Browse: Concertos, Piano Concertos, Saint-Saëns (composer)
This page lists all classical by Charles Camille Saint-Saëns (1835–1921), in genre: Concertos » Piano Concertos.
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The Romantic Piano Concerto 27 - Saint-Saëns
RecommendedStephen Hough (piano)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo
If Saint-Saëns's idiom once answered – and maybe still does – to qualities fundamental to the French musical character, it must be said straight away that Hough sounds the complete insider. He... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2002, Recording of the Year
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Gramophone Awards, 2002, Winner - Concerto
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2001, Editor's Choice
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Gramophone Awards, 2008, Gold Disc
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Saint-Saëns: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
Alexandre Kantorow (piano)
Tapiola Sinfonietta, Jean-Jacques Kantorow
The virtuosity is breathtaking, yet nothing is hard-pressed, for the younger Kantorow has that hallmark of the greatest performers of always appearing to have plenty of time...In short, this... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2022, Concerto Choice
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Schallplattenkritik Quarterly Critics Choice, Autumn 2022, Orchestral Music & Concertos
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Concerto
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Gramophone Awards, 2023, Shortlisted - Concerto
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Saint-Saëns: Piano Concertos 3, 4 & 5 'L'Égyptien'
Alexandre Kantorow (piano)
Tapiola Sinfonietta, Jean-Jacques Kantorow
It is no hardship to review yet another Saint-Saëns piano concerto recording when it is as good as this…Believe me, [Kantorow] is the real deal – a firebreathing virtuoso with a poetic charm... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2019, Editor's Choice
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Diapason d’Or, September 2019, Nouveauté
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Concerto
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2019, Critics' Choice
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Saint-Saëns: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 5 & pieces for solo piano
RecommendedBertrand Chamayou (piano)
Orchestre National de France, Emmanuel Krivine
The nimbleness and fluidity of his playing is remarkable. It’s a zingy performance (of the Second Concerto) all round, with a vigorous performance from the Orchestre National de France, conducted... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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Presto Recording of the Week, 21st December 2018
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Gramophone Awards, 2019, Recording of the Year
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Shura Cherkassky: The Complete 78rpm Recordings (1923-1950)
Shura Cherkassky (piano), Robert Lortat, Marcel Hubert, Santa Monica Symphony Orchestra, Jacques Rachmilovich
APR’s is the most comprehensive single collection and has, by a country mile, the best annotation, booklet (Jonathan Summers) and transfers (Seth B Winner)...evidence, if it were needed, of a... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2023, Archive Issue of the Month
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2023
3 CDs
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Saint-Saëns: Violin Concerto No. 3 & other works for solo instrument and orchestra
Jean-Jacques Kantorow (violin) & Heini Kärkkäinen (piano)
Tapiola Sinfonietta, Jean-Jacques Kantorow & Kees Bakels
Right from the opening appassionato phrase on the G string, Jean-Jacques Kantorow goes for broke… Kantorow can be delicate too, while his brisk speeds… ensure that nothing sags - the second... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2008, Orchestral Finalist
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Gramophone Awards, 2007, Finalist - Concerto
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2007, Disc of the month
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2007, Editor's Choice
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Saint-Saëns: Cello Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 and other works
Truls Mørk (cello), Louis Lortie (piano), Hélène Mercier (piano) & Alasdair Malloy (glass harmonica)
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Neeme Järvi
[Mørk's] noble command is ideal in the darkly blazing, virtuosic second concerto. One of our great lyric instrumentalists, he gives a deeply-felt, but never over-dramatised performance, a piercing... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2016, Editor's Choice
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Benjamin Grosvenor plays Rhapsody in Blue RecommendedBenjamin Grosvenor (piano)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, James Judd
reservations pale into Beckmesserish scratchings besides the delights of this disc and especially of Grosvenor's pianism. I can only concur with other critics who hear in his tone and phrasing... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 6th August 2012
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2012, Editor's Choice
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