PIANO CONCERTOS NOS. 2 AND 4 IN FULL SCORE
BY: CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS

DESCRIPTION:
-THROUGHOUT MUCH OF HIS LONG, HIGHLY PRODUCTIVE CAREER, CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS (1835–1921) OCCUPIED A DOMINANT POSITION IN FRENCH MUSIC. ADMIRED FOR HIS MASTERLY COMMAND OF ORCHESTRATION AND HIGH STANDARDS OF FORM, STYLE, AND WORKMANSHIP, SAINT-SAËNS WROTE FOR THE PIANO IN AN ELEGANT, VIRTUOSO STYLE.

-IN THIS VOLUME, PIANISTS AND MUSIC LOVERS WILL FIND AUTHORITATIVE FULL-SCORE EDITIONS OF TWO OF THE COMPOSER`S MOST POPULAR PIANO CONCERTOS, WORKS FREQUENTLY PERFORMED SINCE THEIR PREMIERES, AND OFTEN RECORDED TO THIS DAY: PIANO CONCERTO NO. 2 IN G MINOR, OP. 22, AND PIANO CONCERTO NO. 4 IN C MINOR, OP. 44.

-IN THE TRADITION OF THE GREAT COMPOSER/PIANISTS OF HIS TIME, SAINT-SAËNS WAS THE SOLOIST FOR THE PREMIERES OF BOTH WORKS IN PARIS: OF NO. 2 IN 1868, AND OF NO. 4 IN 1875. THE SCORES OF THESE CONCERT FAVORITES HAVE BEEN REPRINTED FROM THE AUTHORITATIVE EDITIONS PUBLISHED BY DURAND ET CIE, PARIS.

REPRINT OF THE DURAND ET CIE, PARIS, EDITIONS.