Pianist Alexandre Kantorow continues his meteoric rise as he returns to the piano and orchestra music of Camille Saint-Saëns, once more joined by his father, Jean-Jacques Kantorow, conducting the Tapiola Sinfonietta. While the first disc from these forces covered Saint-Saëns' Third, Fourth, and Fifth concertos, the pianist kicks things off here with the popular Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 22, and dives into Saint-Saëns' less-often recorded material in this genre. The Piano Concerto No. 1 in D major, Op. 17, by far ...
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Pianist Alexandre Kantorow continues his meteoric rise as he returns to the piano and orchestra music of Camille Saint-Saëns, once more joined by his father, Jean-Jacques Kantorow, conducting the Tapiola Sinfonietta. While the first disc from these forces covered Saint-Saëns' Third, Fourth, and Fifth concertos, the pianist kicks things off here with the popular Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 22, and dives into Saint-Saëns' less-often recorded material in this genre. The Piano Concerto No. 1 in D major, Op. 17, by far the earliest work here and the first such written by a French composer of note, was inspired by the composer's time as a youth at the Fontainebleau Forest. This concerto follows the later Viennese school composers, though it is heavily influenced by the French Romantic era sound. Ten years later, the Second concerto appeared and moved further from the Classical era concerto, building in tempo and intensity from the opening cadenza of the Andante sostenuto movement through the iconic...
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