Saint-Saëns, Camille > Montreal Symphony Orchestra

Saint-Saëns: Organ Symphony; Piano Concerto No. 2 / Peter Hurford, organ; Pascal Rogé, piano

1 CD / Decca / 2012-07-24

Works: Camille Saint-Saëns: Symphony no 3 in C minor, Op. 78 "Organ"; Concerto for Piano no 2 in G minor, Op. 22
Performers: Hurford, Peter; Roge, Pascal
Conductors: Dutoit, Charles
Ensemble: ; Montreal Symphony Orchestra

Saint-Saens said of his magnum opus, "I gave everything to it I was able to give. What I have here accomplished, I will never achieve...continue...

The Originals - Saint-Saëns, Poulenc / Hurford, Dutoit

1 CD / Decca Import / 2007-02-13

Works: Camille Saint-Saëns: Symphony no 3 in C minor, Op. 78 "Organ"; Francis Poulenc: Concerto for Organ, Strings and Timpani in G minor
Performers: Hurford, Peter
Conductors: Dutoit, Charles
Ensemble: Montreal Symphony Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra

"The Organ Concerto, recorded in St Alban's Cathedral, is successful; Peter Hurford's mastery in Bach serves him well in its more darkly baroque aspects, but...continue...

Saint-Saëns: Symphony no 3, Carnival of the Animals / Dutoit

1 CD / Decca Import / 1992-04-14

Works: Camille Saint-Saëns: Symphony no 3 in C minor, Op. 78 "Organ"; Carnival of the animals
Performers: Bell, Sebastian; Hurford, Peter; Kampen, Christopher van; McGee, Robin; Ortiz, Cristina; Pay, Antony [Clarinet]; Roge, Pascal
Conductors: Dutoit, Charles
Ensemble: London Sinfonietta; Montreal Symphony Orchestra