Saint-Saens - Symphonic Poems, Carnival of the Animals, etc.
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Label: Harmonia Mundi
Cat No: HMM90261415
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 2
Genre: Orchestral
Release Date: 17th November 2023
Contents
Works
Carnival of the AnimalsDanse macabre, op.40
L'Assassinat du duc de Guise op.128
La Jeunesse d'Hercule, op.50
Le Rouet d'Omphale, op.31
Phaeton, op.39
Samson et Dalila, op.47
Artists
Les SieclesConductor
Francois-Xavier RothWorks
Carnival of the AnimalsDanse macabre, op.40
L'Assassinat du duc de Guise op.128
La Jeunesse d'Hercule, op.50
Le Rouet d'Omphale, op.31
Phaeton, op.39
Samson et Dalila, op.47
Artists
Les SieclesConductor
Francois-Xavier RothAbout
On one side, some of the most fascinating symphonic poems of French Romanticism are revealed in all the shimmering timbres of the period.
On the other, we rediscover a composer who enjoyed a good laugh (The Carnival of the Animals also returns to its original colours) when he was not involved in the early days of the cinema, with the very first music ever composed for a film.
Reviews
As anticipated, Roth and Les Siècles bring sparkle and panache to these colourful scores. The four tone poems are packed with drama. Le rouet d’Omphale thrums along busily and La jeunesse d’Hercule contains playing of tremendous delicacy, sighing strings resisting the woodwind temptations of the nymphs and the bacchantes. Phaéton’s ride in the sun chariot is thrilling and full of incident... Mark Pullinger
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