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Camille Saint-Saëns

October 9, 1835 - December 16, 1921
born in Paris, France, composed during the Romantic period
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921) was a French composer, conductor, organist, and pianist of the Romantic era, famous for being a child prodigy, a virtuoso performer and sight-reader, and a polymath with a lifelong interest in mathematics and the sciences. Saint-Saëns composed in all the forms of his day, achieving great success with his Symphony No. 3, "Organ"; Carnival of the Animals; Danse Macabre; and many other works that have remained popular today. Saint-Saëns was a brilliant organist who held the eminent post at the Église de la Madeleine, where he impressed Liszt. Saint-Saëns died in his adopted country, Algeria. ~ Blair Sanderson, Rovi
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Track List: Saint-Saens: Carnival Of The Animals; Wedding Cake Op.76; Caprice Op. 79; Septuor Op. 65

Title: Carnival Of The Animals, Zoological Fantasy For 2 Pianos & Ensemble
Title: Wedding Cake, Caprice-valse For Piano & Strings In A Flat Major, Op. 76
Title: Caprice On Danish & Russian Airs, For Flute, Oboe, Clarinet & Piano, Op. 79
Title: Septet For Piano, Trumpet, String Quartet & Bass In E Flat Major, Op. 65
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Track List: Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 "Organ"; Danse Macabre; Bacchanale; Le Déluge

Comments

Is it bad that I just came from a Kid Cudi station?
This piece has moved me to love this genre of music more than I thought I ever would.
You can hear that this piece was what was sampled for the potter movies, not bad for a 90 year old piece of music
One of my favorites
Just beautiful music !
What language is she singing in?
This is NOT in beauty and the beast .
caw6369
AWESHOME !!! =^..^=
suewatanabe
Just incredible.
I can just see the plays that his songs would make :) and there wonderful
weldogg
love
lmcd3
moves the soul
This is tight.
Camille Saint-Saëns is romance music, moving, whimsical, deeply alive.
nintendosaga 8 4
I find it really hard to find a composer as talented as Saens.
amazing
ana.rios84
Beautiful Music!! Breath~Takin g Indeed !!!
Loved this song ever since it was in Beauty and the Beast.It's such a perfect fit because of the location of the story and the nature of it. It really made me search for more of his works. Love it :)
Has the ability to move me beyond words every time.
lesley.henry 5
most luffly, indeed
karenbolte
Romantic, lovely, gentle. But not campy or sappy. Elegant and simple.
jimmiller541 7
Breath-takin g
msariee
so beautiful
muyefaye
I just realized his Carnival of the Animals was used in the prologue of Beauty and the Beast, right when the narrator was talking about a dark castle in a dark forest. God, this takes me right back.
His second piano concerto made watching the movie "The Competition" with Richard Dryfus and Amy Irving one of the most memorable "movie moments" in by life. If you have any appreciation of music and have not see "The Competition" , watch it :}
faisal.alday e
He's a little like Mozart. Simple, yet absolute genius!!
I love listening to this music...it is making a very dark, rainy day glorious!
His music is brilliant!
I also adore the sense of humor that comes out in every one of his pieces.
One of my favorite composers. I played "The Swan" at one of my very first flute competitions , and it still gives me chills to this day.
14739578
Camille Saint-Saëns was known as the French Beethoven .. I love all of his works he was a man of many talents. When he compose Carnival of the Animals; it was meant to only be played in front of his friends never to be publish.HIS Keyboard works have never been surpass..
idolls
I love this man's work. I've even done a medal, a personal piece, to honor his memory.
So many flavors and spanning several diffent schools.
One of the people that make life worth living!
retropat
All right, now I remember. I was able to play a simplified version of Danse Macabre in my teens-everyo n e wanted to hear it. My uncle loved him, too.
oh, so it actually is! i was just thinking about it possibly being in beauty and the beast...
did anyone else notice that Carnival of Animals is the same bit of music used frequently throughout Disney's Beauty and the Beast?
mwb1005
reminds me of the film Ravenous
Well put Patrick.. his music is definitely magical, and awe-inspirin g . . . Carnival of Animals is my favorite classical collection
Takes you to a land of monsters and magic.
mjsires
aaahhhhh
i love playing saint-saens. his romances have beautiful phrasing.
@Nannette: I want to say Beauty and the Beast, or perhaps Edward Scissorhands . The song has that "dark corner in an attic" feel to it.
nangabrielli
Which movie was this used in? I'm thinking Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Depp's movie) or I could be wrong.
The "Rondo Capriccio" is poignant...b r a v o !
samwanderer
very nice
terriparkin1
Exquisite
The Chicago Symphony rendition of Samson Et Dalila borders on the ethereal.
Libera has a choral cover of Carnival that is nice in a near dawg-range sorta way.
Carnival of the Animals... my favorite of his :3
makes my heart dance
122183710
I wonder, assuming such a rendering could be played on such inane shows as America;s Got Talent if the audience would stand and applaude the genus involved...I fear they would not.
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