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Saint-Saens - Works for Cello | Mirare MIR108

Saint-Saens - Works for Cello

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Label: Mirare

Cat No: MIR108

Barcode: 3760127221081

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Release Date: 8th November 2010

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Contents

Artists

Henri Demarquette (cello)
Boris Berezovsky (piano)
Brigitte Engerer (piano)
Ensemble Orchestral de Paris

Conductor

Joseph Swensen

Works

Saint-Saens, Camille

Carnival of the Animals
Cello Concerto no.1 in A minor, op.33
Cello Sonata no.1 in C minor, op.32
Romance in F major, op.36
Suite for cello and orchestra, op.16
» no.2 Serenade

Artists

Henri Demarquette (cello)
Boris Berezovsky (piano)
Brigitte Engerer (piano)
Ensemble Orchestral de Paris

Conductor

Joseph Swensen

About

Le carnaval des Animaux was composed in February 1886 while Saint-Saëns was vacationing in a small Austrian village. It was originally scored for a chamber group of flute/piccolo, clarinet (B flat and C), two pianos, glass harmonica, xylophone, two violins, viola, cello and double bass.

Saint-Saëns, apparently concerned that the piece was too frivolous and likely to harm his reputation as a serious composer, suppressed performances of it and only allowed one movement, ‘Le cygne’, to be published in his lifetime. Only small private performances were given for close friends like Franz Liszt.

Saint-Saëns did, however, include a provision which allowed the suite to be published after his death. It was first performed on 26 February 1922, and it has since become one of his most popular works.

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