Malmö Symphony Orchestra, Marc Soustrot - Saint-Saëns: Symphonies, Vol. 2 (2015) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Symphony No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 78 "Organ": I. Adagio-Allegro moderato
02. Symphony No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 78 "Organ": I. Poco adagio
03. Symphony No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 78 "Organ": II. Allegro moderato-Presto
04. Symphony No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 78 "Organ": II. Maestoso-Allegro
05. Symphony in A Major: I. Poco adagio-Allegro vivace
06. Symphony in A Major: II. Larghetto
07. Symphony in A Major: III. Scherzo. Allegro vivace
08. Symphony in A Major: IV. Allegro molto-Presto
09. Le rouet d'Omphale, Op. 31

Inspired by Liszt, to whose memory the work is dedicated, Camille Saint-Saëns’ Symphony No. 3 is ground-breaking in its inclusion of organ and piano. For the composer this represented ‘the progress made in modern instrumentation’ and the result is a work both spectacular and grandiose. By contrast the Symphony in A, his first completed symphony, is a youthful piece, fully revealing his admiration for Mozart, whilst Le rouet d’Omphale, dating from the 1870s, is an impressively atmospheric tone poem. Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2 are available on 8573138.

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