Noriko Ogawa, Tapiola Sinfonietta, Jean-Jacques Kantorow - Saint-Saëns: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2; Suite in D major (2000)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 70:31 | 263 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: BIS | Catalog: BIS-CD-1040
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 70:31 | 263 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: BIS | Catalog: BIS-CD-1040
The debt owed by French music to Saint-Saëns is often overlooked. At a time when many composers saw opera as the only way forward, Saint-Saëns took the supposedly Germanic forms of symphony, sonata and concerto, and transformed them into something idiomatically French. His five concertos for piano and orchestra demonstrate his own skills as a pianist and reflect his admiration for Liszt.