{"product_id":"saint-saens-tortorelli-complete-sonatas-cd","title":"Complete Sonatas [CD]","description":"\u003cp\u003eA unique collection of the instrumental sonatas by Saint-Saens, in recent and critically praised Italian recordings. The perfection of Saint-Saens's craftsmanship and the Gallic grace of his seemingly inexhaustible melodic muse were evident from early on in his career, composing as he did in childhood. No less evident was his faith in traditional forms such as the sonata. The works compiled here were composed over the course of half a century, during which time the world and musical culture evolved radically. Saint-Saens evolved too, but only according to the principles to which he held faith - in tonality, in melodic elegance - throughout his long life and career. In fact the composer was already 37 when he wrote the earliest piece here, the First Cello Sonata, in 1872. It does not seek to emulate the crowd-pleasing brilliance or wit of many of his best-known works but instead plots a dark, dramatic and often Beethovenian course through the conventional three-movement span. Compiling these sonatas in this way helps us to appreciate how, by the time we reach the First Violin Sonata of 1885, Saint-Saens had begun to integrate competing imperatives of intensity and elegance. It is curious that the composer's later violin and cello sonatas have never achieved the popularity of his initial essays. Indeed, these Brilliant Classics recordings almost have the field to themselves in the catalogue. Yet they are surely underestimated, because Saint-Saens had an almost endless capacity for reinvention - as he conclusively demonstrated late in life with three-fifths of a planned project to write five sonatas, all for instruments of the woodwind family. The instruments in these three works are scored for by the deft hand of a composer with a lifetime of experience writing for them in orchestral and chamber music settings.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cdiv data-bt-autogen\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eViolin Sonata No. 1 in D minor Op. 75~Allegro agitato\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eViolin Sonata No. 1 in D minor Op. 75~Adagio\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eViolin Sonata No. 1 in D minor Op. 75~Allegretto moderato\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eViolin Sonata No. 1 in D minor Op. 75~Allegro molto\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBerceuse in B flat Op. 38\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eViolin Sonata No. 2 in E flat Op. 102~Poco allegro più tosto moderato\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eViolin Sonata No. 2 in E flat Op. 102~Scherzo: Vivace\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eViolin Sonata No. 2 in E flat Op. 102~Andante\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eViolin Sonata No. 2 in E flat Op. 102~Allegro grazioso, non presto\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTriptyque Op. 136~Prémice\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTriptyque Op. 136~Vision congolaise\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTriptyque Op. 136~Joyeuseté\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSonata No. 1 in C minor Op. 32~Allegro\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSonata No. 1 in C minor Op. 32~Andante tranquillo sostenuto\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSonata No. 1 in C minor Op. 32~Allegro moderato\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSonata No. 2 in F Op. 123~Maestosto, largamente\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSonata No. 2 in F Op. 123~Scherzo con Variazioni: Allegro animato\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSonata No. 2 in F Op. 123~Romanza: Poco adagio\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSonata No. 2 in F Op. 123~Allegro non troppo, grazioso\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSonata for Bassoon and Piano Op. 168~Allegretto moderato\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSonata for Bassoon and Piano Op. 168~Allegro scherzando\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSonata for Bassoon and Piano Op. 168~Molto adagio - Allegro moderato\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRomance for Horn and Piano Op. 67\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSonata for Oboe and Piano Op. 166~Andantino\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSonata for Oboe and Piano Op. 166~Allegretto\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSonata for Oboe and Piano Op. 166~Molto allegro\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRomance for Flute and Piano Op. 37\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSonata for Clarinet and Piano Op. 167~Allegretto\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSonata for Clarinet and Piano Op. 167~Allegro animato\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSonata for Clarinet and Piano Op. 167~Lento\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSonata for Clarinet and Piano Op. 167~Molto allegro - Allegretto\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCaprice sur Des Airs Danois et Russes Op. 79 for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet and Piano\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUPC:\u003c\/strong\u003e 5028421976259\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLabel:\u003c\/strong\u003e Brilliant Classics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 5.2.25\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e CD\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Saint-Saens \/ Tortorelli","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58254103445585,"sku":"272900","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0620\/5023\/8545\/files\/4404936-3329690.jpg?v=1759469859","url":"https:\/\/apocalypsevinyl.com\/es\/products\/saint-saens-tortorelli-complete-sonatas-cd","provider":"Apocalypse Vinyl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}