Camille Saint-Saëns
Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns (UK: , US: , French: [ʃaʁl kamij sɛ̃ sɑ̃(s)]; 9 October 1835 – 16 December 1921) was a French composer, organist, conductor and pianist of the Romantic era. His best-known works include Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso (1863), the Second Piano Concerto (1868), the First Cello Concerto (1872), Danse macabre (1874), the opera Samson and Delilah (1877), the Third Violin Concerto (1880), the Third ("Organ") Symphony (1886) and The Carnival of the Animals (1886). Saint-Saëns was a musical prodigy; he made his concert debut at the age of ten. After studying at the Paris Conservatoire he followed a conventional career as a church organist, first at Saint-Merri, Paris and, from 1858, La Madeleine, the official church of the French Empire. After leaving the post twenty years later, he was a successful freelance pianist and composer, in demand in Europe and the Americas. As a young man, Saint-Saëns was enthusiastic for the most modern music of the day, particularly that of Schumann, Liszt and Wagner, although his own compositions were generally within a conventional classical tradition. He was a scholar of musical history, and remained committed to the structures worked out by earlier French composers. This brought him into conflict in his later years with composers of the impressionist and expressionist schools of music; although there were neoclassical elements in his music, foreshadowing works by Stravinsky and Les Six, he was often regarded as a reactionary in the decades around the time of his death. Saint-Saëns held only one teaching post, at the École de Musique Classique et Religieuse in Paris, and remained there for less than five years. It was nevertheless important in the development of French music: his students included Gabriel Fauré, among whose own later pupils was Maurice Ravel. Both of them were strongly influenced by Saint-Saëns, whom they revered as a genius. |
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Recordings (Results 326-350 of 372 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Gramophone | 0B5198 | 10-in. | 11/28/1933 | My heart at thy sweet voice | Victor Salon Orchestra ; Marek Weber | Orchestra | composer | |
Gramophone | 7295l | 10-in. | May 1908 | Sich, mein Hertz erschliesset sich | Ottilie Metzger | Contralto, with orchestra | composer | |
Gramophone | 10521b | 10-in. | approximately May 1907 | Figlia miei, v'arrestate | Antonio Paoli | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Nordskog | [Nordskog cat 3021A] | 10-in. | 1922 | Land of sky blue water; My heart at thy sweet voice | Harry Green's Californians | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Columbia (U.K.) | A896 | 10-in. | between May 1923 and October 1925 | Maudite à jamais | Cesare Formichi | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia (U.K.) | WAX4568 | 12-in. | either December 1928 or January 1929 | Samson and Delilah : Selection | Percy Pitt ; Wireless Symphony Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
Columbia (U.K.) | WAX4569 | 12-in. | either December 1928 or January 1929 | Samson and Delilah : Selection | Percy Pitt ; Wireless Symphony Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
Columbia (U.K.) | CA16978 | 10-in. | between January and June 1938 | The swan | Mario Lorenzi ; Sidney Torch | Harp and organ duet | composer | |
Columbia (U.K.) | WBX906 | 12-in. | January-December 1930 | O aprile foriero | Aurora Buades | Mezzo-soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia (U.K.) | WB3201 | 10-in. | approximately 3/8/1930 | S'apre per te | Aurora Buades | Mezzo-soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia (U.K.) | WARX4 | 12-in. | approximately 1930 | The swan | Columbia Salon Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
Columbia (U.K.) | WFX216 | 12-in. | approximately July 1929 | La cloche | Jo Vincent | Female vocal solo, with organ | composer | |
Columbia (U.K.) | WLX78 | 12-in. | 6/13/1927 | Carnaval des animaux : Kangourous; Aquariam | Orchestre Symphonique de Paris ; Georges Truc | Orchestra | composer | |
Columbia (U.K.) | WLX79 | 12-in. | 6/13/1927 | Carnaval des animaux : A longues oreilles (Long-eared characters); Voliere (The aviary) | Orchestre Symphonique de Paris ; Georges Truc | Orchestra | composer | |
Columbia (U.K.) | WLX80 | 12-in. | 6/13/1927 | Carnaval des animaux : Finale | Orchestre Symphonique de Paris ; Georges Truc | Orchestra | composer | |
Columbia (U.K.) | WLX81 | 12-in. | 6/13/1927 | Carnaval des animaux : Pianistes; Fossiles | Orchestre Symphonique de Paris ; Georges Truc | Orchestra | composer | |
Columbia (U.K.) | WLX82 | 12-in. | 6/16/1927 | Carnaval des animaux : Introduction et march royale du lion; Poules et coqs (Hens and cocks); Hemoines (Wild asses) | Orchestre Symphonique de Paris ; Georges Truc | Orchestra | composer | |
Columbia (U.K.) | WLX83 | 12-in. | 6/16/1927 | Carnaval des animaux : Torrues (Tortoises); L'elephant | Orchestre Symphonique de Paris ; Georges Truc | Orchestra | composer | |
Columbia (U.K.) | WLX84 | 12-in. | 6/16/1927 | Carnaval des animaux : Le coucou au fond des bois (The cuckoo in the depth of the wood) | Orchestre Symphonique de Paris ; Georges Truc | Orchestra | composer | |
Columbia (U.K.) | WLX85 | 12-in. | 6/16/1927 | Carnaval des animaux : Le cygne (The swan) | Orchestre Symphonique de Paris ; Georges Truc | Orchestra | composer | |
Columbia (U.K.) | WLX106 | 12-in. | 10/19/1927 | Le rouet d'Omphale, 1re partie | Philippe Gaubert ; Orchestre de la Société des concerts du Conservatoire | Orchestra | composer | |
Columbia (U.K.) | WLX109 | 12-in. | 10/20/1927 | Le rouet d'Omphale, 2e partie | Philippe Gaubert ; Orchestre de la Société des concerts du Conservatoire | Orchestra | composer | |
Columbia (U.K.) | WLX117 | 12-in. | 10/24/1927 | Septour: Preambule | Bellanger ; William Cantrelle ; Maurice Faure ; Eugène Foveau ; Marneff ; Edouard Nanny ; Maurice Vieux | Instrumental septet | composer | |
Columbia (U.K.) | WLX118 | 12-in. | 10/24/1927 | Septour: Menuet | Bellanger ; William Cantrelle ; Maurice Faure ; Eugène Foveau ; Marneff ; Edouard Nanny ; Maurice Vieux | Instrumental septet | composer | |
Columbia (U.K.) | WLX119 | 12-in. | 10/24/1927 | Septour: Intermede | Bellanger ; William Cantrelle ; Maurice Faure ; Eugène Foveau ; Marneff ; Edouard Nanny ; Maurice Vieux | Instrumental septet | composer |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Saint-Saëns, Camille," accessed October 6, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/102051.
Saint-Saëns, Camille. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved October 6, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/102051.
"Saint-Saëns, Camille." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 6 October 2024.
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