Bizet, Gounod & Saint-Saens: Premieres Symphonies

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Label
Alpha
Release Date
October 3, 2025
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Georges Bizet, Charles Gounod, Camille Saint-Saens
    • PERFORMER
      Orchestre philharmonique de Monte Carlo, Kazuki Yamada
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      October 03, 2025
    • UPC
      3701624511497
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      ALPHA1149
    • LABEL
      Alpha
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      2
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Allegro vivo

      Composer: Georges Bizet

      Ensemble: Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo

      Conductor: Kazuki Yamada

    2. II. Adagio

      Composer: Georges Bizet

      Ensemble: Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo

      Conductor: Kazuki Yamada

    3. III. Allegro vivace

      Composer: Georges Bizet

      Ensemble: Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo

      Conductor: Kazuki Yamada

    4. IV. Allegro vivace

      Composer: Georges Bizet

      Ensemble: Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo

      Conductor: Kazuki Yamada

    5. I. Allegro molto

      Composer: Charles Gounod

      Ensemble: Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo

      Conductor: Kazuki Yamada

    6. II. Allegretto moderato

      Composer: Charles Gounod

      Ensemble: Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo

      Conductor: Kazuki Yamada

    7. III. Scherzo: Non troppo presto

      Composer: Charles Gounod

      Ensemble: Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo

      Conductor: Kazuki Yamada

    8. IV. Finale: Adagio - Allegro vivace

      Composer: Charles Gounod

      Ensemble: Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo

      Conductor: Kazuki Yamada

    9. I. Poco adagio

      Composer: Camille Saint-Saëns

      Ensemble: Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo

      Conductor: Kazuki Yamada

    10. II. —

      Composer: Camille Saint-Saëns

      Ensemble: Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo

      Conductor: Kazuki Yamada

    11. III. Allegro vivace

      Composer: Camille Saint-Saëns

      Ensemble: Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo

      Conductor: Kazuki Yamada

    12. IV. Allegro molto

      Composer: Camille Saint-Saëns

      Ensemble: Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo

      Conductor: Kazuki Yamada


Camille Saint-Saens was only fifteen years old when he composed his first symphony in 1850, which is known as his Symphony No. 0 - his official Symphony No. 1 would not arrive for another three years. Gounod was thirty-seven years old when his La nonne sanglante was removed from the repertoire of the Paris Opera by a new director; he swiftly restored his spirits by composing a symphony for the Societe des Jeunes Artistes in March 1855. Bizet, aged seventeen, began work on his Symphony in C major that same year. Gounod's symphony clearly influenced Bizet's work, as Bizet had just completed a transcription of it for piano four hands. This recording marks the beginning of a collaboration between the Alpha Classics label, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo and it's music director Kazuki Yamada, a great lover of the French symphonic repertoire and also music director of the Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and principal guest conductor of the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra and the Seiji Ozawa International Academy.