Saint-Sa?ns composed many original works for the violin. He also took the art of arrangement to new heights of refinement, believing his transcriptions were independent of their models, following the...
Saint-Saens's early unfinished Violin Sonata is testimony to his remarkable precocity as a child. His music's universal appeal is demonstrated in adaptations of his Bach influenced Suite, Op. 16, the...
Once dubbed 'the French Mendelssohn', Camille Saint-Sa?ns was a prodigiously gifted composer of sophisticated and appealing music much of which has been unjustly neglected in recent times. His three...
A seminal figure of French Romantic music, Camille Saint-Saens was also a great keyboard prodigy. The etudes, Op 52 unite exuberant virtuosity with shimmering delicacy, while the Six etudes, Op 111...
Saint-Sa?ns excelled as a composer, conductor, pianist and organist - his composition output is enormous, reaching over 160 titles of which many are substantial - operas, ballets, symphonies - yet...