Narodowa Orkiestra Symfoniczna Polskiego Radia NOSPR
Camille Saint-Saëns
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Performer Biography
Dong-Suk Kang, the violinist on this album, won the San Francisco Symphony Competition and the Merriweather Post Competition, and has received awards including the Grand Prix du Disque.
Composition History
Saint-Saëns dedicated his Introduction and Rondo capriccioso, as well as his first and third violin concertos, to the Spanish virtuoso Pablo Sarasate.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Saint-Saëns, an admirer of Mozart and known to some as the 'French Mendelssohn,' always sought clarity of form and texture in his music.
Composer Biography
Camille Saint-Saëns, a child prodigy on piano, entered the Paris Conservatoire in 1848 and later became organist at the Madeleine, where his improvisations impressed Liszt.
Compositional Technique
The Introduction and Rondo capriccioso and the Caprice andalous by Saint-Saëns make considerable use of Spanish rhythms and turns of phrase.
Performer Biography
The Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra of Katowice (PNRSO) was founded in 1935 by Grzegorz Fitelberg and was resurrected in 1945 by Witold Rowicki after World War II.
Performer Biography
Antoni Wit, the conductor of this album, studied with Nadia Boulanger and Penderecki, and was a prize-winner in the 1971 Herbert von Karajan Competition.
