Release Date: 14 January 2022
Label: Divine Art - Cd / Divine Art
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 2
Barcode: 809730123627
Genres: Classical Solo Instrumental
Composer/Series: Camille Saint-Saens
Description
Saint-Saëns excelled as a composer, conductor, pianist and organist – his composition output is enormous, reaching over 160 titles of which many are substantial – operas, ballets, symphonies – yet today much of his work remains neglected and he is known by a few works only: the Organ Symphony, Samson et Dalila, Danse Macabre and Carnival of the Animals. His original piano pieces are generally light ‘salon’ works but are nonetheless delightful and well formed. His major contribution to the piano works is the equally neglected body of transcriptions (of his own works and those of others) where he was sadly eclipsed by the more outgoing and promotion-minded Franz Liszt. This album and its companion include a number of first recordings, introducing a large body of keyboard gems to a new audience. Volume 2 is divided into two sections: transcriptions from Cantata and Oratorio and original ‘occasional pieces’, transcriptions of two works by Luis de Milan and the Douze Transcriptions (of which there 13!) of works by J. S. Bach.
Yulia Vershinina-Mukhopadhyay; Chiahu Lee
The Kreutzer Quartet
SoXXI Percussion Group
Robert Sholl; Justin Paterson; Anna McCready; Andy Visser
Marsyas Trio; Lotte Betts-Dean; Joseph Havlat
John Boyden's NQHO Players; John Lill; Ian Partridge; Jennifer Partridge
James Gilchrist; Nathan Williamson
Jacqueline Leclair; Kerstin Thiele; Esbjerg Ensemble; Harvey Sollberger; Mathias Reumert
