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Neeme Jarvi Conducts Saint Saens [Chandos: CHSA 5104] [Hybrid SACD, SACD]

Neeme Järvi Audio CD
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  • Conductor: Neeme Järvi
  • Composer: Camille Saint-Saëns
  • Audio CD (28 May 2012)
  • Please Note: Requires SACD-compatible hardware
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Hybrid SACD, SACD
  • Label: Chandos
  • ASIN: B007WB5DP2
  • Other Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 6,909 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Song TitleArtist Time Price
Listen  1. Samson et Dalila, Op. 47, Act III: BacchanaleRoyal Scottish National Orchestra 6:51£0.59  Buy MP3 
Listen  2. Le rouet d'Omphale, Op. 31Royal Scottish National Orchestra 8:01£0.59  Buy MP3 
Listen  3. Phaeton, Op. 39Royal Scottish National Orchestra 8:29Album Only
Listen  4. Danse macabre, Op. 40Royal Scottish National Orchestra 6:43£0.59  Buy MP3 
Listen  5. La jeunesse d'Hercule, Op. 50Royal Scottish National Orchestra14:05Album Only
Listen  6. Suite algerienne, Op. 60: IV. Marche militaire francaiseRoyal Scottish National Orchestra 4:17£0.59  Buy MP3 
Listen  7. La princesse jaune (The Yellow Princess), Op. 30: OvertureRoyal Scottish National Orchestra 6:00£0.59  Buy MP3 
Listen  8. Une nuit a Lisbonne, Op. 63Royal Scottish National Orchestra 3:43£0.59  Buy MP3 
Listen  9. SpartacusRoyal Scottish National Orchestra13:04Album Only
Listen10. Marche du couronnement, Op. 117Royal Scottish National Orchestra 6:23£0.59  Buy MP3 


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The RSNO is on top form, full of wit, colour and joie de vivre. Performance ***** Recording ***** BBC MUSIC ORCHESTRAL CHOICE --BBC Music Magazine,Aug'12

Fêted from the Middle East to South America (where he wrote the Uruguayan national anthem) during his life-time, Camille Saint-Saëns is remarkable both for the variety and volume of his orientalist music and the sophistication of its orchestration. Neeme Järvi's programme of symphonic poems, bacchanales and barcarolles ranges from the smokily luxuriant to the swashbuckling. An attractive performance of exotic bon-bons from the RSNO. **** --Independent ,24/06/12

Recommendation ? It's hard to imagine any lover of romantic music-much less any admirer of Saint-Saens in particular-who won't want to snap up this disc. Warmly Welcomed. --IRR, July/Aug'12

The playing is full of character, the music's detail clearly elucidated, the images of Saint-Saens's imagination frimly and atmospherically fixed.All in all this is a disc with plenty to discover and enjoy. --Gramophone, Sept'12

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Danse bacchanale de Samson et Dalila, op.47 - Le Rouet d'Omphale, op.31 - Phaëton, op.39 - Danse macabre, op.40 - La Jeunesse d'Hercule, op.50 - Une nuit à Lisbonne, op.63 - Spartacus... / Royal Scottish National Orchestra - Neeme Järvi, direction

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars 10 stars, 10 French bonbons 6 Aug 2012
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Although all this repertoire is available elsewhere this disc is a feast. It's like a 10 course meal after which you'll regret they didn't make a 20 course one.
Personally I think Neeme Jarvi is a very dull conductor in the concert hall - he was chief conductor with our local Residentie orchestra, The Hague for some years - but he does wonders with microphones around him. And possibly it's his love for this excellent Scottish orchestra too..... The Spartacus symphonic poem is available on a EMI recording from 1999 (Kantorow with the so called Ensemble Orchestral de Paris, whatever that may be) but that recording is as foggy and unpleasantly undynamic as Paris in the morning mist. Jarvi sparkles. The best reference for the tracks 2, 3, 4 and 5 are a recording done by Charles Dutoit with the excellent Philharmonia orchestra on a Decca CD (still available). That's a very fine recording but Chandos' engineers give the orchestra the extra sparkle and champagne. So if you like a `best off' recording of this composer's output, go for this one.
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Neeme Jarvi Conducts Saint Saens (Chandos: CHSA 5104)

This "Chandos" SACD is quite an intriguing offer: It contains 10 pieces by Saint-Saens, of which some are well known (Bacchanale from Samson & Dalilah, Route d'Omphale, Dance Macabre, French military march), and six other pieces less frequently heard, of which "young Hercules" is the longest (14 minuets).

The Scottish national Orchestra under the baton of maestro Jarvi exhibit with these pieces flexibility, beauty of tone, togetherness and excitement which does not fail to 'rock and swing' at the right passages, and does not fail to put the listener in a more ponderous mood in some of the more 'dreamy-romantic' moments.

The SACD (multichannel) is of a demonstration quality with energy bursts interwoven with sweet pianissimo and crystal-clear tones.
(One is advised to set the playing mode into SACD-direct on his/her player - if possible - in order to gain even more of the recording revenue and the explosive dynamic this Chandos exhibits).
The recording was made in September 2011 at the Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow.
Looks like Chandos is ready to fly high along with Telarc, Bis, and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra label.
It surely leaves the likes of Pentatone and other SACD imposters deep in the dust.

Very recommendable.
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For fear of appearing superfluous, I don't very often review discs that have already been reviewed several times, especially when my opinions are much the same as those already expressed by others; this superb collection of Saint-Saens' symphonic poems and other orchestral pieces has really impressed me, however, and I do feel it merits additional plaudits.

From the point of view of repertoire, it usefully collects all the symphonic poems together but there are also some rarities here as well, such as the early - and fairly substantial - overture 'Spartacus', which I had never heard before. It might not display the same sophistication in scoring or thematic development as the later and more famous pieces but it is well constructed, melodious and at times quite atmospheric - a very welcome discovery indeed. Järvi and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra make an excellent case for the piece, as indeed they do for all the music here - they are very much at the top of their game; much as I admire Järvi for his sterling work in rescuing the music of composers who have slipped into obscurity and much as I treasure many of his recordings, I've sometimes found his interpretations of "standard" repertoire somewhat lacking in personality or insight (his disappointing Brahms symphonies, for example) but everything here is quite marvellous. As one reviewer has noted, some of the music is taken at a faster pace than you might expect but personally I find that Järvi's approach reaps dividends and I felt no sense that anything was rushed or, where required, lacking in gravitas: the Bacchanale from 'Samson et Dalila' is a case in point, one of the most spirited and lively I have heard but Järvi has a sure grasp of the piece and it wants nothing for exotic allure. The artists are helped to no small degree by the excellent sound provided by Chandos (the recording is a hybrid SACD one, which I listen to as a regular CD), which has beautiful clarity, presence and impact: even though I am familiar with 'Phaeton' and was expecting it, the titular character's cataclysmic downfall still made me jump the first time I heard this performance and throughout the disc Saint-Saens' mastery of orchestration is captured faithfully, whether it be sensual and evocative or scintillating in effect.

Really, when other reviewers have already covered this release in some detail, there is no point in my writing on it at great length: the point of my review is simply to reinforce what they have already said - this is an excellent release, containing some wonderful music making; anyone who admires the composer should add it to their collection and if you have never heard these works before, you can be assured that this makes for a perfect introduction to them.

Highly recommended.
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