Camille Saint Saëns

Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, Choeur de l’Opera de Monte-Carlo & Kazuki Yamada - Camille Saint-Saens: Dejanire 2024

Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, Choeur de l’Opera de Monte-Carlo & Kazuki Yamada - Camille Saint-Saens: Dejanire 2024
FLAC (tracks), Lossless+Booklet | 1:43:49 | 449 Mb
Genre: Classical

‘It will be a strange score: people will either not like it at all, or will like it enormously’, prophesied Camille Saint-Saëns a few days before the premiere of Déjanire. The opera, first performed in Monte Carlo on 14 March 1911, is based on incidental music written in 1898 for the Béziers Arena. Fascinated by the subject, the composer soon wanted to give it a second, more ambitious life. He therefore conceived a mythological epic that inspired ‘powerfully evocative music’, according to Gabriel Fauré, who was struck by the impact of the choral writing. Yet the love drama that rends the heroine’s heart engenders wildly romantic duets and culminates in the public immolation of Hercules, set ablaze by the poisoned tunic offered to him by the fallen queen. This new Déjanire received high praise from the critics, who flocked to Monaco to see it. But the modernist path that French opera was taking at the time did not allow the work to survive the upheavals of the First World War. It would have been a shame to prolong this unjustified ostracism any longer.

Camille SAINT-SAENS - Johannes MOSER, Fabrice BOLLON (2008) Wav  Music

Posted by galmuchet at Dec. 21, 2009
Camille SAINT-SAENS - Johannes MOSER, Fabrice BOLLON (2008) Wav

Camille SAINT-SAENS - Johannes MOSER, Fabrice BOLLON (2008)
Classical | RIP+UP | wav (16-Bit Stereo 44, 100 Hz) | ECDDAE pro 12 | Covers & Livret | 708 Mb
Germany CD Audio 2008
Hässler Classic

Camille SAINT-SAËNS (1835-1921) Complete Works for Cello and Orchestra
Bernardo Santos & Belem Quartet - Camille Saint-Saëns, Antonín Dvořák: Piano Quintets (2022)

Bernardo Santos & Belem Quartet - Camille Saint-Saëns, Antonín Dvořák: Piano Quintets (2022)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 344 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 169 Mb | 01:13:21
Classical | Label: Da Vinci Classics

Concepts such as evolution and progress are hardly fitting when considering the history of the arts. Each period and place has its own language, which borrows from what had preceded it, paves the way for what will follow, but also rejects some elements of the past and will be partly rejected by the future. Forms and genres prized by one generation are forgotten by the following, and new styles become fashionable in place of the preceding ones. Each of them may produce – and normally does – great masterpieces, which influence in turn what will happen in the future decades.
Joshua Bell, Jeremy Denk - French Impressions: Camille Saint-Saens, Cesar Franck, Maurice Ravel (2012)

Joshua Bell, Jeremy Denk - French Impressions (2012)
Camille Saint-Saëns, Cesar Franck, Maurice Ravel

EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 286 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 163 Mb | Scans included
Genre: Classical | Label: Sony Classical | # 88697891822 | Time: 01:07:19

Unusually the liner note deserves a mention ahead of the music: the fine pianist Jeremy Denk, half of this regular duo, manages to encapsulate the elusiveness of French romantic music with such insight in a few sharp sentences, his words almost shape the way we listen to this superbly played disc. Saint-Saëns' wistful and emotional Sonata No 1 and Ravel's bluesy, ironic sonata have a whipped, airy quality. Joshua Bell plays with fire and finesse, with Denk a powerful ally. Franck's dark-light violin sonata, mysterious, ardent and far more than the sum of its parts when played as majestically as here, forms the centrepiece of this seriously beguiling disc.
Diego Fasolis, Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana - Camille Saint-Saens: Messe de Requiem; Partsongs (2004)

Diego Fasolis, Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana - Camille Saint-Saëns: Messe de Requiem; Partsongs (2004)
Classical | Eac, Flac, Img+Cue, Log | Covers | 304.66 MB
Label: Chandos Records | Catalog N.: CHAN 10214 | TT - 73:21

The acclaimed combination of Diego Fasolis and Swiss Radio present Camille Saint-Saëns’s Partsongs and Requiem Mass.
This is the only available recording of the Requiem Mass.
Saint-Saëns’s Requiem is a highly appealing work with beautiful and complex harmonies. There is plenty of colour, too – as one would expect from this inexhaustibly inventive opera composer – but also sincerity and gravitas.

Fine Arts Quartet - Camille Saint-Saëns: String Quartets (2011)  Music

Posted by tirexiss at April 17, 2023
Fine Arts Quartet - Camille Saint-Saëns: String Quartets (2011)

Fine Arts Quartet - Camille Saint-Saëns: String Quartets (2011)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 01:02:42 | 312 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: Naxos | Catalog: 8.572454

The two string quartets of Camille Saint-Saëns are not among the deathless masterpieces in the genre, but they offer enough entertaining and agreeable music to be regarded as minor classics of chamber music. The String Quartet in E minor, Op. 112, and the String Quartet No. 2 in G major, Op. 153, share the craftsmanship, intellectual rigor, and tastefulness that are characteristic of Saint-Saëns' conservative style.
The Swan (Le Cygne) - Camille Saint-Saens, Camille Saint-Saëns, Lee Evans (Piano Solo)

The Swan (Le Cygne) - Camille Saint-Saens, Camille Saint-Saëns, Lee Evans (Piano Solo)
English | 3 pages | PDF | 2.6 MB
Camille Saint-Saëns - Ben van Oosten - Complete Organ Works (2012)

Camille Saint-Saëns - Ben van Oosten - Complete Organ Works
3xCD | EAC+LOG+CUE | FLAC: 584 MB | Full Artwork: 210 MB | 5% Recovery Info
Label/Cat#: MDG "Gold" # 316 1767-2 | Country/Year: Germany 2012
Genre: Classical | Style: Romantic, Early 20th Century, Organ

The infinite cosmos of French organ music is Ben van Oosten’s realm, and he now has recorded the complete organ works of Camille Saint-Saëns in a sumptuous box set. He performs on the Cavaillé Coll organ in Ste. Madeleine in Paris, one of the most beautiful instruments of its kind and an organ with a big orchestral sound on which Saint-Saëns himself left his traces for more than two decades…
Lang Lang, Gina Alice, Andris Nelsons, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig - Camille Saint-Saëns (2024)

Lang Lang, Gina Alice, Andris Nelsons, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig - Camille Saint-Saëns (2024)
XLD | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 376 Mb | Total time: 01:46:51 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Deutsche Grammophon | # 485 9224 | Recorded: 2023

Lang Lang presents a treasure trove of musical discoveries in this album: Saint-Saëns’s Piano Concerto No. 2, recorded with the Gewandhausorchester and Andris Nelsons, is a true romantic masterpiece for Lang Lang that rivals the great concertos by Rachmaninoff or Tchaikovsky. Pairing it with Carnival of the Animals, a whimsical menagerie that has captivated young hearts for generations, Lang Lang continues his heartfelt wish to promote the love of classical music to young people and it also gives him a chance to collaborate with his wife, pianist Gina Alice. These two large scale orchestral works are complemented with solo compositions, including hidden gems by five female French composers as well as beloved French Classics.
Leia Zhu, ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra & Howard Griffiths - Camille Saint-Saëns: Complete Concertos (2025)

Leia Zhu, ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra & Howard Griffiths - Camille Saint-Saëns: Complete Concertos (New Talents Edition #1) (2025)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless | 1:01:06 | 301 Mb
Genre: Classical

Introducing Leia Zhu, a remarkable wunderkind on the violin, in her highly anticipated first release of an 8-album series dedicated to the captivating solo concertos of Saint-Saens. This album is a celebration of talent and artistry, showcasing the extraordinary capabilities of one of today's most promising young musicians.