Caprice-Valse ‘Wedding Cake’, Op. 76. 6:51. Composed By – Camille Saint-Saëns. Conductor – Marc Soustrot. Cover – Denys Kuvaiev. Liner Notes – Dominic Wells. Liner Notes – David Ylla-Somers. Orchestra – Malmö Symphony Orchestra. Photography By – Christoffer Lomfors, Jean-Baptiste Millot.
Wedding Cake, caprice-valse for piano & strings in A flat major, Op. Jean-Philippe Collard, André Previn. 5. Rapsodie d'Auvergne, for piano & orchestra in C major, Op. 73.
Piano Concerto N. In E Flat, O. 9. I: Moderato Assai - Più Mosso (Allegro Maestoso). III: Allegro Non Troppo. Piano Concerto N. In F, O. 03. II: Andante - Allegretto Tranquillo Quasi Andantino. Wedding Cake' - Caprice-Valse, O. 6. Africa' Fantaisie, O.
Other performers: Gabriel Tacchino Piano. Africa, fantaisie for piano and orchestra in G-, O. BIS Rel. May 31, 1997. View Album Luxembourg Radio Orch. Saint-Saëns Rhapsodie D'Auvergne, for piano and orchestra, O. 3. Rimsky-Korsakov Piano Concerto in C O. 0. Naxos featured album.
Gabriel Tacchino (piano), Francis Orval (horn), . Kemmer (organ), Ruggiero Ricci (violin), Orchestra of Radio Luxembourg, Louis de Froment. Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D major Op. 17. 26:49. Luxembourg Radio Orchestra. Gabriel Tacchino (piano). Saint-Saëns: Wedding Cake - Valse-Caprice for piano & strings, Op. 7:09.
This album has an average beat per minute of 107 BPM (slowest/fastest tempos: 68/140 BPM). See its BPM profile at the bottom of the page. Tracklist Saint-Saëns: Piano Concertos 1-5; Wedding Cake Caprice-Valse (Royal Philharmonic Orchestra feat. conductor: André Previn, piano: Jean-Philippe Collard). Piano Concerto No. 1 in D major, Op. 17: III. Allegro con fuoco.
The Piano Concerto No. 2 in G-Minor, is the star performance on this disk, in my opinion. The pianist is Cecile Licad, and she makes the most of this dramatic music, especially the opening cadenza-like introduction. The second movement scherzando is elfin music, and the finale is a furious tarantella with a quieter interlude. This CD is fantastic! All three concertos are very enjoyable and expertly played. The cello concerto and the violin concerto are great, but our favourite is the piano concerto, which sounds like it has a great first movement, no middle movement and 2 finales! If you don't know the work, when the second movement is running, you would swear it was the last movement. until you hear the last movement, which is equally energetic.
73 (1884) Wedding Cake, Caprice for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 76 (1886) Fantasie for Violin and Harp, O. 24 (1907) La muse et le poète, for Violin, Cello and Orchestra, Op. 132 (1910) Cyprès et Lauriers, for Organ and Orchestra, Op. 156 (1919) Morceau de concert, for Horn and Orchestra, Op. 94 (1893) Romance, for Horn and Orchestra, O. Saint-Saens' Piano Concertos were written for himself to perform over a period of four decades. Each carries its own distinctive character using an equally original format. The First concerto was composed five years after his first symphony and adheres to classical form. This series by Gabriel Tacchino under Louis de Froment recorded in 1974-9 has the previous recordings to compete with, yet holds up well. The inclusion of an extra (third) CD with some of Saint-Saëns' lesser works makes it worthy of serious consideration as a library set.