Saint-Saens

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Camille Saint-Saëns: Partsongs and Mélodies
The French choral movement known as the orphéons originated during the French Revolution. Within 15 years, the initiative was so popular that it led to the creation of the Paris Orphéon choral society, an organization eventually directed by Charles Gounod.
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Camille Saint-Saëns: The Atheist in the Choir Loft
Camille Saint-Saëns was not a deeply religious man, and he certainly had “a repugnance for religious ceremonies.” On one occasion he even made arrangements for someone else to represent him at a baptism service where he was to become a
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SAINT-SAËNS, C.: Cello and Orchestra Works – Cello Concertos Nos. 1, 2 / Suite in D Minor / Romance
Suite in D Minor, Op. 16bis IV. Romance From SAINT-SAËNS, C.: Cello and Orchestra Works – Cello Concertos Nos. 1, 2 / Suite in D Minor / Romance (2017) Released by Naxos Saint-Saëns: Suite in D Minor, Op. 16bis –
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Camille Saint-Saëns’ Chamber Music
“A Conversation Between Friends”
Going against the grain of French musical life in the mid-19th century, Camille Saint-Saëns’ main love was instrumental music. Extraordinarily active in the field of chamber music, not only as a composer but also as a performer, he might rightfully
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Camille Saint-Saëns at the Piano
For a variety of extra-musical reasons, Camille Saint-Saëns has never been taken seriously as one of the great French composers of the late 19th-century. Historically informed, widely read in the French classics, religion, Latin, Greek, and acquiring a taste for
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SAINT-SAËNS, C.: Violin and Orchestra Works
La Muse et le Poète, Op. 132 From SAINT-SAËNS, C.: Violin and Orchestra Works (2017) Released by Naxos Saint-Saëns: La Muse et le Poète, Op. 132 Tianwa Yang is ‘an artist of exceptional technique and musicianship’ (BBC Music Magazine) and
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Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No 2
Premiered Today in 1868
Have you ever thought about writing a full-fledged piano concerto in a little less than 3 week? For most of us, this seems an almost impossible task, but it was not a problem for Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921). You see, Anton
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Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto no. 1. Sonatas nos. 2 & 3
Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 2 in F Major, Op. 123 III. Romanza. Poco adagio – Agitato From Saint Saens: Cello Concerto no. 1. Sonatas nos. 2 & 3 (2017) Released by Harmonia Mundi Saint-Saëns: Sonata for Cello and
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