Once described as the French Mendelssohn, Camille Saint-Saëns was talented and precocious as a child, with interests by no means confined to music. He made an early impression as a pianist. Following established French tradition, he was for nearly 20 years organist at the Madeleine in Paris and taught briefly at the École Niedermeyer, where he befriended his pupil Gabriel Fauré. He was a co-founder of the important Société Nationale de Musique with the patriotic aim of promoting contemporary French music in the aftermath of the Franco-Prussian war of 1870/1, in which he had served in the Garde Nationale de la Seine. Prolific and versatile as a composer, he contributed to most genres of music, but by the time of his death in 1921 his popularity ...

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SAINT-SAENS, C.: Cello Concerto No. 1, Op. 33: I. Allegro non troppo (Masterclass with Maria Tchaikovskaya) (Akta, Kazaryan)
SAINT-SAENS, C.: Cello Concerto No. 1, Op. 33: I. Allegro non troppo (Masterclass with Maria Tchaikovskaya) (Akta, Kazaryan)
Composer: Saint-Saens, Camille
Artists: Akta, Danielle -- Kazaryan, Natalia -- Tchaikovskaya, Maria
Label/Producer: IClassical Academy
SAINT-SAENS, C.: Cello Concerto No. 1, Op. 33: II. Allegretto con moto (Masterclass with Evangeline Benedetti) (Akta, Kazaryan)
SAINT-SAENS, C.: Cello Concerto No. 1, Op. 33: II. Allegretto con moto (Masterclass with Evangeline Benedetti) (Akta, Kazaryan)
Composer: Saint-Saens, Camille
Artists: Akta, Danielle -- Benedetti, Evangeline -- Kazaryan, Natalia
Label/Producer: IClassical Academy
SAINT-SAENS, C.: Cello Concerto No. 1, Op. 33: III. Allegro non troppo (Masterclass with Evangeline Benedetti) (Akta, Kazaryan)
SAINT-SAENS, C.: Cello Concerto No. 1, Op. 33: III. Allegro non troppo (Masterclass with Evangeline Benedetti) (Akta, Kazaryan)
Composer: Saint-Saens, Camille
Artists: Akta, Danielle -- Benedetti, Evangeline -- Kazaryan, Natalia
Label/Producer: IClassical Academy
SAINT-SAENS, C.: Danse macabre (Iaciu, Lille National Orchestra, Markl) (from Naxos 8.573745)
SAINT-SAENS, C.: Danse macabre (Iaciu, Lille National Orchestra, Markl) (from Naxos 8.573745)
Composer: Saint-Saens, Camille
Artists: Iaciu, Fernand -- Lille National Orchestra -- Markl, Jun
Label/Producer: Naxos Video Footage
SAINT-SAENS, C.: Havanaise (Masterclass with Miriam Fried) (Calo e Cambournac, Mirakyan)
SAINT-SAENS, C.: Havanaise (Masterclass with Miriam Fried) (Calo e Cambournac, Mirakyan)
Composer: Saint-Saens, Camille
Artists: Calo e Cambournac, Maria Raquel -- Fried, Miriam -- Mirakyan, Anna
Label/Producer: Reina Sofía School of Music
SAINT-SAENS, C.: Havanaise, Op. 83 (Masterclass with Miriam Fried) (Delgado Casado, Gifford)
SAINT-SAENS, C.: Havanaise, Op. 83 (Masterclass with Miriam Fried) (Delgado Casado, Gifford)
Composer: Saint-Saens, Camille
Artists: Delgado Casado, Laura -- Fried, Miriam -- Gifford, Duncan
Label/Producer: Reina Sofía School of Music
SAINT-SAENS, C.: Introduction et rondo capriccioso (Masterclass with Janna Gandelman) (Karlinsky, Zanchi)
SAINT-SAENS, C.: Introduction et rondo capriccioso (Masterclass with Janna Gandelman) (Karlinsky, Zanchi)
Composer: Saint-Saens, Camille
Artists: Gandelman, Janna -- Karlinsky, Mark -- Zanchi, Sandro
Label/Producer: IClassical Academy
SAINT-SAENS, C.: Introduction et rondo capriccioso (Masterclass with Maria-Elisabeth Lott) (Lott, Rodriguez, Bezrodnyi)
SAINT-SAENS, C.: Introduction et rondo capriccioso (Masterclass with Maria-Elisabeth Lott) (Lott, Rodriguez, Bezrodnyi)
Composer: Saint-Saens, Camille
Artists: Bezrodnyi, Sergey -- Lott, Maria-Elisabeth -- Rodriguez, Ignacio
Label/Producer: DakApp
SAINT-SAENS, C.: Introduction et rondo capriccioso, Op. 28 (Masterclass with Christoph Poppen) (Issel Burzynska, Gladkov)
SAINT-SAENS, C.: Introduction et rondo capriccioso, Op. 28 (Masterclass with Christoph Poppen) (Issel Burzynska, Gladkov)
Composer: Saint-Saens, Camille
Artists: Gladkov, Vadim -- Issel Burzynska, Ines -- Poppen, Christoph
Label/Producer: Reina Sofía School of Music
SAINT-SAENS, C.: Introduction et rondo capriccioso, Op. 28 (Masterclass with Ivry Gitlis) (Skuratov, Artemyeva)
SAINT-SAENS, C.: Introduction et rondo capriccioso, Op. 28 (Masterclass with Ivry Gitlis) (Skuratov, Artemyeva)
Composer: Saint-Saens, Camille
Artists: Artemyeva, Alina -- Gitlis, Ivry -- Skuratov, Albert
Label/Producer: Reina Sofía School of Music
SAINT-SAENS, C.: Mazurka No. 3 (Masterclass with David Kadouch) (Kadouch, Journaux)
SAINT-SAENS, C.: Mazurka No. 3 (Masterclass with David Kadouch) (Kadouch, Journaux)
Composer: Saint-Saens, Camille
Artists: Journaux, Juliette -- Kadouch, David
Label/Producer: DakApp
SAINT-SAENS, C.: Violin Concerto No. 3, Op. 61: I. Allegro non troppo (Masterclass with Virginie Robilliard) (Markman, Sittig)
SAINT-SAENS, C.: Violin Concerto No. 3, Op. 61: I. Allegro non troppo (Masterclass with Virginie Robilliard) (Markman, Sittig)
Composer: Saint-Saens, Camille
Artists: Markman, Solomon -- Robilliard, Virginie -- Sittig, Sander
Label/Producer: IClassical Academy
SAINT-SAENS, C.: Violin Concerto No. 3, Op. 61: II. Andantino quasi allegretto (Masterclass with Virginie Robilliard) (Markman, Sittig)
SAINT-SAENS, C.: Violin Concerto No. 3, Op. 61: II. Andantino quasi allegretto (Masterclass with Virginie Robilliard) (Markman, Sittig)
Composer: Saint-Saens, Camille
Artists: Markman, Solomon -- Robilliard, Virginie -- Sittig, Sander
Label/Producer: IClassical Academy
SAINT-SAENS, C.: Violin Concerto No. 3: I. Allegro non troppo (Masterclass with Leonidas Kavakos) (Kavakos, Koval, Ai Motohashi)
SAINT-SAENS, C.: Violin Concerto No. 3: I. Allegro non troppo (Masterclass with Leonidas Kavakos) (Kavakos, Koval, Ai Motohashi)
Composer: Saint-Saens, Camille
Artists: Kavakos, Leonidas -- Koval, Diana -- Motohashi, Ai
Label/Producer: DakApp
SAINT-SAENS, C.: Violin Concerto No. 3: I. Allegro non troppo (Masterclass with Miriam Fried) (Marinho Carvalho Matos, Mirakyan)
SAINT-SAENS, C.: Violin Concerto No. 3: I. Allegro non troppo (Masterclass with Miriam Fried) (Marinho Carvalho Matos, Mirakyan)
Composer: Saint-Saens, Camille
Artists: Fried, Miriam -- Marinho Carvalho Matos, Joao -- Mirakyan, Anna
Label/Producer: Reina Sofía School of Music
SAINT-SAENS, C.: Violin Concerto No. 3: III. Molto moderato e maestoso (Masterclass with Leonidas Kavakos) (Boultadakis, Tsanakaliotis)
SAINT-SAENS, C.: Violin Concerto No. 3: III. Molto moderato e maestoso (Masterclass with Leonidas Kavakos) (Boultadakis, Tsanakaliotis)
Composer: Saint-Saens, Camille
Artists: Boultadakis, Georgios -- Kavakos, Leonidas -- Tsanakaliotis, Giannis
Label/Producer: DakApp
Vocal Duo Recital: Lott, Felicity / Allen, Thomas - MENDELSSOHN, Felix / BRAHMS, J. / SCHUMANN, R. / SAINT-SAENS, C. / BIZET, G.
Vocal Duo Recital: Lott, Felicity / Allen, Thomas - MENDELSSOHN, Felix / BRAHMS, J. / SCHUMANN, R. / SAINT-SAENS, C. / BIZET, G.
Composers: Bizet, Georges -- Brahms, Johannes -- Duparc, Henri -- Faure, Gabriel -- Mendelssohn, Felix -- Messager, Andre -- Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus -- Saint-Saens, Camille -- Schumann, Robert
Artists: Allen, Thomas -- Lott, Felicity -- Martineau, Malcolm
Label/Producer: Digital Classics Distribution
WALDBUHNE IN BERLIN 2006 - Scheherazade (Jarvi)
WALDBUHNE IN BERLIN 2006 - Scheherazade (Jarvi)
Composers: Fucik, Julius -- Grieg, Edvard -- Lincke, Paul -- Massenet, Jules -- Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus -- Nielsen, Carl -- Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay Andreyevich -- Saint-Saens, Camille
Artists: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra -- Jansen, Janine -- Jarvi, Neeme -- Kosmo, Ingebjorg -- Solberg, Marita
Label/Producer: EuroArts
YOUNG EURO CLASSIC, 2022: Highlights (Capucon, Marcano, Gimeno, Carneiro, Lyniv)
YOUNG EURO CLASSIC, 2022: Highlights (Capucon, Marcano, Gimeno, Carneiro, Lyniv)
Composers: Almashi, Zoltan -- Bruckner, Anton -- Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel -- Saint-Saens, Camille
Artists: Capucon, Renaud -- Carneiro, Pedro -- Chineke! Junior Orchestra -- European Union Youth Orchestra -- Gimeno, Gustavo -- Jovem Orquestra Portuguesa -- Lyniv, Oksana -- Marcano, Glass -- Youth Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine
Label/Producer: EuroArts
YOUNG TALENTS' CONCERT ACADEMIE PHILIPPE JAROUSSKY
YOUNG TALENTS' CONCERT ACADEMIE PHILIPPE JAROUSSKY
Composers: Beethoven, Ludwig van -- Bizet, Georges -- Brahms, Johannes -- Chausson, Anne -- Grieg, Edvard -- Halvorsen, Johan -- Liszt, Franz -- Mendelssohn, Felix -- Rachmaninov, Sergei -- Saint-Saens, Camille -- Schubert, Franz -- Schumann, Robert -- Shostakovich, Dmitry -- Strauss, Richard
Artists: Bensaid, Celia Oneto -- Bistritcaia, Lucia -- Bombardier, Marine -- Dalles, Clarisse -- Fouquart, Helene -- Garbarg, Jeremy -- Germont, Clara -- Heyman, Paul -- Ispir, Luka -- Jegou-Sageman, Sarah -- Journaux, Juliette -- Khassenova, Anara -- Klein, Mathilde -- Lamaison, Manon -- Lavignere, Louis de -- Loget-Raymond, Evann -- Moutongo-Black, Julie-Anne -- Mussat, Vincent -- Pensel, Leo -- Salzenstein, Hanna -- Shelton, William -- Simon, Antoine -- Simon, Antoine -- Strauss, Lisa -- Sypniewski, Caroline -- Theveneau, Camille -- Vourch, Brieuc
Label/Producer: DakApp