Lang Lang presents Saint-Saëns’ The Carnival of the Animals and the Second Piano Concerto with other works by Ravel, Debussy, Boulanger, and Tailleferre.
Tag: Saint-Saëns
Review: “Butterfly Lovers” – Joshua Bell, Violin
Joshua Bell in “Butterfly Lovers” violin concerto by Chen Gang & He Zhanhao, with works by Saint-Saëns, Massenet, and Sarasate.
Review: Beethoven – Violin Concerto – María Dueñas, Wiener Symphoniker, Honeck
María Dueñas in a new rendition of Beethoven’s Violin Concerto with the Wiener Symphoniker, conducted by Manfred Honeck.
Year In Review – Our Top Classical Albums for 2022
We go over a lot of classical music albums during the year, so when 2022 comes to an end it’s time for members of The Classic Review staff to pick their favorite albums of the year.
Review: Saint-Saëns – Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 – Alexandre Kantorow
In a new 2022 release, Alexandre Kantorow and father Jean-Jacques complete their Saint-Saëns piano concerto cycle with a performance of Nos. 1 and 2.
Review: Saint-Saëns: Complete Symphonies – Măcelaru
Cristian Măcelaru and the Orchestre National de France present the complete symphonies of Saint-Saëns on the 100th anniversary of the composer’s death.
Editor’s Choice: The Best New Classical Music Albums, November 2021
The choices of the best classical music albums we covered on The Classic Review the past month.
Review: Saint-Saëns – Symphonies No. 3 & Urbs Roma – Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège, Kantorow
Jean-Jacques Kantorow and the Liège Royal Philharmonic complete their cycle of Saint-Saëns’ Symphonies.
Editor’s Choice: The Best New Classical Music Albums, July 2021
The choices of the best classical music albums we covered on The Classic Review the past month.
Review: Saint-Saëns – Symphonies No. 1 & 2 – Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège, Kantorow
Jean-Jacques Kantorow continues his journey with Saint-Saëns, this time conducting the Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège in the early Symphonies No. 1 and 2, and the youthful Symphony in A Major.
