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Pieza de concierto para cuarteto de saxofones sopranos, 8', 2018.
DLM 0110
Estrenada por el Proteus Quartet (Canadá) en el Calgary New Music Festival, 2029, 27 de octubre.
Grabado por Fabien Chouraki
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Early French Music
Concert piece for saxophones quartet, 20’ - 2018.
DLM 0114
From Pérotin to Couperin, some of the best French musics in four voices.
La Fille aux cheveux de lin
Concert piece for twelve saxophones ensemble, c.a. 3’ - 2018.
DLM 0108
Arrangement of the Debussy’s Prelude.
Sicilienne
Concert piece for saxophones quartet, c.a. 3’ - 2018.
DLM 0104
Arrangement of the Sicilienne from the J.S.Bach’s organ concerto BWV 596.
Blue Shadows
Concert piece for alto saxophone and cello, 9'30 - 2015.
DLM 0070
Recorded by Jean-Michel Goury and Agnès Vesterman
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« The saxophone and cello sound together as one, much more than the sum of their parts—the sound is mesmerizing, soothing, powerful, captivating. In the hands of composer Denis Levaillant, this soundscape takes the listener through many moods and colors on a journey unlike any other. Both contemplative and compelling, Levaillant's Blue Shadows speaks to the modern soul with a unique voice. »
Jonathan Helton—professor at the University of Florida
Caractères
Concert piece for saxophone (soprano, alto, tenor) and flute (piccolo, flute, alto), 12’ - 2014.
DLM 0065
Recorded by Sophie and Jean-Michel Goury (Zephyr Duet)
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Sixième chant d'amour
(Sexto canto de amor)
Pieza de concierto para saxofón soprano y órgano - 2015
DLM 0092
Este extracto de las piezas para piano y saxofón fue adaptado para el órgano a petición de Kurt Lueders para una creación con Jean-Michel Goury, 2025, 26 de agosto en Rodez.
Grabado por Fabien Chouraki y Olivier Dekeister, Duo SaxOrgue, en el álbum Instants présents, VDS 018, 2022.
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Chants d'amour
Concert pièces for soprano saxophone and piano, 12’ - 2013.
DLM 0101
Chants 6,7,8,9.
Recorded by Jean-Michel Goury and Denis Levaillant
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Chant 7: 3’23 Chant 8: 6’33 Chant 9: 8’57
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Le Fakir
Concert piece for saxophone soprano and piano, 11’50 - 2012
DLM 0052
Jean-Michel Goury and Yves Josset recorded this work.
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« This fantastic music, the only one in the soprano saxophone repertoire, plunges the performer into the polychrome world of unheard-of timbres, subtle melodies, and frenzied rhythms of Denis Levaillant, an extraordinary composer.
Above all, this duet is a substantial work, structured in four movements, requiring great sensitivity, nuanced phrasing, and stamina to extract its hypnotic quintessence.
Like a fakir, it's a question of standing on nails and levitating, so the technical play is generous, delicate, and physical.
In short, at last (!), a great piece was written for the soprano saxophone and piano, which has been missing from our repertoire. It will become a reference work for specialists of this instrument. »
Jean-Michel Goury
Les Accords secrets du Capitaine Nemo
Concert piece for twelve saxophones, 10’20 - 2011
DLM 0047
Premiered by the Jean-Michel Goury’s class at the International Saxophone Congress in Saint-Andrews (2012).
Jean-Michel Goury has recorded all the parts : a kind of exploit!
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Manhattan Rapsody
Concert piece for tenor saxophone and piano, 12’10 - 2003
DLM 0013
Composed for Jean-Michel Goury and Yves Josset. They performed this work a lot, especially in the USA
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'Allow me to present to you (for a change) Manhattan Rhapsody, a work for tenor saxophone and piano by Denis Levaillant, a French composer who is eminently representative of today's music, and one of the most brilliant we know. Although written in a traditional technique (and therefore immediately accessible to the public), this piece uses an idiomatic language for the instrument. I am happy to recommend this typically 'French' success to you, as there are not so many quality pieces for tenor.’ Jean-Marie Londeix
La Petite danseuse - Le Miroir
Concert piece for tenor saxophone and orchestra, 4’52 - 2002
This excerpt of the ballet La Petite danseuse was recorded live at the Paris National Opera Garnier (2010), the Paris National Opera Orchestra is conducted by Koen Kessels, tenor saxophone solo Jean-Michel Goury.
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Attractions
Concert piece for saxophone quartet, 8’30- 1996
DLM 0023
Composed for the Xasax quartet, this work has been premiered recently in Canada by the Proteus Saxophone Quartet.
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Figures
Concert piece for alto saxophone, 4’ - 1989
DLM 0016
This work is an excerpt of a ballet commissioned by the Paris National Opera in 1988. Nicolas Prost has premiered it in concert in Paris. Jean-Michel Goury has recorded it recently.
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