Lalo: Symphonie Espagnole; Saint-Saens: Violin Concerto No.

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Label
Chandos
Release Date
April 4, 2025
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Edouard Lalo, Camille Saint-Saens, Pablo de Sarasate
    • PERFORMER
      James Ehnes, BBC Philharmonic
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      April 04, 2025
    • UPC
      095115233320
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      CHAN 20333
    • LABEL
      Chandos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Allegro non troppo

      Composer: Édouard Lalo

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: James Ehnes

      Conductor: Juanjo Mena

    2. II. Scherzando: Allegro molto

      Composer: Édouard Lalo

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: James Ehnes

      Conductor: Juanjo Mena

    3. III. Intermezzo: Allegretto non troppo

      Composer: Édouard Lalo

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: James Ehnes

      Conductor: Juanjo Mena

    4. IV. Andante

      Composer: Édouard Lalo

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: James Ehnes

      Conductor: Juanjo Mena

    5. V. Rondo: Allegro

      Composer: Édouard Lalo

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: James Ehnes

      Conductor: Juanjo Mena

    6. I. Allegro non troppo

      Composer: Camille Saint-Saëns

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: James Ehnes

      Conductor: Juanjo Mena

    7. II. Andantino quasi allegretto

      Composer: Camille Saint-Saëns

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: James Ehnes

      Conductor: Juanjo Mena

    8. III. Molto moderato e maestoso

      Composer: Camille Saint-Saëns

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: James Ehnes

      Conductor: Juanjo Mena

    9. I. Introduction: Allegro moderato

      Composer: Pablo de Sarasate

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: James Ehnes

      Conductor: Juanjo Mena

    10. II. Moderato

      Composer: Pablo de Sarasate

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: James Ehnes

      Conductor: Juanjo Mena

    11. III. Lento assai

      Composer: Pablo de Sarasate

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: James Ehnes

      Conductor: Juanjo Mena

    12. IV. Allegro moderato

      Composer: Pablo de Sarasate

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: James Ehnes

      Conductor: Juanjo Mena

    13. V. Moderato - Animato

      Composer: Pablo de Sarasate

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: James Ehnes

      Conductor: Juanjo Mena


Pablo de Sarasate was born in Pamplona, Spain, and became an acclaimed virtuoso of the violin by the tender age of twelve. The child prodigy was sent away to study at the Paris Conservatoire, and Sarasate spent the rest of his life in Paris. In demand nationally and internationally as a soloist, he was the dedicatee of a large number of important concertos by composers ranging from Max Bruch to Henryk Wieniawski. Lalo's Symphonie espagnole was composed for Sarasate, who gave the Paris premiere, in 1875. The work is laid out in five movements and bristles with Spanish themes, rhythms, and influences, which were very much the vogue in France at that time. Also composed for Sarasate, Saint-Saens' Third Violin Concerto was composed in 1880. Written in his usual clear, refined, almost classical style, the work has endured as the most played of his three violin concertos. The album is completed with Sarasate's own fantasia on Bizet's Carmen - a virtuosic tour de force for the soloist, brilliantly played here by James Ehnes.