SAINT-SAËNS
Symphony No. 3 ‘Organ’*
Danse macabre • Cyprès et Lauriers*
Vincent Warnier, Organ
Orchestre National de Lyon*
Leonard Slatkin*
Listen to Symphony No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 78, "Organ Symphony"
II. Maestoso - Allegro - Piu allegro - Molto allegro - Pesante
Saint-Saëns and the King of Instruments provide the focus of this disc, which features the monumental 1878 Cavaillé-Coll organ, formerly sited in the Trocadéro in Paris, but now restored and relocated in Lyon. This recording celebrates that restoration in grand style, featuring Saint-Saëns' Symphony No. 3, one of the most famous and brilliant in the symphonic repertoire, plus a formidable transcription of Danse macabre for solo organ. Cyprès et lauriers for orchestra and organ, a rarity on disc, used the very same Cavaillé-Coll instrument at its French première.