聖桑：第一號交響曲/動物狂歡節/A大調交響曲
西耶瑞．費雪 指揮 猶他交響樂團

Utah Symphony
Thierry Fischer conductor

Don't be fooled by those well-known portraits of Saint-Saens the bearded eminence grise—the two symphonies recorded here are the work of the young Camille, spreading his compositional wings and displaying a technical fluency far beyond his teenage years. In between, a certain musical menagerie roars, clucks, brays and squawks for attention …

1 Piano Sonata No 1 Op 12  [13'03]

24 Preludes Op 34  [35'41]
2 Moderato  [1'50]
3 Allegretto  [0'47]
4 Andante  [2'07]
5 Moderato  [3'02]
6 Allegro vivace  [0'25]
7 Allegretto  [1'17]
8 Andante  [1'43]
9 Allegretto  [1'00]
10 Presto  [0'39]
11 Moderato non troppo  [1'56]
12 Allegretto  [0'48]
13 Allegro non troppo  [1'13]
14 Moderato  [2'13]
15 Adagio  [2'34]
16 Allegretto  [0'57]
17 Andantino  [1'09]
18 Largo  [2'47]
19 Allegretto  [0'50]
20 Andantino  [1'49]
21 Allegretto furioso  [0'39]
22 Allegretto poco moderato  [0'38]
23 Adagio  [2'47]
24 Moderato  [1'01]
25 Allegretto  [1'30]

Piano Sonata No 2 Op 61  [28'25]
26 Allegretto  [7'12]
27 Largo  [7'30]
28 Moderato con moto  [13'43]
29 Nocturne from The limpid stream Op 39  [2'04]
Symphony No 1 in E flat major Op 2 [33'10]
1 Adagio – Allegro [8'35]
2 Marche-Scherzo: Allegretto scherzando [4'48]
3 Adagio [12'40]
4 Finale: Allegro maestoso [7'07]
Le carnaval des animaux [23'03]
5 Introduction et marche royale du lion [2'04]
6 Poules et coqs [0'47]
7 Hemiones (animaux veloces) [0'41]
8 Tortues [2'33]
9 L'elephant [1'25]
10 Kangourous [0'55]
11 Aquarium [2'26]
12 Personnages à longues oreilles [0'53]
13 Le coucou au fond des bois [2'28]
14 Volière [1'15]
15 Pianistes [1'00]
16 Fossiles [1'16]
17 Le cygne [3'31]
18 Final [1'49]
Symphony in A major [25'40]
19 Poco adagio – Allegro vivace [7'32]
20 Larghetto [10'14]
21 Scherzo: Allegro vivace – Trio [2'45]
22 Finale: Allegro molto – Presto [5'09]