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The Saint-Saëns Organ Symphony is a very good performance, though Edo de Waart improved on it still further both interpretively and sonically in his San Francisco remake. Still, the bracing opening movement and beautifully flowing Poco adagio linger sweetly in the mind, while an aptly sensational finale makes up for the slightly droopy scherzo.
The Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 78, was completed by Camille Saint-Saëns in 1886 at the peak of his artistic career. [1] It is popularly known as the Organ Symphony, since, unusually for a late-Romantic symphony, two of the four movements use the pipe organ. The composer inscribed it as: Symphonie No. 3 "avec orgue" (with organ).
Saint-Saëns: Organ Symphony SACD. David Hurwitz. Artistic Quality: 7. Sound Quality: 10. This disc has a lot going for it. The new organ in Philadelphia’s Orchestra Hall, the inaugural concert of which is enshrined on this disc, is clearly a splendid instrument. I do wish the notes had omitted the business about “the world’s largest ...
Enjoy this mesmerizing performance of the Symphony No. 3 "avec orgue" (with organ) which was completed by Camille Saint-Saëns in 1886 – at the artistic heigh...
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Feb 17, 2021 · The recording dates from 1958, part of the Living Stereo series, but it’s still an excellent recording… performance and sound. Boston’s Symphony Hall has some of the finest acoustics in the world and the organ there is fantastic. I once heard the Saint-Saëns Symphony from the second row center.
What is Saint-Saëns’ “Organ” Symphony? It’s a symphony written by French composer Saint-Saëns cast in two movements. It has been a crowd favorite ever since its premiere in London’s St. James’s Hall in 1886 when Saint-Saëns himself lead the orchestra of the Royal Philharmonic Society. Although the whole symphony is well-loved ...
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10. Sound Quality: 9. This celebrated recording of Saint-Saëns’ Third stands as one of the very few performances to challenge the acclaimed Munch/Boston version on RCA. It features playing of great panache (with a truly high-voltage finale), and if the strings in the first-movement allegro aren’t as tidy as some, Barenboim more than ...
