Bizet/Gounod/Saint-Saëns: Premières Symphonies

Camille Saint-Saëns was only fifteen years old when he composed his first symphony in 1850, which is known as his Symphony No. 0 — his official Symphony No. 1 would not arrive for another three years. Gounod was thirty-seven years old when his La nonne sanglante was removed from the repertoire of the Paris Opera by a new director; he swiftly restored his spirits by composing a symphony for the Société des Jeunes Artistes in March 1855. Bizet, aged seventeen, began work on his Symphony in C major that same year. Gounod’s symphony clearly influenced Bizet’s work, as Bizet had just completed a transcription of it for piano four hands. This recording marks the beginning of a collaboration between the Alpha Classics label, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo and its music director Kazuki Yamada, a great lover of the French symphonic repertoire and also music director of the Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and principal guest conductor of the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra and the Seiji Ozawa International Academy.

Disc 1
1: I. Allegro Vivo
2: II. Adagio
3: III. Allegro Vivace - Trio
4: IV. Allegro Vivace
5: I. Allegro Molto
6: II. Allegro Moderato
7: III. Scherzo. Non Troppo Presto - Trio
8: IV. Finale. Adagio - Allegro Vivace

Disc 2
1: I. Poco Adagio - Allegro Vivace
2: II. Larghetto
3: III. Scherzo. Allegro Vivace - Trio
4: IV. Finale. Allegro Molto - Presto

Composer: Camille Saint-Saens, Charles Gounod, Georges Bizet

Conductor: Kazuki Yamada

Number of Discs: 2

Orchestra: Orchestre Philharmonique De Monte Carlo

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