Saint-saens: Africa - Geoffrey Simon - Audio CD (Arrives in 50 days)

One of a pair of distinctive Saint-Saëns recordings, made with the London Philharmonic Orchestra. It features several rarely-recorded works, alongisde the premiere recording of Saint-Saëns’s arrangement for tenor and orchestra of the iconic Danse macabre – which was origninally a song for voice and piano to a poem Henri Cazalis before it’s expansion into a celebrated tone poem.

Tracklist

1. Africa, Fantasy For Piano and Orchestra, Op. 89 (11:12)
2. Parysatis, Airs De Balleti. Entrie (00:35)
3. Parysatis, Airs De Balletii. No. 1 (02:03)
4. Parysatis, Airs De Balletiii. No. 2 (03:26)
5. Parysatis, Airs De Balletiv. No. 3 (01:57)
6. La Jota Aragonese, Op. 64 (03:48)
7. Samson and Delilah, Op. 47 Grand Fantasy (13:39)
8. Tarantelle For Flute, Clarinet and Orchestra, Op. 6 (05:40)
9. Sarabande Et Rigaudon, Op. 93i. Sarabande (05:34)
10. Sarabande Et Rigaudon, Op. 93ii. Rigaudon (03:09)
11. Danse Macabre, Op. 40 (02:54)
12. Suite Algerienne, Op. 60iv. Marche Militaire Franc. (04:25)
13. La Muse Et Le Poete, Op. 132 (15:20)
14. Ascaniovalse (Finale) (03:54)

Label: Signum Classics | Origin: Holland

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