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Saint-Saëns - Piano Concerto No. 5 in F major, Op. 103 'Egyptian'
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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.... —
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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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Special offer. 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... —
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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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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... —
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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-Saens: The Complete Works For Piano and Orchestra
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.... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2002, Recording of the Year and Winner (Concerto)
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Gramophone Awards, 2008, Gold Disc
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2001, Editor's Choice
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Special offer. The French Piano School: French School Pianists Play French Concertos
Jeanne-Marie Darre, Alfred Cortot (piano), Kazuko Kusama, Hisatada Otaka, Marcelle Herrenschmidt, Lucien Wurmser, Victor Gallois, Jean Doyen, Jean Fournet, Francis Poulenc (piano), Marguerite Roesgen-Champion, Marius-François Gaillard, Jean Françaix, Leo Borchard, Nadia Boulanger, Arnaud de Gontaut-Biron,...
Here, recorded between 1930 and 1949, are 14 works for piano and orchestra played either by their composer or by someone well acquainted with them...Another invaluable set that puts pianophiles... —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2025, Reissue/Archive Issue of the Month
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Special offer. Romantic Piano Concertos, Vol. 2
Martin Galling (piano), Maria Littauer (piano), Felicja Blumental (piano), Susanne Lautenbacher (piano), Peter Toperczer (piano), Marylène Dosse (piano), Claude Paillard-Françaix (piano), Bela Siki (piano), Ilse von Alpenheim (piano), Frank Glazer (piano), Rosario Marciano (piano), Mary Louise Boehm...
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Saint-Saëns: Piano Concertos
Jean-Philippe Collard (piano)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, André Previn
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Special offer. Magda Tagliaferro: The Complete 78-rpm solo and concerto recordings
Magda Tagliaferro (piano)
This well-rounded set argues for a more prominent position among 20th-century pianists than Tagliaferro has generally been accorded in the anglophone literature. It also affords the pleasure... —
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2020, Reissue/Archive Issue of the Month
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Saint-Saëns: Piano Concertos Nos. 3 and 5 'Egyptian'
Louis Lortie (piano), BBC Philharmonic, Edward Gardner
In all four works, the performing is of the highest standard. Louis Lortie is more than equal to Saint-Saëns’s fearsome virtuosity, but alongside heaven-storming finer work is a captivating... —
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Juno Awards, 2021, Nominated - Classical Album of the Year (Solo or Chamber)
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Saint-Saëns Edition
Saint-Saëns Edition 2021, Marie-Claire Alain (organ), Ensemble Orchestral de Paris (chamber ensemble), Jean-Philippe Collard (piano), Ulf Hoelscher (violin), Renaud Capuçon (violin), Gautier Capuçon (cello), Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Paul Tortelier (cello), Bertrand Chamayou (piano), Olivier...
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34 CDs
$94.25