Browse: Saint-Saëns (composer), Etudes
This page lists all recordings composed by Charles Camille Saint-Saëns (1835–1921).
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Saint-Saëns: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 5 & pieces for solo piano
RecommendedBertrand Chamayou (piano)
Orchestre National de France, Emmanuel Krivine
The nimbleness and fluidity of his playing is remarkable. It’s a zingy performance (of the Second Concerto) all round, with a vigorous performance from the Orchestre National de France, conducted... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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Presto Recording of the Week, 21st December 2018
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Gramophone Awards, 2019, Recording of the Year
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Shura Cherkassky: The Complete 78rpm Recordings (1923-1950)
Shura Cherkassky (piano), Robert Lortat, Marcel Hubert, Santa Monica Symphony Orchestra, Jacques Rachmilovich
APR’s is the most comprehensive single collection and has, by a country mile, the best annotation, booklet (Jonathan Summers) and transfers (Seth B Winner)...evidence, if it were needed, of a... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2023, Archive Issue of the Month
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2023
3 CDs
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Saint-Saëns: Violin Concerto No. 3 & other works for solo instrument and orchestra
Jean-Jacques Kantorow (violin) & Heini Kärkkäinen (piano)
Tapiola Sinfonietta, Jean-Jacques Kantorow & Kees Bakels
Right from the opening appassionato phrase on the G string, Jean-Jacques Kantorow goes for broke… Kantorow can be delicate too, while his brisk speeds… ensure that nothing sags - the second... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2008, Orchestral Finalist
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Gramophone Awards, 2007, Finalist - Concerto
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2007, Disc of the month
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2007, Editor's Choice
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No point trying to fault anything: the lightness and flexibility of her touch takes the breath away, and her sound is at every moment transparently controlled, each piece displaying insight and... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2012, Instrumental Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2012, Editor's Choice
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Philippe Hirschhorn - Violin Concertos
Philippe Hirschhorn (violin), Lidiya Leonskaya (piano), Helmuth Barth (piano)
Orchestre National de Belgique, Südfunk Sinfonie Orchester, The New Philharmonia Orchestra, Kölner Rundfunk Sinfonie Orchester, Bamberger Sinfoniker, Rene Defossez, Jiri Starek, Uri Segal, Ferdinand Leitner
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Musically she’s a chameleon, capable of completely changing her colour at the drop of a hat, and that versatility is what makes this new recording such a success...It’s a neat idea, which she... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2021, Recording of the Month
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Saint-Saëns's Études make ferociously virtuosic demands upon any pianist, but thankfully Piers Lane is more than up to the task, not least in the set of six studies for the left hand alone, which... — More…
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Saint-Saëns: Complete Works for Violin & Orchestra & Cello & Orchestra
RecommendedLiya Petrova (violin), Jolente De Maeyer (violin), Tatiana Samouil (violin), Harriet Langley (violin), Elina Buksha (violin), Maria Milstein (violin), Noëlle Weidmann (cello), Adam Krzeszowiec (cello), Deborah Pae (cello), Pau Codina (cello), Wojciech Fudala (cello), Noëlle Weidmann (cello) &...
If the discs above have left you keen to explore Saint-Saëns's writing for solo string instruments further, then this 3-CD set, with soloists taken from members of the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel... — More…
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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What a pleasure to encounter the full extent of Iturbi’s superb piano playing and elegant musicianship...Beethoven’s Andante favori is a model of tenderness and poise. It also prominently displays... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2016, Re-issue of the Month
3 CDs
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Ruth Slenczynska - Complete American Decca Recordings
Ruth Slenczynska (piano)
Wiener Symphoniker, Symphony of the Air, Carl Melles, Henry Swoboda
I’d rather listen to Ruth Slenczynska playing Chopin than just about anyone else. Three specific characteristics are her rhythmic acuity, razor-sharp precision in chord playing and rapid passagework,... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2021, Reissue/Archive Issue of the Month
10 CDs
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