He is happy to see a publication devoted to the art of conductor Jean Martinon who all his life was a defender in the world of French music. Prisoner during the war, it consists in Stalag IX A works that will make him famous. Namely: Psalm or Song of CXXXVI Captives who won the prize of the city of Paris in 1943 under the German occupation. This complete symphonies of Saint Saëns is interesting in more ways than one. Indeed, the "star", the Symphony No. 3 with organ is a highlight of this double CD, and despite the bloated competition knows the disc here majeure.Cette Version Third Symphony marks the peak of the genre: it is the connection point between the Symphonie Fantastique by Berlioz (1830) and Symphony Messiaen Turangalîla for critics. Technical feat by dialogue organ, orchestra and piano, this musical colossus created in 1886 experienced a phenomenal success since its inception in 1886 and is a tribute to the greatness and spirit of the Catholic Church. The last movement is in fact a gigantic fugue where the triumphant trumpets mingle with the organ in a real heavenly ascenssion of the orchestra. But above all we discover other less known symphonies and performed in particular its number symphony of youth that has surprising Viennese classicism to Haydn and develops charming melodies, far from the rigor of Severe Saint Saens from the end of his life. The 2nd symphony develops a gentle rocking of the Adagio, the impetuosity of the Scherzo and Finale Italian post-Symphony influenced by the style of Mendelhson. It would be wrong to deprive themselves of this double CD at reasonable prices, in complete accordance with the version of the symphony for organ Myung Wun Chung.
