Discography
Solo/Chamber
THE LAST TREE - Alastair Penman
Released 2025 on Meadowbank Music.
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The Last Tree is my second project inspired by Climate Change, following on from my 2020 EP Do You Hear Me?. One of the spoken lines that permeates the title track of Do You Hear Me? is “nothing has changed”, which is a reflection on the fact that we have known about the effect humans are having on the planet for decades (Carbon Dioxide increase was first linked to global warming in 1938!), however whilst politicians continue to pay lip service to the climate crisis, very little has been done to prevent its devastating effects. Whilst climate activists are arrested for peaceful protest, CEOs of oil and gas companies reap huge financial rewards for their exploits and suffer no consequences for their part in the devastation of our planet.
The Last Tree is an eight movement suite for saxophone choir, with each movement based on a quote about climate change from a diverse range of sources. Images accompany each of the tracks and quotes and these can be found in the enclosed booklet. A tree will be planted for every copy purchased.
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QUIETUDE - Alastair Penman
Released 2024 on Meadowbank Music.
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“The recorded sound and all the playing on this CD is superb”
Clarinet and Saxophone Society of Great Britain
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"...a broad range of talents, a meticulous attention to detail and a very personal endeavour...it is a project that reaches out and touches us all"
mfiles.co.uk
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In the frantic world we live in, there are ever fewer opportunities to embrace peace and tranquillity and enjoy the natural world around us. This album invites the listener to take time for themself, to unplug from the digital world that we live in and to find solace in the beauty of music and of nature.
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SOAR - Alastair Penman & Jonathan Pease
Released 2023 on Meadowbank Music
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"This performance easily rivals any other in terms of technical mastery, interpretation and ensemble" -
Clarinet and Saxophone Society of Great Britain
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"...the album as a whole feels like an extended dazzling display of talent" - mfiles.co.uk
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"...an engaging and eclectic selection of pieces that makes a lovely disc to dip into" - Planet Hugill
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Alastair Penman (saxophone) and Jonathan Pease (piano) debut release brings together favourites from the saxophone repertoire alongside newer works. All of the pieces are drawn together by their use of melody and the way they allow the saxophone to sing, soaring over the landscape created by the piano.
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Find out more and get your copy at https://www.alastairpenman.co.uk/soar
ELECTRIC DAWN - Alastair Penman
Released 2015 on Sospiro Records, produced by John Harle.
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"An accomplished, outstanding album. Highly recommended" - Sandy Brown Jazz
"The playing is poised the precise and the sounds are creative and imaginative" - CASS Magazine
"Surpassingly beautiful music" - Peter Fay
"a wonderfully eclectic mix of genres, moods, instrumentation and effects" - mfiles.co.uk
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A mix of original compositions and arrangements by Alastair as well as new pieces by Jenni Watson, Geoff Sheil and Daniel Harle.
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Preview on YouTube
Buy from Proper Music, Amazon
Listen on Spotify, Apple Music
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THE NORTH - Borealis Saxophone Quartet
Released 2014 on Borealis Records. Produced by Rob Buckland.
Alastair Penman - soprano/alto saxophone
Mélina Zéléniuc - alto/soprano saxophone
Gillian Blair - tenor/soprano saxophone
Daniel White - baritone/soprano saxophone
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"The music here is wonderfully varied, full-blooded and often rather edgy" - Planet Hugill
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The debut album by the Borealis Saxophone Quartet.
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Preview on YouTube
Purchase here
Listen on Spotify, Apple Music
DO YOU HEAR ME? - Alastair Penman
Released 2020 on Sospiro Records, produced by John Harle.
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"Damn good music" - Planet Hugill
"A superb mix of sounds" - Nicolas Prost
"Groundbreaking in many ways" - Dawkes Music
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Original compositions by Alastair fusing saxophone and electronics and highlighting the climate emergency.
50% of proceeds donated to charities fighting climate change.
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Find out more at doyouhearme.info
Preview on YouTube
Buy from Proper Music, Amazon
Listen on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Music
PUZZLE BOOK
Mark Bowler & Kaleidoscope Saxophone Quartet
Released 2019 on One Glass Eye records
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Recording of Mark Bowler's Puzzle Book by the Kaleidoscope Saxophone Quartet.
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Listen on Bandcamp
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THE JOHN HARLE COLLECTION
Released 2020 on Sospiro Records
Alastair was honoured to be invited to record a track on this epic collection of the music of John Harle. Alastair plays sopranino, soprano, alto, tenor and baritone saxophones on The Little Death Machine (Track 10, Volume 13).
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WINDS FROM THE NORTH WEST
Compositions for wind by David Beck, David Ellis and David Forshaw.
Released 2013 on Prima Facie.
Alastair plays soprano and tenor saxophones with the Borealis Saxophone Quartet on Two for Six by David Ellis.
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