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An album of soothing yet mysterious music for the classical saxophone. The product of a ten-year collaboration between composer M. Zachary Johnson and saxophonist Brian Horner, Serenade: Music for Saxophone & Piano presents an important body of new repertoire for the youngest of classical instruments. The compositions - sometimes flowing, sometimes agitated, lushly romantic, fiery, with long, sensual melodic lines - are unique in style and feeling, and have a special audience appeal. Their musical category is neither traditional, nor jazz, nor contemporary avante garde, but something entirely fresh which has been described as Twenty-first Century Romanticism. Pianist Elizabeth Avery, who joined the collaboration several years ago, brings an artistic sensitivity and masterful virtuosity to the formidable demands of the music. Horner's smoothly elegant, expressive and energetic saxophone playing dovetails with the magic of her pianism - a combination that suits the music exquisitely.