Piano Concertos 1-5 / Wedding Cake Caprice-Valse

Album by Camille Saint‐Saëns & Jean‐Philippe Collard & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & André Previn

Piano Concertos 1-5 / Wedding Cake Caprice-Valse is a 1999 album featuring pianist Jean-Philippe Collard with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by André Previn. The collection showcases Saint-Saëns' complete piano concertos alongside the 'Wedding Cake' Caprice-Valse, highlighting the composer's blend of virtuosic piano writing and orchestral colour.

Piano Concertos 1-5 / Wedding Cake Caprice-Valse by Saint‐Saëns - album cover

First released: 12th November 2004

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Disc 1

1.
Piano Concerto No. 1 in D major, Op. 17: I. Andante - Allegro assai
12:30
2.
Piano Concerto No. 1 in D major, Op. 17: II. Andante sostenuto quasi adagio
9:35
3.
Piano Concerto No. 1 in D major, Op. 17: III. Allegro con fuoco
6:56
4.
Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 22: I. Andante sostenuto
11:13
5.
Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 22: II. Allegro scherzando
5:54
6.
Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 22: III. Presto
6:37
7.
Piano Concerto No. 4 in C minor, Op. 44: I. Allegro moderato - Andante
12:53
8.
Piano Concerto No. 4 in C minor, Op. 44: II. Allegro vivace - Andante - Allegro
13:36

Disc 2

2.
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 3 in E flat, Op. 29: I. Moderato assai - Più mosso (Allegro maestoso)
14:15
3.
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 3 in E flat, Op. 29: II. Andante
8:55
4.
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 3 in E flat, Op. 29: III. Allegro non troppo
7:54
5.
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 5 in F, 'Egyptian', Op. 103: I. Allegro animato
11:42
6.
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 5 in F, 'Egyptian', Op. 103: II. Andante - Allegretto tranquillo quasi andantino
11:14
7.
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 5 in F, 'Egyptian', Op. 103: III. Molto allegro
6:12
8.
"Wedding Cake" - Caprice-Valse, Op. 76
6:24
9.
"Africa" Fantaisie, Op. 89
10:48