I agree it is nice playing, but it sort of leaves me wondering, "Why?" It's sort of like the perfect movie.... when someone comes along and remakes it with newer actors, what does that really add to the world? With the amount of writing going on these days for sax quartet, I'm not certain they NEED to have this one in their repertoire.

With that said, so much better than the settings of this piece I have seen for concert band, brass quintet, and <shudder> marching band.

^ Why not? It's all about a different interpretation. I totally agree with you about re-making a movie and changing nothing but the actors, that's just copying (with crayons instead of paint).
But I think these 4 did a fantastic job covering a movement that usually takes a full orchestra (marching band? really? ew).
It's a very moving piece of music, which is probably why they (or anyone else) would choose to do it in the first place.

Whoa, whoa, whoa. No discussion of "reinterpretations" of the Adagio for Strings is complete without remembering Barber's choral arrangement of it as an Agnus Dei. I think it's much better than the strings version.

^ agreed