The Welte Mignon Mystery Volume 9
Saint-Saens (Welte-Mignon Piano)
The doyen of French composers, recorded on piano rolls from 1905, offers a strongly idiosyncratic performance style as well as an astonishing fluidity of fingerwork.
The Welte Mignon Mystery Volume 9
Saint-Saens (Welte-Mignon Piano)
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The doyen of French composers, recorded on piano rolls from 1905, offers a strongly idiosyncratic performance style as well as an astonishing fluidity of fingerwork.
About
Camille Saint-Saëns playing his own music and that of Beethoven, Schumann and Chopin, recorded in 1905 on the Welte-Mignon Piano. Anyone searching for really unusual repertoire will find what they are looking for in Tacets Welte-Mignon Mystery series. On this release we hear Camille Saint-Saens playing his own compositions. It is documented that Saint-Saens was the only pianist whom Franz Liszt would listen to… other than himself!
Contents and tracklist
- Saint-Saens (Welte-Mignon Piano)
- Saint-Saens (Welte-Mignon Piano)
- Saint-Saens (Welte-Mignon Piano)
- Saint-Saens (Welte-Mignon Piano)
- Saint-Saens (Welte-Mignon Piano)
- Saint-Saens (Welte-Mignon Piano)
- Saint-Saens (Welte-Mignon Piano)
- Saint-Saens (Welte-Mignon Piano)
- Saint-Saens (Welte-Mignon Piano)
- Saint-Saens (Welte-Mignon Piano)
- Saint-Saens (Welte-Mignon Piano)
- Saint-Saens (Welte-Mignon Piano)
Awards and reviews
November 2008
The doyen of French composers, recorded on piano rolls from 1905, offers a strongly idiosyncratic performance style as well as an astonishing fluidity of fingerwork.