As Ms. CfL (not a fan of Saint-Saens) says to me when. . .

. . . I remind her that Saint-Saens wrote that he "put everything he had" into this symphony, "Well he didn't have very much then!". ;-)

Strangely enough though, she does like a few pieces by Saint-Saens, including his Etudes (except for the famous "Etude in the form of a Waltz" - too much salon fluff for her!) and his Septet (the one with the part for trumpet).

Regarding Ormandy in the Organ Symphony, I'm about to order the Dutton SACD remaster of his RCA recording. It was originally recorded in quad, and the Dutton remaster preserves the discrete quad engineering. Unfortunately, RCA's engineering at that time (the mid 70's or so) was not very good IMHO, but we'll see if the quad incarnation improves things at all.

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Topic - Second attempt for this post (I sent it into the internet ether yesterday) Saint-Saens Organ Symphony - Chris from Lafayette 21:27:57 02/14/21 (16)

Thanks, Chris. Found it on Qobuz and - srl1 13:09:57 02/15/21 (2)

If that's what you want in the finale. . . - Chris from Lafayette 11:09:31 02/16/21 (1)

RE: What other reason is there? Al Stiefel would have told you that! - B. Scarpia 12:46:25 02/16/21 (0)

Ansermet - blakey 13:02:14 02/15/21 (2)

It's been around for so long - I do need to hear it (maybe on Qobuz) [nt] - Chris from Lafayette 11:07:10 02/16/21 (1)

The finale fugues are a bit "careful, " but the recording affords a wonderful, "you are there" quality - jdaniel@jps.net 11:41:42 02/17/21 (0)

RE: Well, you made me take a rare listen to the Organ Symphony. Really, I prefer his Carnival Of The Animals. - B. Scarpia 12:03:07 02/15/21 (1)

As Ms. CfL (not a fan of Saint-Saens) says to me when. . . - Chris from Lafayette 11:05:40 02/16/21 (0)

Micheal Stern and Kansas City - oldvinyl 09:50:15 02/15/21 (3)

For sheer sound quality alone, I keep the Finale as a demo, but ... - jdaniel@jps.net 19:04:53 02/15/21 (0)

RE: Micheal Stern and Kansas City - tinear 11:36:07 02/15/21 (0)

Yes - I have that one too, but on SACD - Chris from Lafayette 11:16:46 02/15/21 (0)

Well, you certainly piqued my curiosity - jdaniel@jps.net 08:16:21 02/15/21 (3)

I've never played either set of the "two hands" in this work! [nt] ;-) - Chris from Lafayette 11:19:25 02/15/21 (2)

You'd think that it would be easier with an additional two hands helping out.... - jdaniel@jps.net 11:59:30 02/15/21 (1)

Those other two hands just get in the way sometimes! [nt] ;-) - Chris from Lafayette 01:41:53 02/17/21 (0)

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