Delectable Music
Neglected scores by
Saint-Saëns -
recommended by
HOWARD SMITH'Not to be missed.'
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Here we have music of Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921) at his least familiar. Nonetheless it illustrates several of the composer's most salient characteristics to perfection.
From early childhood (as a late-Romantic) the Parisian-born student Charles-Camille displayed extraordinary diverse talents, excelling as an organist, conductor, pianist and composer.
He composed with seeming ease in many genres, the exquisitely structured works teeming in individualistic melodies and novel turns...
Copyright © 1 February 2012
Howard Smith,
Masterton, New Zealand
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