Gerhard Griesel ([log in to unmask]) wrote:

> I have very few multiple recordings, but I try to collect all the
> symphonies/piano concertos etc.  of a composer.
>
> Saint-Saens is my current problem in this regard.  His third symphony
> one can kick out behind every bush, but I have been unable to find
> symphonies 1 - 2. Do they exist?

Not only do they exist, there are also symphonies "A" and "B".

AFAIK they've only been recorded once, back in the 70s.  A French effort
for EMI(?) but - even though I have the LPs somewhere - I cannot recall
who did it.

None of the four, BTW, is in the same class as No.3 and A an B, IIRC,
are essentially juvenilia (hence the lack of numbers).

My problem wrt Saint-Saens, is the piano concertos - can't stand them...:-)

|Deryk Barker
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