专辑简介

A collection of compositions by Stuart Saunders Smith, Hawk: The Saxophone Music of Stuart Saunders Smith proves that the composer is at the forefront of progressive yet highly expressive music. Susan Fancher's consummate skills as a performer are highlighted in these virtuosic works. Other featured performers include saxophonist Mark Engebretson, percussionists Sylvia Smith and Ayano Kataoka and organist John Alexander. "In nearly fifty years of composing music, Stuart Saunders Smith has amassed a body of well over 200 works that have consistently defied the status quo. His compositional aesthetics are broad and somewhat different in every piece - many compositions feature wholly unique notational systems that the composer himself has invented." - Matthew Burke (from the liner notes)