Composer: Charles Camille Saint-Saëns
Performer: Liya Petrova, Jolente De Maeyer, Tatiana Samouil, Harriet Langley, Elina Buksha, Maria Milstein, Noëlle Weidmann, Adam Krzeszowiec, Deborah Pae, Pau Codina, Wojciech Fudala, Soloists Of The Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel
Number of Discs: 3
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Zigzag
Catalogue: ZZT335
Release: 2013
Size: 2.25 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
CD 01
01. Violin Concerto No. 1 in A Major, Op. 20: Allegro – Andante espressivo – Tempo primo
Violin Concerto No. 2 in C Major Op. 58
02. I. Allegro moderato e maestoso
03. II. Andante espressivo
04. III. Allegro scherzando, quasi allegretto
Violin Concerto No. 3 in B minor, Op. 61
05. I. Allegro non troppo
06. II. Andantino quasi allegretto
07. III. Molto moderato e maestoso
CD 02
01. Introduction & Rondo capriccioso, Op. 28
02. Romance in D flat major, Op. 37
03. Prélude to Le Deluge Op. 45
04. Romance in C major, Op. 48, for violin and orchestra
05. Caprice d’après l’Étude en forme de valse de Saint-Saëns, Op. 52 (Transcription for Violin and Orchestra by Eugène Ysaÿe)
06. Morceau de concert in G major, Op. 62
07. Havanaise, Op. 83
08. Caprice andalou, Op. 122
09. Allegro appassionato for Cello and Orchestra in B Minor, Op. 43
CD 03
Cello Concerto No. 1, Op. 33
01. I. Allegro non troppo
02. II. Allegretto con moto
03. III. Tempo primo
Cello Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 119
04. I. Allegro moderato e maestoso – Andante sostenuto
05. II. Allegro non troppo – Molto allegro
Suite for Cello & Orchestra, Op. 16b
06. I. Prélude (Moderato assai)
07. II. Sérénade (Andantino)
08. III. Gavotte (Allegro non troppo)
09. IV. Romance (Molto adagio)
10. V. Tarantelle (Presto non troppo)
11. Romance, Op. 36
12. La Muse et le Poète, Op. 132
This ambitious project consists of a recording of the complete music for violin and orchestra and cello and orchestra by Saint-Saëns. It marks the beginning of an intensive collaboration between Zig-Zag Territories and the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel.
This institution based in Brussels is an internationally renowned centre for artistic training, reserved for top-level young musical talents. Each year, new musicians prepare for their solo career at the Chapel, helped by great performers such as the violinist Augustin Dumay, the cellist Gary Hoffman, and the pianist Maria João Pires. Accompanied by the Liège Royal Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of the Viennese conductor Christian Arming, the young violinists and cellists of the Chapel present not just the most frequently performed concertos of Saint-Saëns, but also a chance to discover such little known works as the First and Second violin concertos and the Second Cello Concerto.