Camille SaintSaens Louis de Froment Luxembourg Radio Orchestra - Camille SaintSans Chamber Orchestral Pieces For Various Instruments (25 tracks) +Album Reviews

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Camille Saint-Saens, Louis de Froment, Luxembourg Radio Orchestra
Camille Saint-Saëns: Chamber & Orchestral Pieces For Various Instruments
Genre: Classical

Track Listings (8) - Disc #1
1. Piano Concerto No.1 In D Major, Op.17: Andante; Allegro assai
2. Piano Concerto No.1 In D Major, Op.17: Andante sostenuto, quasi adagio
3. Piano Concerto No.1 In D Major, Op.17: Allegro con fuoco
4. Piano Concerto No.2 In G Minor, Op.22: Andante sostenuto
5. Piano Concerto No.2 In G Minor, Op.22: Allegro scherzando
6. Piano Concerto No.2 In G Minor, Op.22: Presto
7. Piano Concerto No.4 In C Minor, Op.44: Allegro moderato
8. Piano Concerto No.4 In C Minor, Op.44: Allegro vivace; Allegro
Track Listings (6) - Disc #2
1. Piano Concerto No.3 In E-Flat Minor, Op.29: Moderato assai
2. Piano Concerto No.3 In E-Flat Minor, Op.29: Andante; Allegro non troppo
3. Piano Concerto No.5 In F Major, Op.103: Allegro animato
4. Piano Concerto No.5 In F Major, Op.103: Andante
5. Piano Concerto No.5 In F Major, Op.103: Molto allegro
6. 'Africa,' Fantasy For Piano And Orchestra, Op. 89
Track Listings (11) - Disc #3
1. Rapsodie d'Auvergne, For Paino And Orchestra, Op.73
2. 'Wedding Cake,' Caprice Valse For Piano And Orchestra, Op.76
3. Fantasie For Violin And Harp, Op.124: Poco allegretto
4. Fantasie For Violin And Harp, Op.124: Allegro
5. Fantasie For Violin And Harp, Op.124: Vivo e grazioso
6. Fantasie For Violin And Harp, Op.124: Largamente
7. Fantasie For Violin And Harp, Op.124: Andante con moto
8. 'La muse et le poete,' For Violin, Cello And Orchestra, Op.132
9. 'Cypres et Lauriers,' For Organ And Orchestra, Op.156
10. 'Morceau de concert,' For Horn And Orchestra, Op.94
11. 'Romance,' For Horn And Orchestra, Op.36

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CD Details

All Artists: Camille Saint-Saens, Louis de Froment, Luxembourg Radio Orchestra, J.P. Kemmer, Gabriel Tacchino
Title: Camille Saint-Saëns: Chamber & Orchestral Pieces For Various Instruments
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Vox (Classical)
Release Date: 8/22/1994
Genre: Classical
Styles: Chamber Music, Forms & Genres, Concertos, Instruments, Brass, Keyboard, Strings
Number of Discs: 3
SwapaCD Credits: 3
UPCs: 047163302824, 182478054522

CD Reviews

ANOTHER GREAT COLLECTION FROM THE GREAT FRENCHMAN

C. McGovern | Beacon Falls, CT USA | 03/03/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Just as Vox's 2-CD packaging of the complete Saint-Saens works for violin/orch. & cello/orch. gives you a solid third of this man's oevure, this 3 disc set of all of the existing works for piano/orch., plus "La muse et le poete" (a violin/cello/orch. rhapsody that didn't fit on the other VoxBox collection), Fantaisie (duet for harp/violin) and 2 horn/orch. works (plus one more oddity that I'll get to in a minute) gives you everything else of Saint-Saens' that wasn't nailed-down! What a bargain for a near-lifetime of artistic achievement! The performances on this disc of the concertos may not be the most solid (although I do like it better than the Phillipe Entremont version that's still available in some areas), but the forces are good enough to make this more than passable for a budget label release. Now the most extraordinary discovery for me on this collection is a piece titled "Cypres et Lauriers," for Organ and Orchesrta, and believe me, I'm glad to have the CD just for this! Even though it falls short of fulfilling one's craving to hear a re-creation of Symphony #3, it's a fine piece for its own sake, and virtually impossible to find on any other recording, so this is the perfect incentive for ownership."