Symphony No. 3 in C minor, op. 78 "Organ"

Album by Camille Saint‐Saëns & Royal Promenade Orchestra & Alfred Gehardt

Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 78 (Organ) is a symphony by French composer Camille Saint-Saëns, completed and first performed in 1886. The large-scale late-Romantic work integrates the pipe organ with the full orchestra, combining sweeping melodies, rich harmonic colour and contrapuntal passages, and it represents a late-career culmination of Saint-Saëns's symphonic writing and engagement with grand orchestral forms.
First released: 1987

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Symphony no. 3 in C minor, op. 78 "Organ": I. Adagio - Allegro moderato - Poco adagio
    20:10
  2. 2.
    Symphony no. 3 in C minor, op. 78 "Organ": II. Allegro moderato - Presto
    7:15
  3. 3.
    Symphony no. 3 in C minor, op. 78 "Organ": III. Maestoso
    9:12

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