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Saint-Saens: Carnival of the Animals / Danse Macabre

Camille Saint-Saens (Composer), Charles Dutoit (Conductor), London Sinfonietta (Orchestra), Format: Audio CD

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1	The Carnival of the Animals: Introduction and Royal March of the Lion
2	The Carnival of the Animals: Hens and Cockerels
3	The Carnival of the Animals: Wild Asses
4	The Carnival of the Animals: Tortoises
5	The Carnival of the Animals: The Elephant
6	The Carnival of the Animals: Kangaroos
7	The Carnival of the Animals: Aquarium
8	The Carnival of the Animals: Persons with Long Ears
9	The Carnival of the Animals: The Cuckoo in the Depths of the Woods
10	The Carnival of the Animals: Aviary
11	The Carnival of the Animals: Pianists
12	The Carnival of the Animals: Fossils
13	The Carnival of the Animals: The Swan
14	The Carnival of the Animals: Finale
15	Phaeton, Op.39
16	Le Rouet D'omphale, Op.31
17	Danse Macabre, Op.40

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Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 4.88 x 5.59 x 0.47 inches; 3.1 Ounces
Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ London / Decca
Item model number ‏ : ‎ 028941446022
Original Release Date ‏ : ‎ 1990
Date First Available ‏ : ‎ December 7, 2006
Label ‏ : ‎ London / Decca
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0000041QC
Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ USA
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1

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- #72 in Classical Tone Poems
- #1,191 in Chamber Music (CDs & Vinyl)

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J. E. ASENCIO-NEGRON

A humorous zoological fantasy & popular symphonic poems...

Reviewed in the United States on May 18, 2000

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If you have visited "Impressions de France" at EPCOT, Florida, I am sure that you heard (maybe unknowningly) the AQUARIUM from Saint-Saëns at the beginning of the video presentation (180-degrees screen) exhibited there every 20 minutes or so. It reminded me of "Reflects dans l'eau" from Debussy (1909: Images, set 1, #1), and "Jeux d'eau" from Ravel (1902). They evoke so elegantly the soothing effect of water, that you could easily relax while playing them.
This humorous & popular zoological fantasy "Le carnaval des animaux" (1886)(Carnival of the Animals), for two pianos and orchestra was originally aimed as an intimate piece only for the enjoyment of the composer's close friends and not for the public audience. Saint-Saëns said he wrote it almost as a joke, so he forbade performances in his lifetime because he thought it would "damage" his "serious" reputation. The composer died on 1921, thus it was performed for the first time on 2/25/1922.
Of the thirteen operas completed by Saint-Saëns, it is "Samson et Dalila" (1877) the one which has held the stage on the 20th century. It is a romantic treatment of the biblical story with its strongly appealing scenes (and excellent milieu of the powerful & dramatic voice of the tenor Plácido Domingo as "Samson"). He also wrote 'exotic' works (you should listen the Egyptian mood of the 2nd movement ("Andante") of the 5th piano concerto).
The symphonic poems included here: Phaéton (1872), Le Rouet d'Omphale (1874), and the Danse Macabre (1874), in a style influenced by Liszt & using thematic transformation, came as an innovation for the frenchmen in the 1870's, and they have been very popular since (this music has been used on cartoons for half a century). I enjoyed them all through the convincing & able conducting of Charles Dutoit!...

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Beautiful music. Good recording

Reviewed in the United States on March 21, 2016

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Beautiful music. Good recording. I knew what I wanted when I purchased this item and this was exactly it. Minus one star for the cd case. There wasn't much left of it except for (luckily) the black center piece holding the disc.

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Good recordings

Reviewed in the United States on March 12, 2014

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Chances are you already like a piece or two from the Carnival of the Animals, which is why you're getting this CD, so what really matters is the quality of the recordings. The pieces are played very well, and the sound quality is great. This is the Carnival of the Animals CD to get. Some of the pieces are tiring, but I don't feel like that should influence my rating, since taste varies - but like I said, the recording quality is excellent.

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D. S. HARDEN

Carnival...

Reviewed in the United States on July 26, 2005

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Saint-Saens garners "5" stars for this body of work. However, the quality of the disc earns "3" stars! (I stand corrected by my fellow Amazoners...)

P.S., Thanks for actually reading my review (so that I could make corrections)!

P.P.S., (02/17/2012) For the record, if you already own this disc, and have Sirius/XM (classical) radio, listen to their outstanding (digital) recordings of Saint-Saens. There are NO WORDS that I can use to describe the differences in Sound Quality. If there's a "true" DDD version of this particular work, I'd recommend it (as opposed to this pressing).

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Wandalynette

very nice

Reviewed in the United States on January 9, 2016

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This is quite a lovely cd. The music is new to me (except swan), so I thought it was just amazing. But my husband, who introduced me to this composer, and has heard this music often before, adds that this is a very nice rendition of these pieces.

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Balm for the senses!

Reviewed in the United States on August 13, 2012

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What beautiful music, delightful for all ages. My granddaughter who is seven years o age love this cd. It is somethig to take out and listen to when you need a cherry lift during a stressful day. It is great for small children especially when so many schools because of budget cuts have almost elimanated music appreciation from their school. Highly recommended.

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Some1inKC

Very Nice Performance

Reviewed in the United States on February 6, 2014

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This is an excellent recording of this beloved masterpiece. It's truely a shame that Saint Saens didn't realize the gravity of this work or receive the acclaim he deserved for it while he was living (He only allowed this compositon to be published post-humously). Anyway, this is a very safe choice and shouldn't disappoint.

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sole man

... advice - just buy it and listen - not easy to find this one

Reviewed in the United States on December 28, 2017

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my advice - just buy it and listen - not easy to find this one, so I was grateful

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Serghiou Const

Joyous and entertaining with moments of haunting beauty

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 9, 2019

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The disc comprise 'The Carnival of the Animals' and three symphonic poems namely 'Phaeton' 'Le Rouet d'Omphale' and 'Danse macabre'.

Saint-Saens wrote 'The Carnival of the Animals' as a joke but remarkably it proved to be one of his most popular compositions. The work displays a mischievous humor and a genuine love for animals. There are also moments of haunting beauty as in the 'Swan' and the reflective tranquility of the 'Cuckoo in the Depths of the Woods'. Written with dexterity and innate craftsmanship, it is a rare example of humor created by musical means alone.

Both 'Pheaton' and 'Le Rouet d'Omphale' draw from classical Greek myths.

Te reckless hero, 'Phaeton', drives the Sun God's Apollo chariot across the skies, loses control and plunges towards the earth in flames at which point Zeus kills him with a thunderbolt. The brilliant orchestration includes a passage that ingeniously portrays the over-confident 'Phaeton' setting off, and later, with a menacing drum-beat, shows him falling precipitously towards earth.

'Le Rouet d'Omphale' is an elegantly composed study, depicting with subtle irony the enslavement of Hercules by Omphale, Queen of Lydia.

The 'Danse macabre' started life as a setting of a poem which told of Death playing his fiddle in a wintry churchyard at midnight while skeletons dance to his ghost tune. In the symphonic poem this effect is enacted by a slithering waltz on solo violin later accompanied by clacking bones from the xylophone and finally by wailing chromatic passages from clarinet, flute and bassoon. The oboe signals dawn with a crack-crow motif.

A beautiful rendition with Pascal Roge on the piano and Charles Dutoit directing the London Sinfonietta and Philharmonia Orchestra respectively for 'The Carnival of Animals' and the three symphonic poems.

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Irene mounce

Very pleased

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 18, 2020

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CD took a few days to arrive but I am pleased with the packaging and the quality.

Matt

Four Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 21, 2017

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Excellent. I highly recommend

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Katherine L. O'Neal

Four Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 15, 2018

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Lovely varied animal pieces. Some have a strong beat and some are gentler.

Foxbat

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 12, 2016

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Great recording.

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