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Saint-Saens: Le Déluge

2/5/2013, 6 Tracks, 1:02:47

Featuring

  • Ola Rudner
  • Isabelle Müller-Cant
  • Carolin Strecker
  • Daniel Schreiber
  • Philip Niederberger
  • Württembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen
  • Figuralchor der Gedächtniskirche Stuttgart
  • Camille Saint-Saëns

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Composer Biography

Camille Saint-Saëns spent significant time in North Africa, not only for health reasons but also to find peace for composing.

Source: Booklet

Composer's Artistic Vision

Camille Saint-Saëns believed that there is no distinct 'religious art' separate from 'secular art,' only good and bad music.

Source: Booklet

Composer's Artistic Vision

Saint-Saëns and his librettist Louis Gallet saw themselves as innovators of both opera and a new type of French oratorio.

Source: Booklet

Compositional Technique

Saint-Saëns' march "Orient et Occident" juxtaposes a 'Western' musical language in its A-section with an 'oriental' sound in its B-section.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

Camille Saint-Saëns' opera "Samson et Dalila" was originally conceived as an oratorio, and its completion was encouraged by Franz Liszt.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

The Württembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen, the orchestra on this album, received Germany's 'First Prize for Cultural Education' in 2009 for a project with artists with disabilities.

Source: Booklet

Critical Reception

Pope Pius X criticized the 'secular impulse' of Saint-Saëns' oratorio "Le Déluge" in 1903, possibly because it was integrated into the canon of symphonic poems.

Source: Booklet

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