Composer: Camille Saint-Saëns
Performer: Renaud Capuçon, Edgar Moreau, Bertrand Chamayou
Number of Discs: 1
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Erato
Release: 2020
Size: 1.36 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Violin Sonata No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 75
01. I. Allegro agitato
02. I. Adagio
03. II. Allegro moderato
04. II. Allegro molto
Cello Sonata No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 32
05. I. Allegro
06. II. Andante tranquillo sostenuto
07. III. Allegro moderato
Piano Trio No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 92
08. I. Allegro non troppo
09. II. Allegretto
10. III. Andante con moto
11. IV. Grazioso, poco allegro
12. V. Allegro
2021 marks 100 years since the death of this composer, one of the acknowledged masters of French music. Born in Paris in 1835, he lived through a time of momentous change – in musical terms from the era of early Romanticism to the rise of Modernism – traveled widely around the world, and enjoyed a distinguished career as an organist, pianist and, of course, composer.
Though Saint-Saëns’s output was prolific in a diversity of genres, comparatively few of his works are performed with great frequency. “These are splendid works,” says Bertrand Chamayou of the repertoire chosen for their album, “but only relatively rarely performed and recorded. This is essential French Romantic chamber music and French performers of our generation have a duty to share it with audiences.”