
0159-0 CD
The Welte Mignon Mystery Vol. IX
Camille Saint-Saëns
today playing all his 1905 interpretations.
Selected works by Saint-Saëns, Beethoven, Schumann and Chopin
EAN/barcode: 4009850015901
Camille Saint-Saëns was a man of exceptionally wide-ranging talents, a truly universal genius. Yet as a poet, dramatist, philosopher, astronomer, biologist, archaelogist, ethnologist, artist and caricaturist, and even as a pianist, he is completely forgotten; indeed even as a composer he went through a period of neglect. Yet the piano was his constant companion in a matchless career lasting more than three-quarters of a century, from his beginnings as a child prodigy to the last day of his life.
Video on the Welte Mignon piano with the expert Hans W. Schmitz
Tracks
Nr. No. N° |
Werk - Satz Composition - movement Oeuvre - mouvement |
Komponist Composer Compositeur |
Künstler Artist Interprète |
Dauer Duration Durée |
|
1 | 2. Sinfonie op. 55 a-Moll | 2. Satz Adagio | Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921) | Camille Saint-Saëns | 3:40 |
2 | Valse nonchalante op. 110 Des-Dur | Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921) | Camille Saint-Saëns | 2:52 | |
3 | Samson et Dalila op. 47 | Finale aus dem 1. Akt der Oper | Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921) | Camille Saint-Saëns | 4:59 |
4 | Le Rouet d'Omphale | Poème symphonique op. 31 | Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921) | Camille Saint-Saëns | 6:39 |
5 | Mazurka Nr. 3 op. 66 h-Moll | Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921) | Camille Saint-Saëns | 3:18 | |
6 | Rhapsodie d'Auvergne op. 73 C-Dur | Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921) | Camille Saint-Saëns | 7:19 | |
7 | Suite Algérienne op. 60 Nr. 3 | Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921) | Camille Saint-Saëns | 3:46 | |
8 | Gavotte op. 90 F-Dur | Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921) | Camille Saint-Saëns | 1:47 | |
9 | Valse mignonne op. 104 Es-Dur | Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921) | Camille Saint-Saëns | 2:19 | |
10 | Sonate Nr. 16 op. 31 Nr. 1 G-Dur | 2. Satz Adagio grazioso | Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827) | Camille Saint-Saëns | 8:54 |
11 | Waldszenen op. 82 | Nr. 9 Der Abschied | Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856) | Camille Saint-Saëns | 2:51 |
12 | Nocturne Fis-Dur op. 15 Nr. 2 | Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849) | Camille Saint-Saëns | 2:42 | |
13 | Étude E-Dur op. 10 Nr. 3 | Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849) | Camille Saint-Saëns | 3:01 |
total playing time: 55:18
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