i'm sure they will get around to it if they feel the need. murphy and tse more likely than mcallister. delangle is just now getting ready to put out a cd of concertos by glazunov, etc. and he is much older than these new players, who in my point of view are no longer new players.fyi, mcallister just recorded a chamber symphony by daniel mccarthy, called towers of power. as the title states it deals with among other things music from the group tower of power. the soloist is required to play sop, alto and tenor. as we know, these guys have a responsibility and a desire to play new tunes. next time you run into to one of these guys, i would love to hear you say- hey, i think you are not showing respect to the established repetoire because you have never recorded any of the pieces- you may find your foot in your mouth.

if you noticed i said that i respect that they are the people who are commisioning new pieces. but i would just like to hear them play some standards. i mean, i think its great that there are tons of pieces being written ecery year for saxophone, and most of the reasons why are theses guys, but i mean, as a college student im tld by my professor to learn all the standards because thats what ill be teaching, but the way i see, the only times the classics are played is thoughtout you upbringing. and if i ever ran into kenneth tse i would probably wet myself in awe!

Prof. T. has/does play the standards on a regular basis. On his faculty recital last fall he played Denisov for example. He recently did a tour where he was playing Dahl. A few years ago here in Iowa, he played both Ibert and Glazunov with the Des Moines symphony I believe. He has told me he wishes to record another sonata CD, with standards like Denisov, Albright, and Creston, however, he has another project that he is working on. JL