddbanng]

Truely masterful saxophone performance - should be in any sax study for college or those wishing to pursue performance.