All Saint-Saëns articles
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ReviewRenaud Capuçon, Edgar Moreau: Saint-Saëns
Three Frenchmen play music by their countryman with charm and brilliance
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Ironwood: Romantic Dreams
Period-instrument ensemble plays French repertoire with sensitivity
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Kanneh-Mason Family: Carnival
An enchanting tour de force from a stunningly gifted musical family
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Virgil Boutellis-Taft: Incantation
Intimate and inward-looking playing perfectly suits a memorable recital programme
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Jean-Guihen Queyras: Complices
A fabulously accomplished collection of encores from accomplices
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Jenő Hubay and His Pupil Emil Telmányi
Splendidly remastered reissue of Hungarian master and his virtuoso pupil
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Concert review: Alisa Weilerstein (cello) New York Philharmonic/Jakub Hrůša
Leah Hollingsworth attends the performance at New York’s Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center, on 21 November 2019
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Masterclass: Maxim Vengerov on the Caprice D’après L’étude En Forme De Valse
Being a good musician is like being a great cook, according to Maxim Vengerov. In this Masterclass first published in the November 2005 issue of The Strad, he gives his recipe for playing a fiendish Saint-Saëns waltz arrangement by Ysaÿe
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Saint-Saëns: Cello Concertos - no.1 in A minor op.33, no.2 in D minor op.119; Suite for cello and orchestra op.16; Allegro appassionato op.43
The Strad Issue: March 2017 Description: A forgotten cellist's Saint-Saëns finally makes it on to CD Musicians: Christine Walevska (cello) Monte Carlo Opera Orchestra/Eliahu Inbal Composer: Saint-Saëns Catalogue number: DECCA ELOQUENCE 482 2033 Born in Los Angeles in 1948, Christine Walevska ...
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Ravel: Piano Trio in A minor. Saint-Saëns: Piano Trio no.2 in E minor op.92
The Strad Issue: January 2017 Description: French piano trios played with confidence and elegance Musicians: Fidelio Trio Composer: Ravel, Saint-Saëns Catalogue number: RESONUS RES 10173 It’s sometimes tempting to describe Saint-Saëns’s chamber music as offering a mixture of Beethovenian weight and ...
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Lalo: Cello Concerto in D minor. Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto no.1 in A minor op.33 Martin: Ballade
The Strad Issue: July 2016 Description: French (and Swiss) fancies that aren’t allowed room to breathe Musicians: Wen-Sinn Yang (cello) Giessen Philharmonic Orchestra/Michael Hofstetter Composer: Lalo; Saint-Saëns; Martin Catalogue number: OEHMS OC 1838 At its best Saint-Saëns’s music really sparkles, his First Cello Concerto ...
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Saint-Saëns: Cello Concertos: no.1 in A minor op.33, no.2 in D minor op.119; Carnival of the Animals; Africa op.89; Wedding Cake op.76
The Strad Issue: May 2016 Description: Saint-Saëns’s cello concertos are shown to be a game of two halves Musicians: Truls Mørk (cello) Louis Lortie, Hélène Mercier (pianos) Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra/Neeme Järvi Composer: Saint-Saëns Berlioz once accused Saint-Saëns of lacking inexperience. I think it’s fairer to say that ...
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Violinist Vadim Repin gives masterclass on Saint-Saëns
You are not sure of yourself - so you pull away with your right hand, just in case you miss it' Vadim Repin gives a masterclass on Saint-Saëns's Introduction et rondo capriccioso, featuring American Fine Arts Festival student Timothy Chooi. Read: 6 pieces of advice ...
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Ivry Gitlis: Works by Bartók, Brahms, Bloch, Debussy, Haubenstock-Ramati, Hindemith, Saint-Saëns and Wieniawski
The Strad Issue: June 2016 Description: The two faces of Ivry Gitlis in recordings covering 1962–86 Musicians: Ivry Gitlis (violin) Daria Hovora (piano) Stuttgart Radio Orchestra/Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, SWR SO Baden-Baden/Hans Rosbaud, Orchestra of the National Theatre, Mannheim/Wolfgang Rennert ...
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Oscar Shumsky: Legendary Treasures. Works by Bach, Beethoven, Buxtehude, Hindemith, Kreisler, Mozart, Rachmaninoff, Saint-Saëns, Schubert, Schumann, Strauss, Tartini, Telemann and Wieniawski
The Strad Issue: June 2015 Description: Historic recordings from a great American violinist Musicians: Oscar Shumsky (violin) Nadia Reisenberg, Carroll Hollister, Mario Bernardi, Leo Barkin, George Schick, Earl Wild, Frank Maus (piano) Lois Marshall, Erna Berger (sopranos) Maureen Forrester (contralto) James Melton (tenor) Bach Aria Group, CBC ...
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French Cello Sonatas II. Fauré: Romance in A major op.69; Berceuse in D major op.16; Élégie in C minor op.24; Three Romances Without Words op.17. Franck: Cello Sonata in A major. Saint-Saëns: Cello So
The Strad Issue: May 2015 Description: Warm-toned playing in a second instalment of French cello works Musicians: Julian Steckel (cello) Paul Rivinius (piano) Composer: Fauré, Franck, Saint-Saëns German duo Steckel and Rivinius follow up their well-received 2011 French Cello Sonatas disc with an equally rewarding second instalment. ...
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12-year-old violinist Daniel Lozakovitj performs Saint-Saëns's Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso
Swedish violinist Daniel Lozakovitj, who at the age of 13 has signed to British agency Enticott Music Management, gave an impressively mature and polished performance Saint-Saëns's Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso at the age of 12 with the Talich Philharmonia Prague Orchestra on New Year's Day 2014. The young ...
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Jacqueline du Pré performs Saint-Saëns's Cello Concerto no.1
Rare footage of British cellist Jacqueline du Pré performing Saint-Saëns's First Cello Concerto. Read tributes to Jacqueline du Pré by fellow musicians and watch her performing with pianist Daniel Barenboim. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part ...
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New York Philharmonic performs Danse Macabre
The New York Philharmonic rings in the New Year with a performance of Saint-Saëns's Danse Macabre conducted by Lorin Maazel, featuring then concertmaster Glenn Dicterow in the solo violin role. The concert took place on New Year's Eve 2008. Subscribe to The Strad or download our ...
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Albert Spalding: ‘The Greatest American Violinist'
The life of the US musician, born 125 years ago this month, is celebrated in our August issue. Here's an interview with Spalding at the start of his career
