Saint-Saens Edition - Box Set 34CDs

 

Label : Warner

Format : Flac (image + cue)

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Tracklist :

CD1

Orchestral works

Symphony in A major, R159

Symphony No 1 in E flat major, Op. 2

Symphony No 2 in A minor, Op. 55

Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française/Jean Martinon

CD2

Symphonie en fa ‘Urbs Roma’, R163

Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 78 'Organ Symphony'

Marie-Claire Alain (organ)/Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française/Jean Martinon

CD3

Danse macabre, Op. 40

La jeunesse d'Hercule, Op. 50

Phaéton, Op. 39

Le Rouet d'Omphale, Op. 31

Orchestre de Paris/Pierre Dervaux

La foi, Op. 130

Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse/Michel Plasson

CD4

Le carnaval des animaux

Brenda Lucas and John Ogdon (piano)/City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/Louis Frémaux

Suite in D major for orchestra, Op. 49

Une nuit A Lisbonne, Op. 63

Saint-Saëns: Spartacus. Overture for orchestra

Ensemble Orchestral de Paris/Jean-Jacques Kantorow

CD5

Piano Concerto No.1 in D major, Op.17

Piano Concerto No.2 in G minor, Op.22

Piano Concerto No.4 in C minor, Op.44

Jean-Philippe Collard (piano)/RPO/André Previn

CD6

Piano Concerto No.3 in E flat major, Op.29

Piano Concerto No.5 in F major ‘L’Égyptien’, Op.103

Wedding Cake - Valse-Caprice for piano & strings, Op. 76

Fantasie for piano & orchestra Op. 89

Jean-Philippe Collard (piano)/RPO/André Previn

CD7

Violin Concerto No. 1 in A Major Op. 20

Violin Concerto No. 2 in C Major Op. 58

Romance in C major, Op. 48, for violin and orchestra

Romance in D flat major, Op. 37

Morceau de concert in G major, Op. 62, for violin and orchestra

Caprice andalou, Op. 122

Prélude to Le Deluge Op. 45

Ulf Hoelscher (violin)/New Philharmonia Orchestra/Pierre Dervaux

CD8

Violin Concerto No. 3 in B minor, Op. 61

Ulf Hoelscher (violin)/New Philharmonia Orchestra/Pierre Dervaux

La Muse et le Poète, Op. 132

Renaud Capuçon (violin)/Gautier Capuçon (cello) Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France/Lionel Bringuier

Introduction and Rondo capriccioso, Op. 28

Havanaise, Op. 83

Etude en forme de valse (No. 6 from Six Études, Op. 52)

Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie/Daniel Harding

CD9

Odelette in D major, Op. 162

Clara Novakova (flute)/Ensemble Orchestral de Paris/Jean-Jacques Kantorow

Tarantelle in A minor for flute, clarinet and piano and orchestra Op. 6

Clara Novakova (flute)/Richard Vieille (clarinet)/Ensemble Orchestral de Paris/Jean-Jacques Kantorow

Romance in D flat major, Op. 37

Clara Novakova (flute)/Ensemble Orchestral de Paris/Jean-Jacques Kantorow

Romance in F major, Op. 36

Radovan Vlatkovic (horn)/Ensemble Orchestral de Paris/Jean-Jacques Kantorow

Morceau de concert in G major for harp and orchestra, Op. 154

Marielle Nordmann (harp)/Ensemble Orchestral de Paris/Jean-Jacques Kantorow

Ensemble Orchestral de Paris (chamber ensemble)

Morceau de concert in F minor, Op. 94

Radovan Vlatkovic (horn)/Ensemble Orchestral de Paris/Jean-Jacques Kantorow

Cyprès (for solo organ) et Lauriers, Op. 156

Matthias Eisenberg (organ)/Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse/Michel Plasson

Rapsodie d'Auvergne for piano and orchestra Op. 73

Allegro appassionato for piano, or piano & orchestra, Op. 70

Jean-Philippe Collard (piano)/RPO/André Previn

CD10

Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 33

Mstislav Rostropovich (cello)/London Philharmonic Orchestra/Carlo Maria Giulini

Allegro Appassionato in B minor Op. 43

Paul Tortelier (cello)/City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/Louis Frémaux

Violin Sonata No. 1 in D minor, Op. 75

Renaud Capuçon (violin)/Bertrand Chamayou (piano)

Violin Sonata No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 102

Olivier Charlier (violin)/Jean Hubeau (piano)

CD11

Berceuse in B flat major Op. 38

Elégie, Op. 143

Elégie, Op. 160

Romance in D flat major, Op. 37

Olivier Charlier (violin)/Jean Hubeau (piano)

Fantaisie for violin and harp, Op. 124

Renaud Capuçon (violin)/Marie-Pierre Langlamet (harp)

Cello Sonata No. 1 in C minor Op. 32

Romance in F major, Op. 36

Allegro Appassionato in B minor Op. 43

Romance, Op. 51

Roland Pidoux (cello)/Jean Hubeau (piano)

Prière for cello & piano, Op. 158

Gautier Capuçon (cello)/Frank Braley (piano)

CD12

Cello Sonata No. 2 in F major Op. 123

Roland Pidoux (cello)/Jean Hubeau (piano)

Suite for Cello and Piano, Op. 16: II. Sérénade

Paul Tortelier (cello)/Maria de la Pau (piano)

Clarinet Sonata in E flat major, Op. 167

Sabine Meyer (clarinet)/Oleg Maisenberg (piano)

Oboe Sonata in D major Op. 166

Nicholas Daniel (oboe)/Julius Drake (piano)

Bassoon Sonata in G major, Op. 168

Dirk Meijer (bassoon)/Jan van Liere (piano)

CD13

Cavatine, for trombone and piano, Op. 144

Ian Bousfield (trombone)/Alison Procter (piano)

Piano Trio No. 1 in F major Op. 18

Yan Pascal Tortelier (violin), Paul Tortelier (cello), Maria de la Pau (piano)

Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor Op. 92

Renaud Capuçon (violin), Edgar Moreau (cello), Bertrand Chamayou (piano)

Caprice sur des airs danois et russes for piano, flute, oboe and clarinet Op. 79

Robert Fontaine (clarinet), Thomas Prévost (flute), Jacques Vandeville (oboe), Viktoria Postnikova (piano)

CD14

String Quartet No. 1 in E minor, Op. 112

String Quartet No. 2 in G major, Op. 153

Quatuor Viotti

CD15

Piano Quartet in B flat major, Op. 41

Quatuor Kandinsky

Piano Quintet in A minor Op. 14

Groupe instrumental de Paris

CD16

Le carnaval des animaux

Michel Béroff (piano), Jean-Philippe Collard (piano), Alain Moglia (violin), Jacques Cazauran (double bass), Michel Debost (flute), Claude Desurmont (clarinet), Maurice André (trumpet), Guy-Joël Cipriani and Gérard Pérotin (percussion)

Septet in E flat major for piano, trumpet, 2 violins, viola, cello and double bass Op. 65

Ensemble and Le Trio à cordes français

Fantaisie for harp, Op. 95

Marielle Nordmann (harp)

Allegro appassionato for piano, or piano and orchestra, Op. 70

Valse nonchalante, Op. 110

Bertrand Chamayou (piano)

CD17

Six Études Op. 52

Six Études Op. 111

Mazurka for Piano no 3 in B minor, Op. 66

Valse mignonne in E flat major, Op. 104

Valse gaie for Piano, Op. 139

François-René Duchâble (piano)

Études (6) pour la main gauche seule, Op. 135

Aldo Ciccolini (piano)

CD18

Scherzo for 2 Pianos, Op. 87

Lilya Zilberstein (piano), Akano Sakai (piano)

Introduction & Rondo capriccioso, Op. 28

Caprice on Airs from Gluck's 'Alceste'

Jean-François Heisser (piano), Georges Pludermacher (piano)

Symphony No. 2 in A minor, Op. 55

Etienne Marcel: Ballet Music

Jean-Pierre Armengaud (piano), Olivier Chauzu (piano)

CD19

Marche religieuse, Op. 107

Rhapsodies (3) on Breton Themes, Op. 7

Fantaisie in E flat major

Fantasie in D flat major

Fantasie in C major

Preludes and Fugues (3), Op. 99

Daniel Roth (organ)

CD20

Preludes and Fugues (3), Op. 109

Benediction Nuptiale in F major, Op. 9

Improvisations (7), Op. 150

Cyprès, Op. 156 No. 1

Elevation Ou Communion in E major, Op. 13

Daniel Roth (organ)

CD21

La cloche

Clair de lune

L'attente (Hugo)

Le Pas d'armes du Roi Jean (Hugo)

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Harmuth Höll (piano)

Pastorale

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Victoria de los Angeles (soprano), Gerald Moore (piano)

Violons dans le soir

Melodies Persanes Op. 26

Le vent dans la plane (Verlane)

Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor), Jérôme Ducros (piano)

Danse macabre (song)

Sonnet

Les cloches de la mer

Extase (Hugo)

Reverie (Hugo)

Si Vous N'avez Rien A Me Dire

Le lever de la lune (Pseudo-Ossian)

José van Dam (bass-baritone), Jean-Philippe Collard (piano)

Une flûte invisible

Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano), Geoffrey Parsons (piano)

Le Rossignol et la Rose – vocalise

Natalie Dessay (soprano), Berlin Symphony Orchestra/Michel Schønwandt

Pastorale

El Desdichado

Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano), Graham Johnson (piano)

Choeurs (2), Op. 68

Saltarelle Op. 74

Ensemble vocal Jean Sourisse/Ensemble vocal Audite Nova, Jean Sourisse

CD22

Messe, Op. 4

Isabel Balmori-Padesca (soprano), Annelise Théodoloz (alto), Laurent Dami (tenor), Alain Clément (baritone), Stephan Imboden (bass)/Marie-Claire Alain (organ)/Ensemble vocal de Lausanne/Michel Corboz

Samson et Dalila: Printemps qui commence: Samson, recherchant ma présence…Amour, viens aider ma faiblesse: Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix

Maria Callas (soprano)/Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française/Georges Prêtre

Henry VIII: Ô Cruel Souvenir!

Véronique Gens (soprano)/Les Talens Lyriques/Christophe Rousset

CD23-24

Samson et Dalila

Rita Gorr (mezzo-soprano), Jon Vickers (tenor), Ernest Blanc (baritone), Anton Diakov (bass), Rémi Corazza (tenor), Jacques Potier (tenor), Jean-Pierre Hurteau (bass)/Choeurs René Duclos, Orchestre du Théâtre National de l’Opéra de Paris/Georges Prêtre

CD25

Bach: Partita for solo violin No. 1 in B minor, BWV1002: Bourrée arr. for piano, Camille Saint-Saëns

Stephen Hough (piano)

Le Cygne from Le carnaval des animaux arr. for piano, Leopold Godowsky

Alexandre Tharaud (piano)

Bach: Partita for solo violin No. 1 in B minor, BWV1002: Bourrée arr. for harp, Camille Saint-Saëns

Lily Laskine (harp)

Danse macabre, Op. 40 arr. for organ, Edwin Lamare

Oliver Latry (organ)

Introduction and Rondo capriccioso, Op. 28 arr. for violin and piano, Georges Bizet

Havanaise, Op. 83 transcr. for violin and piano

Viviane Hagner (violin), Nicole Hagner (piano)

Le Cygne from Le carnaval des animaux transc for violin and piano, Jascha Heifetz

Itzhak Perlman (violin), Samuel Sanders (piano)

Samson et Dalila: Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix arr. for cello and piano, Georges Papin

Gautier Capuçon (cello), Frank Braley (piano)

Le Cygne from Le carnaval des animaux arr, for cello and orchestra, Paul Vidal

Gautier Capuçon (cello)/Orchestre de chambre de Paris, Douglas Boyd

Samson et Dalila: Danse des Prêtresses de Dagon arr. for cello and piano, A Samm

Étienne Marcel: Pavane arr, for cello and piano, Jules Delsart

Les cloches du soir, Op. 85 arr. for cello and piano, F Ronchini

Violin Concerto No. 3 in B minor, Op. 61: II. Andantino quasi allegretto transcr. for cello and piano, Thomas Vautier

Paul Tortelier (cello), Maria de la Pau (piano)

Le Cygne from Le carnaval des animaux arr. for cello and harp

Jacqueline du Pré (cello), Osian Ellis (harp)

CD26

Le Cygne from Le carnaval des animaux. Transcr. for trumpet and piano, Mikhail Nakariakov

Introduction and Rondo capriccioso, Op. 28 arr. for trumpet and piano, Mikhail Nakariakov

Mikhail Nakariakov (trumpet, flugelhorn)/Alexander Markovich (piano)/Philharmonia/Vladimir Ashkenazy

Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 33 transcr. for flugelhorn and piano, Mikhail Nakariakov

Mikhail Nakariakov (trumpet)/Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra/Saulius Sondeckis

Le carnaval des animaux

The King’s Singers/Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Carl Davis

CD27

Samson et Dalila (improvisation)

Chopin: Impromptu No. 2 in F sharp major, Op. 36

Valse mignonne in E flat major, Op. 104

Mazurka for Piano No. 1 in G minor, Op. 21

Valse nonchalante, Op. 110

Mazurka for Piano no 3 in B minor, Op. 66

Rapsodie d'Auvergne for piano & orchestra Op. 73

Improvised Cadenza (From Africa, Op. 89)

Valse mignonne in E flat major, Op. 104

Valse nonchalante, Op. 110

Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 22 (excerpt)

Rapsodie d'Auvergne for piano & orchestra Op. 73

Prélude to Le Deluge Op. 45

Elégie, Op. 143

Suite algérienne, Op. 60 (excerpt)

Mazurka for Piano No. 1 in G minor, Op. 21

Valse mignonne in E flat major, Op. 104

Havanaise, Op. 83

Camille Saint-Saëns (piano), Gabriel Willaume (violin)

CD28

Oratorio de Noël (Christmas Oratorio), Op. 12: Tecum principium (Prière)

Henry Debruyne (violin), Cornelis Liégeois (cello), Auguste Delacroix (piano)

Le Rouet d'Omphale, Op. 31

Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire/Philippe Gaubert

Overture to the opera ‘La Princesse jaune', Op. 30

Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire/André Cluytens

Havanaise, Op. 83 transcr for violin and piano

Jacques Thibaud (violin), Tasso Janopoulo (piano)

Prélude to Le Deluge Op. 45 transcr for violin and piano

Jacques Thibaud (violin), Georges de Lausnay (piano)

Toccata d'après le cinquième concerto (No. 6 from Six Études, Op. 111)

Monique de la Bruchollerie (piano)

Etude en forme de valse (No. 6 from Six Études, Op. 52)

Alfred Cortot (piano)

Violin Concerto No. 3 in B minor, Op. 61

Henry Merckel (violin)/Orchestre de l’Association des Concerts Pasdeloup

CD29

Piano Concerto No. 4 in C minor, Op. 44

Alfred Cortot (piano)/Orchestra, Charles Munch

Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 33

André Navarra (cello)/Orchestre de l’Association des Concerts Colonne, Jean Fournet

Introduction & Rondo capriccioso, Op. 28

Jascha Heifetz (violin)/London Philharmonic Orchestra, John Barbirolli

Havanaise, Op. 83

Jascha Heifetz (violin)/London Symphony Orchestra, John Barbirolli

CD30

Piano Concerto No.1 in D major, Op.17

Piano Concerto No.2 in G minor, Op.22

Piano Concerto No.3 in E flat major, Op.29

Jeanne-Marie Darré (piano)/Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française, Louis Fourestier

CD31

Piano Concerto No.4 in C minor, Op.44

Piano Concerto No.5 in F major ‘L’Égyptien’, Op.103

Jeanne-Marie Darré (piano)/Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française, Louis Fourestier

Septet in E flat major, Op.65

Roger Delmotte (trumpet), Gaston Logerot (double bass), Pascal Quartet

CD32

Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 78 'Organ Symphony'

Maurice Duruflé (organ)/ Orchestre du Théâtre Champs-Élysées, Ernest Bour

Suite algérienne, Op. 60

Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française, Louis Fourestier

Danse macabre, Op. 40

Jacques Dabat (violin)/Orchestre de l’Association des Concerts Colonne, Louis Fourestier

Phaéton, Op. 39

Orchestre de l’Association des Concerts Colonne, Louis Fourestier

CD33-34

Samson et Dalila; Vois ma misère, hélas Samson

Enrico Caruso (tenor)/Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra

Samson et Dalila; Vois ma misère, hélas Samson

Georges Thill (tenor)/Orchestra, Philippe Gaubert

Samson et Dalila: L’as-tu donc oublié

Georges Thill (tenor)/Orchestra, Eugène Bigot

Marquise, vous souvenez-vous?

Georges Thill (tenor), Joseph Benvenuti (piano)

Le bonheur est chose legere

Ninon Vallin (soprano), Raoul Barthalay (violin), Madeleine d’Aleman (piano)

Parysatis: Le Rossignol et la Rose – vocalise

Lily Pons (soprano)/Orchestra, Gustave Cloë

Samson et Dalila

Hélène Bouvier (soprano), José Luccioni (tenor), Paul Cabanel (baritone), Henri Médus (bass)/Chorus and Orchestre du Théâtre National de l’Opéra de Paris, Louis Fourestier