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Classics for Kids
Le Carnaval des Animaux
CD
15 Oct 2003
Barcode: 0724354560323
Composer: Camille Saint-Saëns
Other participants: Frank Braley, Michel Dalberto, Paul Meyer, David Guerrier, Marie-Pierre Langlamet, Beatrice Muthelet, Esther Hoppe, Janne Saksala, Florent Jodelet
''What hard things,' wrote Saint-Saëns, 'have been said against virtuosity!… The fact must be proclaimed from the house-tops – in art a difficulty overcome is a thing of beauty.' There are many such beauties in Le Carnaval des animaux, and their difficulties aren't for the faint-hearted or the technically challenged, especially where the two pianists are concerned. On this disc not only are the difficulties overcome, but dispatched with tremendous verve and wit.
In the Septet the players rightly refuse to make more of the music than is really there. This light touch allows us to relish Saint-Saëns's professionalism: every part in the texture has its own shape and colour and, if there were compositional difficulties to be overcome, you'd never know. The four shorter pieces on this splendid disc include the delicious Fantaisie for violin and harp, and three arrangements for cello and piano taken from the horn, organ and operatic repertoires.' The Gramophone Classical Music Guide
In the Septet the players rightly refuse to make more of the music than is really there. This light touch allows us to relish Saint-Saëns's professionalism: every part in the texture has its own shape and colour and, if there were compositional difficulties to be overcome, you'd never know. The four shorter pieces on this splendid disc include the delicious Fantaisie for violin and harp, and three arrangements for cello and piano taken from the horn, organ and operatic repertoires.' The Gramophone Classical Music Guide
Audio sample & Tracklisting
Disc 1 | |
01 | No. 1- Introduction et marche royale du lion [Andante maestoso]: Le Carnaval des animaux (ed. Durand) - Renaud Capuçon/Gautier Capuçon/Emmanuel Pahud |
02 | No. 2- Poules et coqs [Allegro moderato]: Le Carnaval des animaux (ed. Durand) - Renaud Capuçon/Gautier Capuçon/Emmanuel Pahud |
03 | No. 3- Hémiones (animaux véloces) [Presto furioso]: Le Carnaval des animaux (ed. Durand) - Renaud Capuçon/Gautier Capuçon/Emmanuel Pahud |
04 | No. 4- Tortues [Andante maestoso]: Le Carnaval des animaux (ed. Durand) - Renaud Capuçon/Gautier Capuçon/Emmanuel Pahud |
05 | No. 5- L'éléphant [Allegro pomposo]: Le Carnaval des animaux (ed. Durand) - Renaud Capuçon/Gautier Capuçon/Emmanuel Pahud |
06 | No. 6- Kangourous [Moderato]: Le Carnaval des animaux (ed. Durand) - Renaud Capuçon/Gautier Capuçon/Emmanuel Pahud |
07 | No. 7- Aquarium [Andantino]: Le Carnaval des animaux (ed. Durand) - Renaud Capuçon/Gautier Capuçon/Emmanuel Pahud |
08 | No. 8- Personnages à longues oreilles [Tempo ad libitum]: Le Carnaval des animaux (ed. Durand) - Renaud Capuçon/Gautier Capuçon/Emmanuel Pahud |
09 | No. 9- Le coucou au fond des bois [Andante]: Le Carnaval des animaux (ed. Durand) - Renaud Capuçon/Gautier Capuçon/Emmanuel Pahud |
10 | No. 10- Volière [Moderato grazioso]: Le Carnaval des animaux (ed. Durand) - Renaud Capuçon/Gautier Capuçon/Emmanuel Pahud |
11 | No. 11- Pianistes [Allegro moderato]: Le Carnaval des animaux (ed. Durand) - Renaud Capuçon/Gautier Capuçon/Emmanuel Pahud |
12 | No. 12- Fossiles [Allegro ridicolo]: Le Carnaval des animaux (ed. Durand) - Renaud Capuçon/Gautier Capuçon/Emmanuel Pahud |
13 | No. 13- Le cygne [Andantino grazioso]: Le Carnaval des animaux (ed. Durand) - Renaud Capuçon/Gautier Capuçon/Emmanuel Pahud |
14 | No. 14- Final [Molto allegro]: Le Carnaval des animaux (ed. Durand) - Renaud Capuçon/Gautier Capuçon/Emmanuel Pahud |
15 | - Renaud Capuçon/Gautier Capuçon/Emmanuel Pahud |
16 | - Renaud Capuçon/Gautier Capuçon/Emmanuel Pahud |
17 | - Renaud Capuçon/Gautier Capuçon/Emmanuel Pahud |
18 | 'Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix' extract from Samson et Dalila - Gautier Capuçon/Frank Braley |
19 | Préambule: allegro moderato: Septet in E flat Op. 65 - Franck Braley/Renaud Capuçon/Gautier Capuçon/Janne |
20 | Menuet: Tempo di minuetto moderato: Septet in E flat Op. 65 - Franck Braley/Renaud Capuçon/Gautier Capuçon/Janne |
21 | Intermède: andante: Septet in E flat Op. 65 - Franck Braley/Renaud Capuçon/Gautier Capuçon/Janne |
22 | Gavotte & Final: allegro non troppo: Septet in E flat Op. 65 - Franck Braley/Renaud Capuçon/Gautier Capuçon/Janne |