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Camille Saint-saëns: Dances And Ballet Music - Étienne Marcel; Henry Viii; Airs De Ballet De Parysatis; Samson Et Dalila

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Format: CD

Cat No: 8574463

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Release Date:  11 November 2022

Label:  Naxos - Nxp / Naxos Classics

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  747313446377

Genres:  Classical  Orchestral  

Composer/Series:  Camille Saint-Saëns

  • Description

    This album presents a selection of Saint-Saëns’ incidental music and music from his operas. From Samson et Dalila – the only one of Saint-Saëns’ operas to remain in the repertory – we hear two memorable and adrenalin-fuelled dances including the famous Bacchanale. Henry VIII drew from the composer music of regal solemnity with plenty of colourful scoring, praised by Gounod. The lukewarm reception to Étienne Marcel came as a bitter disappointment to Saint-Saëns but the customary ballet includes a strong element of delightful 14th-century pastiche. The incidental music to the play Parysatis received tumultuous acclaim at its premiere in 1902 and includes the delightful Airs de ballet flecked by the use of crotales (antique finger-cymbals).