Saint-Sa?ns: Piano Concertos 1-5

Saint-Sa?ns: Piano Concertos 1-5

Saint-Sa?ns: Piano Concertos 1-5
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Composer: Camille Saint-Saens
Conductor: Charles Dutoit
Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra of London
Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Performer: Pascal Rog?
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1995-05-16
Music Label: Decca
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
  1. Piano Concerto No. 1 in D major, Op. 17: Movement 1
  2. Piano Concerto No. 1 in D major, Op. 17: Movement 2
  3. Piano Concerto No. 1 in D major, Op. 17: Movement 3
  4. Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 22: I. Andante Sostenuto
  5. Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 22: II. Allegro Scherzando
  6. Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 22: III. Presto
  7. Piano Concerto No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 29: Moderato assai - Pi? mosso (Allegro maestoso)
Music CD 2
  1. Piano Concerto No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 29: Andante
  2. Piano Concerto No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 29: Allegro non troppo
  3. Piano Concerto No. 4 in C minor, Op. 44: Allegro moderato / Andante
  4. Piano Concerto No. 4 in C minor, Op. 44: Allegro vivace / Andante / Allegro
  5. Piano Concerto No. 5 ('Egyptian'), in F major, Op. 103: I. Allegro animato
  6. Piano Concerto No. 5 ('Egyptian'), in F major, Op. 103: II. Andante
  7. Piano Concerto No. 5 ('Egyptian'), in F major, Op. 103: III. Molto Allegro

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Free Music Review: Still The Frontrunner For These Concerti After All These Years
Hit: 5 Stars

Pascal Roge is a master of the French piano repertoire. His recordings of Ravel, Debussy, and Poulenc are some of the best on the market. He has such control over the piano. His ideas are clear, clean, articulate, and most of all passionate. The Saint-Saens piano concerti have long been some undervalued scores to play. There isn't much competition for this set either, epsecially in regards to complete sets and modern recordings.

Other recordings that exist are Stephen Hough/Hyperion and Collard/EMI. These sets are great, but they don't exactly inject a French aesthetic or authenticity. The conductors on both Hyperion and EMI sets: Sakari Oramo and Andre Previn are not authoritive conductors in my opinion. Dutoit is a master of the French repertoire: Ravel, Debussy, Poulenc, Roussel, Faure, and of course Saint-Saens. Another reviewer mentioned the audio quality being bad and I certainly don't hear anything remotely bad about it. Perhaps this reviewer has never heard of the treble, midrange, and bass controls (they're located on your amplifier by the way). Anyway, all of these performances sound great and are performed beautifully.

This set is definitely the Saint-Saens piano concerti set to own first. Highly recommended.

Also checkout out Dutoit's other recordings of Saint-Saens:

Saint-Sa?ns: Danse Macabre
Saint-Saens: Violin Concertos 1 & 3
Saint-Sa?ns: Organ Symphony; Poulenc: Organ Concerto

Special edit: This set is with the London Philharmonia, London Philharmonic, and Royal Philharmonic.

Saint-Sa?ns: Piano Concertos 1-5 Poster

There is a lot of really enjoyable music here. I remember organizing a performance of the Fifth Piano Concerto (subtitled "The Egyptian") when I was repertoire committee chairman for a local community orchestra. We found it not only very playable for all of us amateurs in the orchestra, but it simply blew the audience away. It's a real find. Both the Second and Fourth concertos have been popular favorites for more than a century, but they seemed to have vanished sight in the past couple of decades. It was our loss, but no more. And the Fifth Piano Concerto, even when played by amateurs, can blow an audience away. At two discs for the price of one, these fine performances offer listeners a great chance to know this charming and vivacious music at little or no risk at all. So why hesitate? --David Hurwitz

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