Research into the Brussels saxophone class 1867-1904: context, repertoire and performance practice. Saxophonist Kurt Bertels and pianist Bert Koch have created The Saxophone in 19th-Century Brussels as a document of saxophone performance practice at that time, in the hope that it will assist the saxophone to find its rightful place inhistorically informed performance practice. This release is the artistic result of the doctoral research carried out by saxophonistKurt Bertels at the Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel and the Vrije UniversiteitBrussel from 2014-2020. His research focused on the context, repertoire and performance practice of saxophonists who studied at the Brussels Conservatorybetween 1867 and 1904.

• 1. Beeckman: Grande Polonaise
• 2. Beeckman: Souvenir Du Chateau De Westerloo, Opus 21
• 3. Poncelet: Herodiade
• 4. Beeckman: Concertino Militaire, Opus 23
• 5. Gilson: Improvisation
• 6. Beeckman: Troisieme Morceau De Concert, Opus 27
• 7. Jongen: Meditation, Opus 21
• 8. Beeckman: Deuxieme Morceau De Concert, Opus 17
• 9. Beeckman: Elegie, Opus 14
• 10. Beeckman: Rhapsodie Flamande, Opus 29