Saint-Saëns: Chamber Music for Wind Instruments

Ensemble Villa Musica (Artist, Performer), Camille Saint-Saens (Composer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Ensemble Villa Musica
• Composer: Camille Saint-Saens
• Audio CD (October 23, 2007)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Md&G Records
• ASIN: B00000JISD
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #290,359 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Sonata for oboe & piano in D major, Op. 166: 1. Andantino

2. Sonata for oboe & piano in D major, Op. 166: 2. Pastorale

3. Sonata for oboe & piano in D major, Op. 166: 3. Molto Allegro

4. Sonata for clarinet & piano in E flat major, Op. 167: 1. Allegretto

5. Sonata for clarinet & piano in E flat major, Op. 167: 2. Allegro animato

6. Sonata for clarinet & piano in E flat major, Op. 167: 3. Lento

7. Sonata for clarinet & piano in E flat major, Op. 167: 4. Molto allegro - Allegretto

8. Sonata for bassoon & piano, in G major, Op. 168: Allegretto moderato

9. Sonata for bassoon & piano, in G major, Op. 168: Allegro scherzando

10. Sonata for bassoon & piano, in G major, Op. 168: Molto adagio - Allegro moderato

11. Romance for flute (or violin) & orchestra (or piano) in D flat major, Op. 37

12. Caprice on Danish & Russian Airs, for flute, oboe, clarinet & piano, Op. 79

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars wonderful record, February 26, 2008

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DH Dixon "whitespeck" (England) - See all my reviews
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These works of Saint Saens are ideal for grammophone record listening. They always sound marvellous and compelling. They are relatively short and concise, so they don't suffer from sonata form fatigue on repeated listening as a lot of 19th century stuff does. But they are also deep and classical and richly lyrical. The performances and recordings here are excellent. MDG is becoming a favourite record company for me. The only criticism I would make is: why aren't the pieces for trombone or horn included? Even so the disc is around 60 minutes long and is superb.

4 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars a good buy, March 12, 2000

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Michael Ray (Northampton, MA) - See all my reviews
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When I ordered this I was kinda weary as to weather it would be good or not. After all, buying a CD that you don't know much about is kind of risky, especially since no one had reviewed it yet. However, I was quite suprised. The recording is very high quality. I would definitely reccoment this CD to anyone looking for a recording of Sait Saens' music.