Saint-Saens wrote five symphonies between the years 1850 and 1886. The cycle began with the Mozart-influenced Symphony in A but as a precocious composer of 17 he wrote his first numbered symphony, a work much admired by Berlioz and Gounod. He progressed to his most popular piece in the genre, the ground-breaking Symphony No. 3 with it's inclusion of organ and piano. This critically admired cycle includes a sequence of atmospheric and dramatic symphonic poems, including Phaeton and the ever-popular Danse macabre.
7 I. Allegro Marcato - Più Allegro - Tempo Primo - Più Allegro - Tempo Primo - Allegro Appassionato
8 II. Adagio
9 III. Scherzo: Presto - Un Poco Meno Mosso
10 IV. Prestissimo - Andantino - Tempo Primo
11 Phaeton, Op. 39
12 *Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 78, "Organ"
13 I. Adagio - Allegro Moderato -
14 I. Poco Adagio
15 II. Allegro Moderato - Presto -
16 II. Maestoso - Allegro
17 *Symphony in a Major
18 I. Poco Adagio - Allegro Vivace
19 II. Larghetto
20 III. Scherzo: Allegro Vivace
21 IV. Allegro Molto - Presto
22 Le Rouet D'omphale, Op. 31
23 *Symphony in F Major, "Urbs Roma"
24 I. Largo - Allegro
25 II. Molto Vivace
26 III. Moderato, Assai Serioso
27 IV. Poco Allegretto
28 La Jeunesse D'hercule, Op. 50
29 Danse Macabre, Op. 40
Saint-Saens wrote five symphonies between the years 1850 and 1886. The cycle began with the Mozart-influenced Symphony in A but as a precocious composer of 17 he wrote his first numbered symphony, a work much admired by Berlioz and Gounod. He progressed to his most popular piece in the genre, the ground-breaking Symphony No. 3 with it's inclusion of organ and piano. This critically admired cycle includes a sequence of atmospheric and dramatic symphonic poems, including Phaeton and the ever-popular Danse macabre.
