The music for Javotte, with its occasional nods to Delibes and Mendelssohn, is characterized by Saint-Saëns' refined orchestral style, full of elegance, wit, and sparkle.
Composer Biography
Camille Saint-Saëns, like Mozart and Mendelssohn, showed remarkable musical precocity as a child, starting piano lessons at two and a half.
Performer Biography
Andrew Mogrelia, the conductor, has a varied career, conducting concerts, recordings, and working extensively with major dance companies, including English National Ballet and American Ballet Theater.
Composition History
Saint-Saëns' ballet Javotte, a village love-story, receives its first complete recording on compact disc with this album.
Performer Biography
The Queensland Orchestra, formed in 2001 by an amalgamation, is the largest professional symphony orchestra in Queensland and the third largest in Australia.
Composer Biography
By the age of ten, Saint-Saëns had memorized all of Beethoven's piano sonatas and demonstrated an aptitude for a wide variety of subjects.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Saint-Saëns was intellectually curious, advocating for both contemporary music and the revival of works by earlier composers.
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