SAINT-SAENS CAMILLE

ΤΟ ΚΑΡΝΑΒΑΛΙ ΤΩΝ ΖΩΩΝ
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(CD) TCHAIKOVSKY: THE NUTCRACKER SUITE, SAINT-SAENS: CARNIVAL OF THE ANIMALS
This release features two of the most famous compositions in Western music history, though not quite as the listener knows them. As with many canonic works over the course of time, Saint-Saens's Carnival of the Animals and Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite have been boldly reimagined here for organ 4-hands; transcribed by Alexander Darr, these pieces find inventive solutions to the challenges of colour and texture posed by the originals, and yet are respectful of the range and potential of the instrument. A matter of intrinsic creativity, th...
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(2CD) COMPLETE PIANO CONCERTOS
Camille Saint-Saens was a truly revered composer in mid-19th- and early-20th-century France. A contributor to many genres and to the general French musical renaissance of this time, he was described as 'the greatest musical mind' of the era by Hans von Bulow, after he sight read the orchestral scores of Wagner's operas Lohengrin, Siegfried and Tristan und Isolde. Saint-Saens' music was often bold and ambitious, but he was nevertheless a cautious composer who understood the importance of reputation in Paris at this time; his most successful...
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(CD) VIOLIN SONATAS
Although sometimes disregarded as a conservative composer, looking back at a time when other composers were looking to the future, Saint-Saens's output towards the end of his life actually remained highly original. His music for violin and piano is no exception. An experienced traveller, Saint-Saens was inspired by his voyages in East Asia, particularly China, and these exotic elements come to the fore in Triptyque Op.136, the 'almost sonata', which was the last of the composer's major works for violin and piano. The three sections, Pr?mic...
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(2-CD) COMPLETE SYMPHONIES
One of the most naturally gifted of all composers, the young Camille Saint-Saens completed the first of his five symphonies when he was just 15 years old. The result -- the delightful Symphony in A Major, composed in 1850 -- is a work so polished and accomplished that it is hard to imagine that greater maturity would have allowed Saint-Saens to improve it. The Symphony in E flat, published as his Symphony No.1 and Op.2, followed three years later, a remarkable work in which it is plain to see that the composer had made huge strides. Both B...
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(CD) PIANO QUARTETS
Thanks to his traditional upbringing, Saint-Saens was a composer deeply rooted in the classical tradition, something particularly highlighted in his piano quartets. Rather than allowing himself to be caught up in new ideas taking hold in music, such as Debussy's Impressionism, Saint-Saens based his ideas on the great traditions of Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven. This is not to say, though, that he was merely 'borrowing': indeed, as the quartets featured on this disc exemplify perfectly, Saint-Saens was a master at creating highly original mus...
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(2-CD) COMPLETE VIOLIN CONCERTOS
Camille Saint-Saens was a child prodigy, who amazed both Berlioz and Liszt with his extraordinary talent for performance (as a virtuoso pianist) and composition. His Symphony No.1 in A was performed when he was just 15 years old, and was followed by a succession of beautifully crafted works in all genres -- concertos (5 for piano, 3 for violin and 2 for cello) and a total of five symphonies, plus a large chamber and operatic output. All his works reveal a cast-iron grip of classical form and balance, while his orchestration displays clarit...
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(CD) SYMPHONIES
When Franz Liszt overheard Camille Saint-Saens playing the organ at the Madeleine in Paris, he hailed the young Frenchman as the 'greatest organist in the world'. Saint-Saens' talents did not end there: he was a gifted composer - among his most famous works are The Carnival of the Animals and Danse Macabre - and, naturally, the symphony in which he used his own virtuoso instrument would become his one of his best-loved works. This collection brings together his revered 'Organ' Symphony and the Symphony in F 'Urbs Roma'. Saint-Saens origin...
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ΤΟ ΚΑΡΝΑΒΑΛΙ ΤΩΝ ΖΩΩΝ (ΒΙΒΛΙΟ ΜΕ CD)

ΤΟ ΚΑΡΝΑΒΑΛΙ ΤΩΝ ΖΩΩΝ - Ο ΠΕΤΡΟΣ ΚΑΙ Ο ΛΥΚΟΣ