Saint-Saens / Soustrot / Malmo Sym Orch Syms 1 CD

Precocious as a child, Camille Saint-Sa?ns was once known as the French Mendelssohn. The remarkably assured First Symphony, completed at the age of 17, was praised by Berlioz and Gounod at it's first performance. The elegantly crafted Second Symphony defies convention not least by basing the first movement on a fugue, while the symphonic poem Pha?ton skillfully brings this Greek mythological drama to life with stampeding horses, thunderbolts and a moving apotheosis. This is Volume 1 of 3 devoted to the five Saint-Sa?ns Symphonies.

1. 1 1 I. Adagio - Allegro 2. 1 2 II. Marche - Scherzo: Allegretto Scherzando 3. 1 3 III. Adagio 4. 1 4 IV. Finale: Allegro Maestoso 5. 1 5 I. Allegro Marcato - Piu Allegro - Tempo Primo - Piu Allegro - Tempo Primo - Allegro Appassionato 6. 1 6 II. Adagio 7. 1 7 III. Scherzo: Presto - Un Poco Meno Mosso 8. 1 8 IV. Prestissimo - Andantino - Tempo Primo 9. 1 9 Phaeton, Op. 39