Composer: Charles Camille Saint-Saëns
Performer: Olivier Latry
Orchestra: Orchestre National de France
Conductor: Cristian Mǎcelaru
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Warner
Catalogue: 9029653343
Release: 2021
Size: 2.73 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Symphony in A Major
01. I. Poco adagio. Allegro vivace
02. II. Larghetto
03. III. Scherzo (Allegro vivace)
04. IV. Finale. Allegro molto. Presto
Symphony No. 1 in E flat major, Op. 2
05. I. Adagio. Allegro
06. II. Marche. Scherzo
07. III. Adagio
08. IV. Finale. Allegro maestoso
Symphonie en fa Urbs Roma
09 .I. Largo – Allegro
10. II. Molto vivace
11. III. Moderato assai serioso
12. IV. Poco Allegretto. Andante con moto
Symphony No. 2 in A minor, Op. 55
13. I. Allegro marcato. Allegro appassionato
14. II. Adagio
15. III. Scherzo. Presto
16. IV. Prestissimo
Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 78 ‘Organ Symphony’
17. I. (a) Adagio – Allegro moderato
18. I. (b) Poco adagio
19. II. (a) Allegro moderato – Presto
20. II. (b) Maestoso. Allegro
In a release that marks the centenary of Camille Saint-Saëns’ death in December 1921, the Orchestre National de France, conducted by its music director Cristian Măcelaru, performs the composer’s five symphonies: Nos 1, 2 and 3 and two unnumbered works, the early Symphony in A major and the Symphony in F major, ‘Urbs Roma’. The works span some 35 years of the composer’s dazzling career – from around 1850, when he was 15, to 1886, the year that the Symphony No 3 was premiered. By far the best known of the five, No 3 famously complements the orchestra with an organ, played on this new recording by Olivier Latry.