Camille Saint-Saëns
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Camille Saint-Saëns was a French pianist, organist and composer born in Paris in 1835. He worked in classical music, notably opera with Samson et Dalila and the symphony.
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- Сен-Санс: Концерт но. 2 для фортепиано с оркестром соль минор, соч. 22 / Шуман: Карнавал, соч. 9 (1976)
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- 1835 · 11th arrondissement of Paris
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- 1853
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Camille Saint-Saëns ([sɛ̃ sɑ̃(s)]), born on 9 October 1835 in Paris and died on 16 December 1921 in Algiers, was a French pianist, organist and composer of the Romantic era.
He wrote twelve operas, the best known of which is Samson et Dalila (1877), oratorios, five symphonies, five piano concertos, three violin concertos and two cello concertos, choral works, a Requiem, a Christmas Oratorio, chamber music and character pieces, including Le Carnaval des animaux (1886).
In 1908 he became the very first composer of renown to write music specifically for a film, L'Assassinat du duc de Guise.
Text adapted from the Wikipedia article “Camille Saint-Saëns” (fr), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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- Introduction et Rondo Capriccioso 1925
- Symphony no. 3 in C Minor 1949
- Saint-Saens: Danse macabre & Le Rouet d'Omphale & La Jeunesse d'Hercule & Phaeton 1951
- 3ᵉ Symphonie en Ut mineur 1955
- Samson et Dalila 1956
- Saint‐Saëns: Concerto no. 3 / Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen / Wieniawski: Legende 1956
- Saint-Saëns: Concerto no. 2 / Franck: Symphonic Variations 1958
- Concerto n° 5 en fa majeur pour piano et orchestre / Septuor en mi bémol majeur 1958
- Ibert: Divertissement / Bizet: Jeux d’enfants / Saint‐Säens: Danse macabre / Le rouet d’omphale 1961
- Invitation to the Dance 1961
- Ansermet Favourites 1961
- Paganini: Concerto No.1 In D/Saint-Saëns: Introduction And Rondo Capriccioso 1962
- Carnival of the Animals/The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra 1962
- פטר והזאב / קרנבל החיות 1963
- Concertos pour violoncelle et orchestre / Kol Nidrei 1964
- Chausson: Poème / Saint-Saëns: Introduction and Rondo capriccioso / Ravel: Tzigane 1965
- Khachaturian: Violin Concerto / Saint-Saëns: Havanaise 1965
- Poulenc : Les Animaux modèles, suite pour orchestre / Saint‐Saëns : Le Carnaval des animaux 1967
- Poème / Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso / Concerto No. 5 / Polonaise in D 1970
- Préludes et Fugues (intégrale) 1972
- Organ Music by Charles Tournemire, Jeanne Demessieux, Camille Saint-Saëns 1972
- Saint‐Saëns: Violin Concerto No.3; Kreisler/Paganini: Concerto in One Movement; Wieniawski: Légénde; Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen (2024 Stereo Remaster) 1972
- Sonatas for Violin and Piano 1973
- French Piano Music 1974
- Saint-Saens: Introduction & Rondo Capriccioso / Havanaise / Chausson: Poeme / Ravel: Tzigane 1975
- Serge Prokofiev: Pierre et le loup / Camille Saint-Saëns: Le carnaval des animaux 1975
- Symphonie N° 3 "Avec Orgue" 1975
- Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf / Saint‐Saëns: Carnival of the Animals 1975
- Сен-Санс: Концерт но. 2 для фортепиано с оркестром соль минор, соч. 22 / Шуман: Карнавал, соч. 9 1976
- Saint‐Saëns: Violin Concerto no. 3 / Vieuxtemps: Violin Concerto no. 5 1976