Camille Saint-Saëns (1835–1921) a fost un compozitor francez, organist, pianist și dirijor din epoca romantică. Opera sa vastă cuprinde cinci simfonii, concerte, opere și muzică de cameră. Dintre lucrările de format mare, cele mai cunoscute astăzi sunt Simfonia nr. 3 în do minor „Organ Symphony” și opera Samson a Dalila, iar printre piesele mai scurte populare se numără Karneval zvířat și Tanec kostlivců.
Camille Saint-Saëns Edition pe 34 de discuri compacte cuprinde cele mai esențiale și remarcabile lucrări din opera compozitorului. Casa de discuri Warner Classics a alcătuit o selecție reprezentativă: toate simfoniile, concertele pentru pian, vioară și violoncel, poemele simfonice, scene de operă, un bogat repertoriu cameral. Ediția conține 457 de înregistrări și prezintă lucrările interpretate de artiști de vârf – printre ei Marie-Claire Alain, Maurice André, Michel Béroff, Aldo Ciccolini, Jacqueline du Pré, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Jascha Heifetz, Itzhak Perlman, Mstislav Rostropovici și chiar Camille Saint-Saëns ca pianist. Colecția este completată de orchestre de prestigiu: London Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre de Paris, Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française și altele.
Melodii
Saint-Saens, Camille
Africa - fantasy for piano and orchestra, op.89
Allegro appassionato, op.70
Allegro appassionato in B minor, op.43
Bassoon Sonata in G major, op.168
Benediction nuptiale, op.9
Berceuse in B flat major, op.38
Caprice andalous in G major, op.122
Caprice sur des airs danois et russes, op.79
Caprice sur les airs de Ballet d'Alceste de Gluck (arr. Debussy)
Carnival of the Animals (arr. Carl Davis, Hiawyn Oram)
Carnival of the Animals (chamber version)
Carnival of the Animals
Cavatine, op.144
Cello Concerto no.1 in A minor, op.33 (arr. Nakariakov for flugelhorn)
Cello Concerto no.1 in A minor, op.33
Cello Sonata no.1 in C minor, op.32
Cello Sonata no.2 in F major, op.123
Choeurs (2), op.68
Clair de lune
Clarinet Sonata in E flat major, op.167
Cypres et Lauriers, op.156
Danse macabre (song)
Danse macabre, op.40 (arr. Edwin Lemare)
Danse macabre, op.40
El Desdichado
Elegie, op.143
Elegie, op.160
Elevation ou Communion in E major, op.13
Etienne Marcel: Ballet Music (trans. Debussy for piano duet)
Etudes (6), op.52
Etudes (6), op.111
Etudes (6) for the left hand, op.135
Extase
Fantaisie in A major, op.124
Fantaisie no.1 in E flat major
Fantaisie no.2 in D flat major, op.101
Fantaisie no.3 in C major, op.157
Fantasie for harp, op.95
Havanaise, op.83
Henry VIII
» O cruel souvenir! (Act 4)
Improvisations (7), op.150
Introduction and Rondo capriccioso, op.28 (arr. Debussy for 2 pianos)
Introduction and Rondo capriccioso, op.28 (arr. Georges Bizet)
Introduction and Rondo capriccioso, op.28
L'Attente
La Cloche
La Jeunesse d'Hercule, op.50
La Muse et le poete, op.132
La Princesse jaune (The Yellow Princess), op.30
» Overture
Le Lever de la lune
Le Pas d'armes du Roi Jean
Le Rouet d'Omphale, op.31
Le Timbre d'argent
» Le bonheur est chose legere
Le Vent dans la plaine
Les Cloches de la mer
Les Cloches du soir in E flat major, op.85 (arr. F. Ronchini)
Marche religieuse, op.107
Mazurka no.3 in B minor, op.66
Melodies persanes, op.26
» no.6 Tournoiement (Songe d'opium)
Menuet (Marquise, vous-en souvenez-vous)
Messe a 4 voix, op.4
Morceau de concert in F minor, op.94
Morceau de concert in G major, op.62
Morceau de concert in G major for harp and orchestra, op.154
Oboe Sonata in D major, op.166
Odelette in D major, op.162
Oratorio de Noel, op.12
» Tecum principium (arr. for piano trio)
Parysatis
» Le Rossignol et la Rose
Pastorale
Phaeton, op.39
Piano Concerto no.1 in D major, op.17
Piano Concerto no.2 in G minor, op.22
Piano Concerto no.3 in E flat major, op.29
Piano Concerto no.4 in C minor, op.44
Piano Concerto no.5 in F major, op.103 'Egyptian'
Piano Quartet in B flat major, op.41
Piano Quintet in A minor, op.14
Piano Trio no.1 in F major, op.18
Piano Trio no.2 in E minor, op.92
Preludes and Fugues (3), op.99
Preludes and Fugues (3), op.109
Prelude to 'Le Deluge', op.45
Priere for cello and piano, op.158
Reverie
Rhapsodie d'Auvergne for piano and orchestra, op.73
Rhapsodie d'Auvergne for solo piano, op.73
Rhapsodies (3) sur des cantiques bretons, op.7
Romance in C major, op.48
Romance in D flat major, op.37 (trans. flute)
Romance in D flat major, op.37
Romance in D major, op.51
Romance in F major, op.36
Saltarelle, op.74
Samson et Dalila, op.47 (highlights)
Samson et Dalila, op.47
Scherzo in B major for 2 pianos, op.87
Septet in E flat major, op.65
Si vous n'avez rien a me dire
Sonnet
Spartacus
String Quartet no.1 in E minor, op.112
String Quartet no.2 in G major, op.153
Suite algerienne, op.60
Suite for cello and piano, op.16
» Serenade
Suite in D major for orchestra, op.49
Symphony in A major
Symphony in F major 'Urbs Roma'
Symphony no.1 in E flat major, op.2
Symphony no.2 in A minor, op.55 (trans. Debussy for piano duet)
Symphony no.2 in A minor, op.55
Symphony no.3 in C minor, op.78 'Organ Symphony'
Tableaux symphoniques (3) d'apres La Foi, op.130
Tarentelle in A minor, op.6
Une flute invisible
Une nuit a Lisbonne, op.63
Valse caprice for piano and strings, op.76 'Wedding Cake'
Valse gaie, op.139
Valse mignonne in E flat major, op.104
Valse nonchalante, op.110
Violin Concerto no.1 in A major, op.20
Violin Concerto no.2 in C major, op.58
Violin Concerto no.3 in B minor, op.61
Violin Sonata no.1 in D minor, op.75
Violin Sonata no.2 in E flat major, op.102
Violons dans le soir
Bach, Johann Sebastian
Partita for solo violin no.1 in B minor, BWV1002
» IV Bourree (arr. Saint-Saens)
Chopin, Frederic
Impromptu no.2 in F sharp major, op.36 (arr. Saint-Saens)
