[ Hyperion / CD ]
Release Date: Friday 28 December 2018
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The prospect of a little-known Saint-Saëns orchestral
work might not set the heart racing, but just wait until you hear 'La foi'. Ample amends for a century's unaccountable neglect are made with this magnificent new recording-so much more than a prelude to the 'organ' symphony.
"This is a most enjoyable CD which augurs well if, as I believe, it's to be the first in a series. The recorded sound is good and Roger Nichols' note is valuable. Encore, s'il vous plait." MusicWeb
"Fischer leads a superb, thoroughly enjoyable reading of Saint-Saëns's Organ Symphony…And although the three tableaux drawn from incidental music to Eugène Brieux's play La foi are a roughly sewn stylistic hotchpotch full of dull as well as striking passages, Fischer seems to believe in every note" Gramophone
Trois tableaux symphoniques d'après
La foi Op 130 [31'58]
1 Poco allegro [12'34]
2 Andantino (Sans lenteur) [8'16]
3 Allegro moderato e maestoso [11'08]
4 Bacchanale from Samson et Dalila Op 47 [7'14]
Symphony No 3 in C minor 'Organ' Op 78 [36'00]
with Paul Jacobs (organ)
5 Adagio - Allegro moderato [10'08]
6 Poco adagio [10'39]
7 Allegro moderato - Presto [7'22]
8 Maestoso - Allegro [7'51]