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ALBUMThe Great Cello Concertos: Elgar, Dvořák, Saint-Saëns, Haydn...Jacqueline du Pré, Antonín Dvořák, Camille Saint-Saëns, Sir Edward Elgar, Frederick Delius, Franz Joseph Haydn, Luigi Boccherini, Robert Schumann & Édouard Lalo
Albums by Camille Saint-Saëns
ALBUMOksana plays BanduraOksana Stepanyuk
ALBUMWiener Philharmoniker: Romantic ClassicsVienna Philharmonic
ALBUMRose in BloomErin Morley & Gerald Martin Moore
ALBUMAve Marias IIAnna Paula Sahdi & Elisabeth Fischer Valente
ALBUMCamille Saint-Saëns: DéjanireOrchestre Philharmonique De Monte-Carlo, Kazuki Yamada, Kate Aldrich, Julien Dran, Anaïs Constans, Jérôme Boutillier, Anna Dowsley & Choeur de l'Opéra de Monte-Carlo
ALBUMGitanaCuarteto Orishas
ALBUMTibor Varga Legacy, Vol. 7: Sparkling SoundsTibor Varga & Orchestre du Festival Tibor Varga
ALBUMKlassik für Kids (zum Malen, Tanzen & Träumen)Simone Ludwig, Daniel Ludwig & Michael Schneider
ALBUMPaysageVéronique Gens, Munich Radio Orchestra & Hervé Niquet
ALBUMConnectionMarek Švejkar & Lenka Korecká
Camille Saint-Saëns's Popular Music Videos
The Swan (Saint-Saëns)
Yo-Yo Ma & Kathryn Stott
Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the Animals, R. 125: XII. Fossils
Lang Lang, Gina Alice, Gewandhausorchester & Andris Nelsons
Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the Animals, Finale
The Kanneh-Masons
Le Cygne (The Swan - From Carnival of the Animals)
Gautier Capuçon, Douglas Boyd, Orchestre de chambre de Paris & Deborah Nemtanu
Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the Animals, R. 125: XIII. The Swan (Arr. Garrett / van der Heijden for Violin and Orchestra)
David Garrett, Franck van der Heijden & Orchestra the Prezent
The Carnival of the Animals: I. Introduction et marche royale du lion (Introduction and Royal March of the Lion)
Marin Alsop & Britten-Pears Orchestra
The Carnival of the Animals: VII. Aquarium
Marin Alsop & Britten-Pears Orchestra
The Carnival of the Animals: II. Poules et coqs (Hens and Cockerels)
Marin Alsop & Britten-Pears Orchestra
The Carnival of the Animals: III. Hémiones (animaux véloces) (Wild Asses (Swift Animals))
Marin Alsop & Britten-Pears Orchestra
The Carnival of the Animals: XII. Fossiles (Fossils)
Marin Alsop & Britten-Pears Orchestra
Artist Playlists
Camille Saint-Saëns Essentials
Rhythmic ebullience and melodic charm from one of France's great Romantic stylists.
Another Carnival of Animals
Wander through the animal kingdom in the company of the great composers.
Artist Biography
A musical prodigy and polymath, Camille Saint-Saëns was born in Paris in 1835. Composing from the age of three, he played Beethoven’s Third Piano Concerto in public at 10 and entered the Paris Conservatoire at 13. His First Symphony of 1853 drew praise from Liszt, who thought him the greatest living organist. Later decades consolidated his standing as a composer, pianist, and organist—often simultaneously, as in his Piano Concerto No. 2 (1868) and Third “Organ” Symphony in 1886, which he considered to be his finest achievement. Saint-Saëns wrote in all the main musical genres, but of his 12 operas, only Samson et Dalila (1877) has found lasting success, and such is his control over all aspects of composition that his music can lack spontaneity. Yet numerous pieces display a lighter touch: the one-act opera La princesse jaune (1872), the symphonic poem Danse macabre (1874), and the suite Le carnaval des animaux (1886), whose infectious humor led him to forbid its publication in his lifetime. The evocative Piano Concerto No. 5 “Egyptian” (1896) reflects his travels in North Africa, while sonatas for oboe, clarinet, and bassoon from his last year find his technical mastery deployed in music of classical poise and autumnal eloquence. His death in 1921 prompted one of Paris’ most notable state funerals.
Hometown
Paris, France
Genre
Classical