Saint-Saens' Ivanhoe

[edurban]

If Sullivan and Rossini haven't satisfied your craving for Ivanhoe(s), maybe you should try this: Saint-Saens' music written to satisfy the Prix de Rome committee.  It includes various cantatas and sacred works, starting off with Ivanhoe.  Fans of the Urbs Roma symphony and the many fine works by the young, and almost supernaturally gifted Camille should find this interesting...I know I will!

http://www.amazon.fr/gp/product/B004FH48XO/ref=pe_4171_23648871_snp_dp
David

[Mark Thomas]

Oh, fascinating. Thanks, David.

[TerraEpon]

Oh yes yes yes, previously unrecorded Saint-Saens.
Unfortunetly only two tracks of the Op. 4 Mass
http://www.glossamusic.com/glossa/reference.aspx?id=219

Still, Ivanhoe, and Le Retour de Virginie are all first recordings so far as I know -- certainly nothing I've ever found. Plus many (though not all) of the smaller pieces as well. And considering the fantastic job they did on the Debussy, this is should be a lovely set.