Composer: Charles Camille Saint-Saëns
Performer: Fanny Clamagirand, Vanya Cohen
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Naxos
Catalogue: 8572750
Release: 2013
Size: 265 MB
Recovery: +3%
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Violin Sonata No. 1 in D minor, Op. 75
01. I. Allegro agitato
02. I. Adagio
03. II. Allegretto moderato
04. II. Allegro molto
05. Berceuse in B flat major Op. 38
06. Elegie in F major, Op. 160
07. Elegie in D major, Op. 143
Sarabande et rigaudon, Op. 93 (version for violin and piano)
08. Sarabande
09. Rigaudon
10. Romance in D flat major, Op. 37
11. L’air de la pendule in A minor
Triptyque Op. 136
12. I. Premice
13. II. Vision Congolaise
14. III. Joyeusete
“I like nothing better than chamber music,” Saint-Saëns once wrote to a violinist friend and, indeed, he did much to promote the genre in Paris during the second half of the 19th century. Prominent among his works for violin and piano is the technically challenging 1885 Violin Sonata No. 1 which balances passion with clarity. The Triptyque of 1912 shows his mastery of melody, rhythm and metre, and elsewhere in this first volume one finds numerous examples of his instinct for charm and characterisation.