A Musical Picture - up to 40% off selected titles
A Musical Picture - Until 18th September 2024, we are offering up to 40% off titles on selected labels on CD, Vinyl, Blu-Ray & DVD, and download.
A Musical Picture - up to 40% off selected titles, Saint-Saëns (composer)
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Special offer. Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto, Bacchanale & Symphony No. 1
Astrig Siranossian (cello), Philharmonie Südwestfalen, Nabil Shehata
A fine, flowing account, recorded with just enough resiny grit and grain in the soloist’s sound...Siranossian plays with lyricism and passion, as well as with a rapt inward quality at the first... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2021, Orchestral Choice
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Special offer. Saint-Saëns: Ascanio
Jean-Francois Lapointe, Bernard Richter, Eve-Maud Hubeaux, Chœur et Orchestre de la Haute École de Musique de Genève, Guillaume Tourniaire
It would be good to report that this is a lost masterpiece. It’s not, but it is a carefully crafted late version of the form that Meyerbeer had invented for Paris…Competent to a fault, Saint-Saëns... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2018, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, January 2019, Opera Choice
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Special offer. Saint-Saëns: Mélodies avec Orchestre
Yann Beuron (tenor), Tassis Christoyannis (baritone)
Orchestra Della Svizzera Italiana, Markus Poschner
The singing of both artists is of the highest class with not an ugly or unexamined note anywhere. Every word is audible and the characters of the songs are, for the most part, delineated with... — More…
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Special offer. Saint-Saëns & Tchaikovsky: Works for Cello & Orchestra
Stéphane Tétreault (cello)
Orchestre Symphonique de Quebec, Fabiel Gabel
From the very first bars of Saint-Saens's First Cello Concerto you sense that this disc is going to be exhilarating and rewarding. The performers launch the concerto with terrific passion and... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2013, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Saint-Saëns: String Quartet No. 1 & Piano Quartet
Guillaume Bellom (piano)
Quatuor Girard
Saint-Saëns was barely out of his teens when he wrote his only Piano Quintet (1855) – an attractive work, even if its inspiration and craftsmanship are inconsistent…Bellom and the Girard Quartet... — More…
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Special offer. Saint-Saens: Piano Concerto No. 2 & Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1
Shura Cherkassky (piano), Norman Del Mar
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle
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Special offer. Saint-Saëns: Complete Violin Concertos
Live Recordings
Andrew Wan (violin)
Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Kent Nagano
[Wan's] sweet, even tone and unshowy brilliance put me in mind of his fellow Canadian James Ehnes, while the longstanding working relationship of soloist and conductor makes for a happy partnership... — More…
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Special offer. Saint-Saëns, Moussa & Saariaho: Orchestral Works
Oliver Latry (organ) & Jean-Willy Kunz (organ)
Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Kent Nagano
A stylish and well-paced performance of (inevitably) Saint-Saëns's Third Symphony joins two engaging world premieres for organ soloist and orchestra, all masterfully shaped by Kent Nagano…as... — More…
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