IDAGIO | Ravel: Orchestral Works - Saint-Saëns: Organ Symphony 855404005010

Featuring

Ludovic Morlot
Joseph Adam
Seattle Symphony
Maurice Ravel
Camille Saint-Saëns

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Composer's Artistic Vision

While Camille Saint-Saëns, one of the composers featured, focused on harmony and thematic development, Maurice Ravel was admired for his exquisite sense of aural color and original orchestration.

Performer Biography

Ludovic Morlot, the conductor on this album, is also the Chief Conductor of La Monnaie, one of Europe's most important opera houses.

Instruments

Saint-Saëns' Symphony No. 3 was performed on the 4,489-pipe Watjen Concert Organ for this recording.

Composition History

Saint-Saëns dedicated his 'Organ' Symphony to the memory of Franz Liszt, a composer who had encouraged him in his youth and whose compositional innovations influenced him.

Composition History

Camille Saint-Saëns composed his Symphony No. 3, the 'Organ' Symphony, in response to a commission from the London Philharmonic Society.

Performer Biography

The Seattle Symphony, founded in 1903, has received 12 Grammy nominations, two Emmys, and numerous other awards.

Composer Biography

Maurice Ravel, one of the composers on this album, had deep personal roots in Spain; his mother was Basque, and his parents met and conceived him near Madrid.