Saint-Saens: Violin Concertos Nos. 1-3
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CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saens: Violin Concertos Nos. 1-3
Fanny Clamagirand (violin) / Sinfonia Finlandia Jyvaskyla, Patrick Gallois
[ Naxos / CD ]
Release Date: Monday 1 November 2010
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Once dubbed 'the French Mendelssohn', Camille Saint-Saëns was a prodigiously gifted composer of sophisticated and appealing music much of which has been unjustly neglected in recent times.
His three highly inventive and technically demanding violin concertos, of which the Second is arguably the most memorable and the Third the best known, abound in unforgettable melodies and expressive subtleties.
The young Parisian violinist Fanny Clamagirand, who won First Prize at the 2005 Fritz Kreisler Competition in Vienna and First Prize at the 2007 Monte Carlo Violin Masters Competition, the competition of competition winners, is an ideal interpreter of this gorgeous French Romantic music.
"Strongly recommended for its soaring performances, in lively recorded sound. Fanny Clamagirand seems to have all the prerequisites for a strong violinistic personality-at least as strong as Grumiaux's or Stern's. Time after time, I listen to performances that seem convincing until I check my impressions by listening to one of the violinists of the golden age, at which time the star of the new performer suddenly seems to shine less brilliantly. I can't believe that that will happen for most listeners with Fanny Clamagirand. Urgently recommended for that reason alone." Fanfare
"As far as this disc is concerned, no one should let the Naxos price differential be the only consideration: this is quality music in quality performances." MusicWeb
Tracks:
Violin Concerto No. 3 in B minor, Op. 61
Violin Concerto No. 1 in A Major Op. 20
Violin Concerto No. 2 in C Major Op. 58
