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Saint-Saens: Complete Symphonies / Bernard Gavoty, organ; Martinon

2 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-05-29

Works: Camille Saint-Saëns: Symphony in A major; Symphony no 1 in E flat major, Op. 2; Symphony no 2 in A minor, Op. 55; Symphony in F major ("Urbs Roma"); Symphony no 3 in C minor, Op. 78 "Organ"
Performers: Gavoty, Bernard
Conductors: Martinon, Jean
Ensemble: ; Orchestre National de l'ORTF

This complete symphonies of Saint-Saëns on 2 CD's is a most welcome set. Saint-Saëns' music, always extremely well crafted, delights in melodic richness, colorful orchestration...continue...

Patrie! Duets from French Romantic Opera by Halevy, Saint-Saens, Kosice , Gounod / Thébault, Pruvot

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-04-24

Works: Fromental Halévy: Charles VI; Camille Saint-Saëns: Henry VIII; Jules Massenet: Eve; Le Mage; Charles Gounod: Polyeucte; Emile Paladilhe: Patrie!; Ambroise Thomas: Le Caïd
Performers: Pruvot, Pierre-Yves; Thébault, Hjördis
Conductors: Talpain, Didier
Ensemble: ; Kosice Philharmonic Orchestra

The keyboard sonatas of C.P.E. Bach (1714 - 1788) bear hallmarks of a composer who lived through a significant moment in musical history: he composed...continue...
Recording information: Slovak State Philharmonic Hall, Kosice, Slovakia (04/16/2010-04/18/2010)....continue...

Bassoon Kaleidoscope - works by Rossini, Boddecker, Saint-Saens, Dubois et al. / Bram van Sambeek, bassoon

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-04-24

Works: Phillip Friedrich Böddecker: Sonata sopra La Monica, for bassoon & organ (from Sacra Partitura); Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Camille Saint-Saëns: Sonata for bassoon & piano,...
Performers: Bosdijk, Joost; Corver, Ellen; de Gidts, Marijn Korff; Elias, Izhar; Majoor, Maria-Paula; Schneemann, Marieke; Stotijn, Rick; van Sambeek, Bram

This program showcases the many colors and moods that the bassoon is ideally suited to creating. The music ranges from the early Baroque sonata of...continue...
Recording information: De Doelen, Rotterdam (04/20/2011-04/23/2011)....continue...

Saint-Saëns: Works for violin and orchestra / Ulf Hoelscher, violin

2 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-02-28

Works: Camille Saint-Saëns: Concerto for Violin no 1 in A minor, Op. 20; Concerto for Violin no 2 in C major, Op. 58; La muse et le poète, for violin, cello & piano (or orchestra), Op. 132; Weddin...
Performers: Hoelscher, Ulf; Kirshbaum, Ralph
Conductors: Dervaux, Pierre
Ensemble: New Philharmonia Orchestra

A great reissue of this classic recording of the complete Saint-Saëns violin concertos by Ulf Hoescher, he executes these violin concertos of Saint-Saëns at his...continue...
Recording information: Abbey Road Studios, London (1977)....continue...

Legendary Russian Pianists

25 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2011-09-27

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Mazurka for piano no 33 in B major, Op. 56/1, CT. 83; Concerto for Piano no 1 in E minor, B 53/Op. 11; Etude for piano no 4 in C sharp minor, Op. 10/4, CT. 17; Etude for pi...
Performers: Akopian-Tamarina, Nelly [Piano]; Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Bashkirov, Dmitri; Berman, Lazar; Davidovich, Bella; Demidenko, Nikolai; Flier, Yakov; Gavrilov, Andrei; Gilels, Emil; Ginzburg, Grigori; Grinber...
Conductors: Gauk, Alexander; Oistrakh, David; Rozhdestvensky, Gennady; Tretiakov, Viktor; Temirkanov, Yuri

Russia is home to some of the antiquities most iconic piano players: Konstantin Igumnov, Grigory Ginzburg, Lev Oborin, Vladimir Sofronitzky, Sviatoslav Richter, and Evgeny Kissin...continue...

Organ & Piano Duets / Langlais, Saint-Saens, Widor, Lutoslawski, Bedard, et al.

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2011-07-26

Works: Jean Langlais: Diptyque, for organ & piano, Op. 179; Camille Saint-Saëns: Six Duos, Op. 8; Charles-Marie Widor: Humoresque for organ, Op. 3/1; Allegro cantabile, duo for piano & organ, Op. 3/2; ...
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Ensemble: Duo Musart

In this rare repertoire, performed by Duo MusArt, comes a duet that perm news called a, "spectacular concert by exceptional artists." Recorded in the Palau...continue...
Recording information: Palau de la Música Catalana, Barcelona (09/22/2010-09/23/2010)....continue...

C.P.E. Bach, Benda, Chopin, Danzi: Flute Concertos

10 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2011-06-28

Works: Franz Danzi: Concerto no 1 in G major for flute & orchestra, Op. 30; Concerto no 2 in D minor for flute & orchestra, Op. 31; Concerto no 3 in D minor for flute & orchestra, Op. 42; Concerto no 4 in D...
Performers: Adorjan, Andras [Flute]; Baudet, Remy; Bruine, Frank de; Clerck, Paul de; Dewez, Luc; Dingfelder, Ingrid; Galasso, Ugo; Gorniak, Ulka; Graf, Peter-Lukas; Grauwels, Marc; Herbert, Giselle; Michel, Cat...
Conductors: Stadlmair, Hans; Munclinger, Milan; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Leonard, Laurence; ; Kieft, Roland; Leppard, Raymond; Dumortier, Georges; Vandernoot, Andre; Waterlot, Ulysse
Ensemble: ; Ars Rediviva Orchestra; Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra; Cordevento; English Chamber Orchestra; Modo Antiquo; Munich Chamber Orchestra

A 10CD set that traces the development of the flute from a traverse one keyed instrument of the 18th century through to the 8 keyed...continue...

Liszt: Ad Nos, Ad Salutarum Undam; Reger; Franck, Saint-Saëns / Ramirez, organ

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2011-03-22

Works: Franz Liszt: Fantasie und Fuge über den choral 'Ad nos, ad salutarem undam' aus der oper 'Der Prophet' von Meyerb; Max Reger: Chorale Fantasia for organ ("Straf' mich nicht in deinem Zorn"), Op....
Performers: Ramirez, Raul Prieto [Organ]

These four organ showpieces were performed on the Great Organ of Milan Cathedral. Franz Liszt was a master at taking well-known tunes from popular operas...continue...
Recording information: Milan Cathedral, Milan, Italy (11/04/2008-11/06/2008)....continue...

Brahms, Schumann, Franck, Lekeu: Violin Sonatas, etc / Christian Ferras, Pierre Barbizet

4 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2010-07-13

Works: César Franck: Sonata for Violin and Piano in A major, M 8; Guillaume Lekeu: Sonata for cello & piano in G major; Johannes Brahms: Sonata for Violin and Piano no 1 in G major, Op. 78; Sonata for ...
Performers: Ambrosini, Jean-Claude; Barbizet, Pierre; Ferras, Christian [Violin]

This set contains a selection of the recordings by the great French violinist focusing on his prowess as a chamber musician. Ferras was born in...continue...

Lalo: Symphony Espagnole / Zubin Mehta, Shlomo Mintz

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2010-05-04

Works: Edouard Lalo: Symphonie espagnole, for violin & orchestra in D minor, Op. 21; Henri Vieuxtemps: Concerto for Violin no 5 in A minor, Op. 37 "Grétry"; Camille Saint-Saëns: Havanaise for Viol...
Performers: Mintz, Shlomo
Conductors: Mehta, Zubin

"Mintz plays the piece with fine panache: his treatment of the gorgeous, lilting secondary theme of the first movement is tenderly seductive, while the Scherzo...continue...
Recording information: Frederic R. Mann Auditorium, Tel Aviv (10/20/1988-10/27/1988)....continue...

Classical Top 100

5 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2010-05-04

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: The Four Seasons; Concerto for Flute "Il Gardellino"; Camille Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the animals; Carnival of the Animals; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Sonata, K. 331; Eine ...
Performers: Austbo, Hakon; Boer, Harmen de; Crombach, Sara; Geiger, Gyorgy; Goldstein, Misha; Grafova, Maria; Grauwels, Marc; Groop, Monica; Han, Derek; Hoek, Martijn van den; Holbling, Anna; Jerie, Marek; Jones...
Conductors: Warchal, Bohdan; Clark, Robert Haydon; Bátiz, Enrique; Ermler, Mark; ; Robev, Georgi; Sándor, János; Kosler, Zdenek; Heyerick, Florian; Davis, Carl; Lenárd, Ondrej; Vandernoot, An...
Ensemble: ; Early Music Consort of London; London Baroque; Musica ad Rhenum; New York Harp Ensemble

This set is newly compiled, choosing the 100 very best tracks in the best available performances, including London Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Carl...continue...

Mélodies sans paroles - Saint-Saëns / Schneemann, Giacometti

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2008-11-11

Works: Camille Saint-Saëns: Le lever de la lune; La feuille de peuplier; Tristesse; La mort d'Ophélie; Aimons-nous; L'attente; Mélodies persanes (6), Op. 26; Chanson triste; La cloche; L'...
Performers: Giacometti, Paolo; Schneemann, Bart

Mendelssohn never added the words to his Lieder ohne Worte (Songs Without Words). Bart Schneemann did the opposite with Saint-Saens' melodies (songs). He simply took...continue...