CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS (1835-1921): Piano Duo & Duet, Vol, 1 - Arrangements by the Composer: Tarantelle, Op. 6, Le Rouet d’Omphale, Minuet and Gavotte from Septet, Op. 65, Pas redoublé in B Flat, Op. 86, Original works: Duettino in G, Op. 11, König Harald Harfagar, Op. 59, Polonaise, Op. 77, Feuillet d’album, Op. 81, Berceuse, Op. 105, Scherzo, Op. 87.
Catalogue Number: 08S025
Label: Nimbus
Reference: NI 5940
Format: CD
Price: $18.98
Description: This new series is a perfect fit with the recent Grand Piano cycle of Saint-Saëns’ solo piano works. Four of the ten pieces here are for four hands and these tend toward the non-professional market of the middle-class while the two-piano pieces are of recital quality with the two biggest being the 1886 Polonaise (which the composer performed with Paderewski in 1913) and the quirky Scherzo of 1889. Martin Jones and Adrian Farmer (piano[s]).