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Saint-Saëns / Lang Lang and Andris Nelsons.

Contributor(s): Material type: MusicMusicPublisher number: 485 9224 | Deutsche Grammophon1000141488 | Deutsche GrammophonPublisher: [Berlin] : Deutsche Grammophon, [2024]Description: 2 audio discs ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • performed music
Media type:
  • audio
Carrier type:
  • audio disc
Related works:
  • Container of (work): Saint-Saëns, Camille, 1835-1921. Carnaval des animaux
  • Container of (work): Saint-Saëns, Camille, 1835-1921. Concertos, piano, orchestra, no. 2, op. 22, G minor
  • Container of (work): Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937. Pavane pour une infante défunte
  • Container of (work): Debussy, Claude, 1862-1918. Petite suite
  • Container of (expression): Fauré, Gabriel, 1845-1924. Requiem, op. 48, D minor. In paradisum; arranged
  • Container of (expression): Delibes, Léo, 1836-1891. Lakmé. Sous le dôme épais
  • Container of (work): Saint-Saëns, Camille, 1835-1921. Etudes, piano, op. 111. Toccata d'après le 5e concerto
  • Container of (work): Fauré, Gabriel, 1845-1924. Pavan, orchestra, op. 50, F♯ minor
  • Container of (work): Farrenc, Louise, 1804-1875. Études dans tous les tons majeurs et mineurs. No. 10
  • Container of (work): Sohy, Ch., 1887- Song without words
  • Container of (work): Tailleferre, Germaine, 1892-1983. Waltzes, pianos (2). Valse lente
  • Container of (work): Bonis, Mél. Miocheries, no. 13, op. 126. Toute petite s'endort
  • Container of (work): Boulanger, Lili, 1893-1918. D'un jardin clair
  • Container of (expression): Saint-Saëns, Camille, 1835-1921. Carnaval des animaux. Cygne; arranged
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Contents:
CD 1. The carnival of the animals ; Piano concerto no. 2 in G minor, op. 22 / Camille Saint-Saëns -- CD 2. Pavane pour une infante défunte, M. 19 / Maurice Ravel -- Petite suite / Claude Debussy -- In paradisium / Gabriel Faure ; arr. Naoumoff -- Flower duet / Leo Delibes ; arr. Naoumoff -- Etude no. 6, op. 111 / Camille Saint-Saëns -- Pavane, op. 50 / Gabriel Fauré -- Étude no. 10 in F sharp minor / Louise Farrenc -- Romance sans paroles / Charlotte Sohy -- Valse lente / Germaine Tailleferre -- La toute petite s'endort / Mélanie Bonis -- D'un gardin clair / Lili Boulanger -- Le cygne / Camille Saint-Saëns ; arr. Naoumoff.
Lang Lang, piano ; with Gina Alice, piano ; Gewandhausorchester Leipzig ; Andris Nelsons, conductor.Summary: Lang Lang presents with this album a treasure trove of musical discoveries. Saint-Saëns's Piano Concerto No. 2 was recorded with a stellar cast, the Gewandhausorchester and Andris Nelsons and is for Lang Lang a true romantic masterpiece that rivals the greats like Rachmaninoff or Tchaikovsky.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The music of Camille Saint-Saëns and the other French composers featured here is a bit off the usual track for superstar pianist Lang Lang, and the album is oddly titled; only half the music on the double album is by Saint-Saëns. As it happens, Lang Lang is a pretty strong Saint-Saëns player, with clean articulation and an understanding of the composer's Gallic wit. The main feature is The Carnival of the Animals, and part of the album's goal appears to be to allow Lang Lang the opportunity to perform with his wife, pianist Gina Alice. This works out well; the two pianos are well-integrated, even if they tend to stand out too much from the orchestra. There are draws, too, on the second part of the program, performed solo by Lang Lang, except in the Petite Suite for piano four hands of Debussy (which does receive a very sharp performance). Lang Lang includes a string of pieces by recently rediscovered female French composers, and there is plenty more where these came from; all these composers need is strong star advocacy to find a permanent place in the repertory and, in the likes of Lili Boulanger's "D'un jardin claire," Lang Lang shows what is possible. Much of the rest of the second volume consists of arrangements of standard tunes like Delibes' "Flower Duet" by Emile Naoumoff, and it is delivered with Lang Lang's characteristic easy flair. Except in the works by women composers, little new ground is broken here, but the album should certainly satisfy Lang Lang fans; it landed on classical best-seller lists in early 2024. ~ James Manheim

Title from container spine.

Lang Lang, piano ; with Gina Alice, piano ; Gewandhausorchester Leipzig ; Andris Nelsons, conductor.

CD1, CD2: XI,IXX recorded 2023 June Gewandhaus, Grosser Saal, Leipzig.

CD2: I-X, XIII-XV recorded 2023 July Salle Colonne, Paris.

Liner notes by Clive Paget in English with German translations printed on container insert.

CD 1. The carnival of the animals ; Piano concerto no. 2 in G minor, op. 22 / Camille Saint-Saëns -- CD 2. Pavane pour une infante défunte, M. 19 / Maurice Ravel -- Petite suite / Claude Debussy -- In paradisium / Gabriel Faure ; arr. Naoumoff -- Flower duet / Leo Delibes ; arr. Naoumoff -- Etude no. 6, op. 111 / Camille Saint-Saëns -- Pavane, op. 50 / Gabriel Fauré -- Étude no. 10 in F sharp minor / Louise Farrenc -- Romance sans paroles / Charlotte Sohy -- Valse lente / Germaine Tailleferre -- La toute petite s'endort / Mélanie Bonis -- D'un gardin clair / Lili Boulanger -- Le cygne / Camille Saint-Saëns ; arr. Naoumoff.

Lang Lang presents with this album a treasure trove of musical discoveries. Saint-Saëns's Piano Concerto No. 2 was recorded with a stellar cast, the Gewandhausorchester and Andris Nelsons and is for Lang Lang a true romantic masterpiece that rivals the greats like Rachmaninoff or Tchaikovsky.

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