Since you are interested in Piano Quartets, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saens: Cello Sonatas Nos. 1 and 2 / Cello Suite Maria Kliegel (cello) / Francois-Joel Thiollier (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 6/Feb/2007 ] "Maria Kliegel plays a Stradivarius cello that once belonged to Maurice Gendron…on this occasion the favourite comes home. Not a romp exactly, but by several heads. Kliegel succeed(s) splendidly…capturing the variety of moods and textures in the... |
BACH / BRAHMS / HAYDN / GLUCK / TCHAIKOVSKY / MOZART / STRAVINSKY / etc
Pierre Monteux: Decca & Philips Recordings 1956-1964 London Symphony Orchestra / Wiener Philharmoniker / Paris Conservatoire Orchestra / Pierre Monteux (cond) [ Decca Original Masters / 7 CD - released 19/Sep/2006 ] Pierre Monteux was born in Paris on 4 April 1875. He began his studies at the Paris Conservatoire at the age of nine and first conducted in Paris at the age of twelve. In 1911 Monteux was appointed principal conductor of Diaghilev's Ballets Russes... |
SAINT-SAENS / BIZET / BERLIOZ / LALO / IBERT / THOMAS / RAVEL / AUBER
Paray conducts French Orchestral Music Marcel Dupre (organ) / Detroit Symphony Orchestra / Paul Paray [ Mercury Living Presence / 5 CD - released 5/Nov/2004 ] “Paul Paray’s style of conducting has virtually vanished today: it represents what is often referred to as the ‘French style of conducting’: clear, elegant, superbly balanced and – what will instantly strike listeners – often very fast. This... |
TCHAIKOVSKY / STAMITZ / HAYDN / RACHMANINOV / RUBINSTEIN / GLAZUNOV / SAINT-SAENS / etc
Andante Cantabile: Romantic music for cello and orchestra Ludovit Kanta, Maria Kliegel, Alexander Rudin, Christian Benda, Vytautas Sondeckis (cellos) with various orchestras [ Naxos / CD - released 25/Sep/2006 ] "A COMPILATION of favourite tunes for the cello is almost guaranteed to be moody and relaxing. And sure enough, its woody tones - in the hands of Christian Benda, Ludovic Kanta, Vytautus Sondeckis, Maria Kliegel and Alexander Rubin - draw a... |
FAURE / SULLIVAN / BLOCH / HANDEL / CATALANI / SAINT-SAENS / etc
Andante Cantabile: Cello Encores Lynn Harrell (cello) / Bruno Canino (piano) [ Australian Decca SBS Eloquence / CD - released 8/May/2006 ] "Readers who have followed me this far probably need very little acumen to realise that I have enjoyed this disc enormously. "Light music" it may be, but light music is not synonymous with cheap music and performed with such musicality and conviction... |
CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saens: Cello Concertos Nos. 1 And 2 Maria Kliegel (Cello) / Bournemouth Sinfonietta / Jean-Francois Monnard [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] "It's all very virtuosic, and Maria Kliegel performs with impressive panache and precision. A most welcome addition to the catalogue." - Gramophone |
CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saens: Messe de Requiem / Partsongs Marie-Paule Dotti (sop) Guillemette Laurens (mezzo) Luca Lombardo (tenor) Nicolas Testa, bass Coro della Radio Svizzera, Lugano Orchestra del Italiana [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 6/Jul/2004 ] This is the only available recording of the Requiem Mass, a highly appealing work with beautiful and complex harmonies. |