Saint-Saëns - Le carnaval des animaux
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Special offer. Saint-Saëns: Symphonic Poems - Le Carnaval des Animaux - l'Assassinat du Duc de Guise
RecommendedLes Siècles, François-Xavier Roth
One of his many virtues is that he’s not afraid of making his orchestra play very, very quietly; another is that, where a composer has not noted dynamics, Roth feels free to invent them, and... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 17th November 2023
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BBC Music Magazine, Christmas Issue 2023, Orchestral Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2023, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Saint-Saëns: Cello Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
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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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Taken as a whole, it’s a painterly exercise in crafting contrasting moods and in shaping emotional immediacy...Muscular and mesmerising playing makes for a rewardingly satisfying listen. — More…
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2024, Winner - Instrumentalist of the Year
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Special offer. Saint-Saëns - Le Carnaval des Animaux
RecommendedRenaud Capuçon (violin), Gautier Capuçon (cello), Frank Braley (piano), Michel Dalberto (piano), Emmanuel Pahud (flute), Paul Meyer (clarinet), David Guerrier (trumpet), Marie-Pierre Langlamet (harp), Béatrice Muthelet (viola), Esther Hoppe (violin), Janne Saksala (double bass), Florent Jodelet (percussion)
'What hard things,' wrote Saint-Saëns, 'have been said against virtuosity!… The fact must be proclaimed from the house-tops – in art a difficulty overcome is a thing of beauty.' There are many... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2004, Disc of the Month
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Building A Library, September 2021, Recommended Recording
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Saint-Saëns: Organ Symphony & Carnival of the Animals
Daniele Rossi (organ), Martha Argerich (piano) & Antonio Pappano (piano), narrated in French by Annie Dutoit (Martha Argerich’s daughter)
Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano
[In the Organ Symphony] Pappano brings us a drama in music that undoubtedly compels and raises the hairs at every turn. The only trouble is that it leaves one wondering whether Saint-Saëns really... — More…
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The Times Records of the Year, 2017
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Martha Argerich & Friends: Live from the Lugano Festival 2013
RecommendedMartha Argerich (piano), Mischa Maisky (cello) & Martha Argerich (piano), Renaud Capuçon (violin) & Francesco Piemontesi (piano), Alissa Margulis (violin) & Jura Margulis (piano), Gautier Capuçon (cello) & Gabriela Montero (piano), Andrey Baranov (violin) & Jura Margulis (piano),...
The festival has class written all over it and exudes more joy - and humour - than any comparable event known to me. Argerich herself leads off here, in Beethoven's First Piano Concerto, displaying... — More…
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2024, Nominated - Instrumentalist of the Year
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New. Martha Argerich: The Warner Classics Edition
Martha Argerich (piano), Alexandre Rabinovitch, Stephen Kovacevich (piano), Lilya Zilberstein, Maria João Pires (piano), Gidon Kremer (violin), Itzhak Perlman (violin), Renaud Capuçon, Mischa Maisky (cello), Gautier Capuçon, Natalia Gutman, Nelson Freire (piano), Charles Dutoit, Daniel Barenboim,...
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Saint-Saëns: Organ Symphony & other orchestral works
E. Power Biggs (organ), Gaby Casadesus (piano), Philippe Entremont (piano), Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Michel Cerruti (xylophone), Michel Cals (glockenspiel)
The Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy
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Special offer. Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 1 & The Carnival of the Animals
Utah Symphony, Thierry Fischer
There are few if any signs that the classically-proportioned Symphony in A major is the work of a 15-year-old…It’s a remarkable assuredness that is admirably engaging in this lithe performance…A... — More…
