Dedicated to the memory of Franz Liszt, the composer's friend and mentor, Saint-Saens' Symphony No. 3 ("Organ") ranks among the most important contributions to French symphonic music. In this work, Saint-Saens achieves a synthesis of the traditional four-movement symphony with Liszt's characteristic[...]

Camille Saint-Saens began as a child prodigy and was acclaimed in his lifetime as the incarnation of French genius. This book places his long and controversial career in a turbulent period when music, no less than politics, was undergoing sensational and often stormy change.[...]

(LKM Music). The Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso for Violin and Orchestra was originally intended to be the rousing Finale to Saint-Saens' first violin concerto, op.20. Saint-Saens' favorite violinist Pablo de Sarasate gave the first performance in 1867 in Paris with the Composer conducting. In 1[...]