Camille Saint-Saens

For Henle's Urtext edition of the Clarinet Sonata op. 167 they were able to consult the autograph for the first time. 'At the moment I am putting my last ounce of energy into giving seldom considered instruments an opportunityto be heard' Saint-Saëns wrote to a friend in April of the year he died. A sonata for oboe one for clarinet and one for bassoon were thus composed; yet he was not to hear the premieres. As far as form and infl ection areconcerned the three wind sonatas op. 166 - 168 hark back to the gallant style of the 18th century and thus approach the neoclassicism movement around 1920. Humour wit and fine irony characterise these works for wind.

Camille Saint-Saëns? The Carnival of the Animals is one of his most popular works altogether. Yet during his lifetime he refused to publish this orchestral piece for fear it would damage his reputation as a serious-minded musician.Now Jennifer Seubel and Sally Beck the flautists of ?Duo Noble? have arranged this famous work for two flutes.The transformation of the major instruments timbres and melodies of the orchestral version into solely two flute parts posed a special challenge. The results exploit the full tonal spectrum of the flute. The arrangement offers several alternatives to expand the range of sound: for example a piccolo can be substitutedfor either flute part in No. 2 Poules et coqs and for the first flute in No. 7 Aquarium.The complete Carnival of the Animals for two flutes14 challenging and effective pieces

The Romance for a melodic instrument and Piano was a very popular genre in French salon music of the nineteenth century. Saint-Saëns also wrote several such pieces for Violin Cello and Horn. His only Romance for Flute was composed in 1871 shortly after the Société nationale de musique had been founded. It was premiered in this new forum for Piano music and chamber works a year later too. In spite of its brevity the piece contains numerous harmonic and melodic refinements which rapidly made it popular among flautists both in the original setting with Piano accompaniment as well as in the later orchestral version. The Henle Urtext edition is the firstcritical edition of this piece which is also very popular with learners of the Flute.

After the Oboe and Clarinet sonata the Bassoon sonata forms the conclusion of the wind compositions from Saint-Saens due to his death in 1921 - the also planned Sonata for English Horn never to be composed.Playing thehumorous not too technically demanding work you can hardly imagine that the composer did not feel particularly familiar on this instrument.

Saint-Saens' Sonata For Bassoon Op.168 for Bassoon and Piano edited by Reiner Zimmermann.

This beautiful serene piece comes from Saint-Saëns' 'Carnival of the Animals' and is an ideal performance piece for clarinet and piano.

The Swan a beautifully lyrical and expressive piece from Saint-Saens Carnival of the Animals and has been skilfuly arranged for Flute with Piano accompaniment by Robin de Smet.The solo flute part is also included on a separate insert.

La Danse macabre est l'une des oeuvres parmi les plus célèbres de Camille Saint-Saëns et du répertoire symphonique français en général. Dès sa création le 24 janvier 1875, l'oeuvre s'établit durablement comme un incontournable succès. Les transcripteurs-souvent de grands noms-s'emparent bientôt de cette Danse, et les versions pour instruments divers se multiplient. C'est à Giuseppe Gariboldi (1833-1905), flûtiste virtuose et compositeur d'origine italienne installé à Paris, que Durand demande une multiple transcription de l'oeuvre, réinventée par le transcripteur, pour flûte ou cornet à piston ou violon ou violoncelle et piano. Voici donc ici republiée cette Fantaisie-transcription- ainsi qu'elle fut originellement sous-titrée-dans sa version pour flûte et piano. / Flûte Et Piano

pour flûte and piano. Par SAINT-SAENS CAMILLE. / Répertoire / Flûte Traversière ou Plusieurs Flûtes Traversières

mélodie pour violoncell et piano transcription pour clarinette en si bémol et piano

Attractive pieces arranged by the great flautist Paul Taffanel from the orchestral Suite Algerienne by Saint-Saens a friend and colleague of Taffanel. French Flute Encores Series. Edited by Edward Blakeman to suit flautists of all ages. Grades 5-6.