" Saint-Saëns’ Carnival of the Animals (1886) containssome of the most exquisite and much-loved music ofall time, and it’s a measure of its masterly compositionthat it continues to have as many live performances asit does, considering the difficulty of finding the twopianos that are featured along nine other players. Inorchestrating it for a classical symphony orchestra andno pianos I thought it would be an opportunity tore-interpret Saint-Saëns magical score with newinstrumental colours. " Richard Blackford
“Saint Saëns’ brilliant original score is given wholenew persona in Richard Blackford's subtle andcolourful makeover for classical symphony orchestra.The essence of the original music is maintained, but thefresh new orchestral garb gives a new and intriguingperpective on the animals pictured within. An oldfriend one hasn't seen for a number of years suddenlyappears from around the corner...” Martyn Brabbins
- ISMN: 9790708129028 (M708129028)
