As far as greatest-hits compilations go, this 2007 reissue from EMI of Camille Saint-Saëns' best-known works is really hard to beat. Considering that complete performances of the popular Carnival of the Animals and the Symphony No. 3 in C minor, "Organ," are presented, along with the orchestral tone poem Danse macabre, the Allegro appassionato for cello and orchestra, and the "Bacchanale" from the opera Samson and Delilah, listeners are getting quite a bargain for all the colorful music this single CD contains. They can be ...
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As far as greatest-hits compilations go, this 2007 reissue from EMI of Camille Saint-Saëns' best-known works is really hard to beat. Considering that complete performances of the popular Carnival of the Animals and the Symphony No. 3 in C minor, "Organ," are presented, along with the orchestral tone poem Danse macabre, the Allegro appassionato for cello and orchestra, and the "Bacchanale" from the opera Samson and Delilah, listeners are getting quite a bargain for all the colorful music this single CD contains. They can be thankful that the performances from the 1970s by Louis Frémaux and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, and Georges Prêtre's 1963 recording of the "Bacchanale" with the Paris Opéra Orchestra, are first rate in interpretation and execution, if not necessarily in reproduction. These analog recordings are somewhat variable in sound and suffer a little from the sterility of early digital remastering; yet the music is remarkably clear and focused, due for the most part to Frémaux's...
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Add this copy of Saint-Saëns: Organ Symphony No. 3, the Carnival of the to cart. $47.55, new condition, Sold by Revaluation Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Exeter, DEVON, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2007 by EMI.
