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  • Please helpme, Ustedes conocen la cancion que aparece en charly and the factory of chocolate, cuando estan en el cuarto de la television y ponen esa musica?? Como se llama esa cancion?

  • I recall hearing that tune in the movie "Babe." It was TOTALLY different from this familiar orchestral version. More like a popular song. If you've seen "Babe" you might recall that tune.

  • Have tried many versions and this is a cracker!!. Ceiling cracker , ear cracker. Wonderful sound recording. Would like to SEE it but the sound ityself is something special. THANKS

  • This is a fine piece of art! Love it

  • bloomin 'eck! thatll blow away the cobwebs!

  • The thing so great about CSSaens is how perfect a sense he has for using the different qualities of the orchestra. The use of woodwinds, brass and strings is beyond brilliant. Everything is a perfect fit.

  • that'll do pig

  • By far the best recording ever of this symphony. Camille would get chills. This is how he envisioned it.

  • Wonderful - house to myself - had the speakers up to as loud as they would go and conducted the orchestra! The secret life of a sevenoaks housewife!!

  • my whole house shook!

  • And, today, when someone says they write music....

    Oh, what has happened to such genius and how much poorer we are without it.

  • I heard this on radio and I'm sure i've heard this somewhere else... In some movie or ? Idk Help me :D

  • @SmileyMeenie yer in a movie, i dont which one though

  • @SmileyMeenie It was used as the music for the song "If I Had Words" in "Babe."

  • @OperaNerd1986 I figured it out : ) but thanx<3

  • 0:27 is The best part of the whole song

  • Brava!E grande estramamente.(powerful)

  • ***** Was soll man dazu noch sagen, dies ist die absolute fantastische Aufnahmequalität...Nach so einem eindringlichen perfekten SOUND strebt doch jedes Aufnahmeteam...

  • What a sound. Telarc discs are always good.

  • wonderful symphony !!!

  • Love this movement.

  • Heard that organ today. It's gorgeous. Could have mistaken it for a C.C. if I did'nt know it wasn't one.

  • If the plaster doesn't fall off of the walls and ceiling during the opening chord, the volume isn't loud enough.

  • Much better than the original of Scott Fitzgerald !

    Or -

    Wait a minute....

    ;-)

  • The new version from the Philadelphia Philharmonic has a crisper sound. This piece gives me goose bumps no matter what symphony plays it.

  • /b/

    

  • lol, this track is the last track on the cd. Better save the best for last, rite? :D

    This composition is definitely up there in my favorite classical music collection with Edvard Grieg's "In the Hall of the Mountain King" and "Wedding Day at Troldhaugen" and Jacques Offenbach's "Can Can"

  • To those who are complaining the organ is too loud or too close, remember these three factors, 1) It's from an ORGAN BLASTER CD, 2) It's called and Organ symphony, 3)This song isn't american, it probably was meant to be played differently than how we may view it. Of course America's generation today is mostly hip hop rap or R&B

  • @naterc93

    Right on! Very well said. This is a stunning rendition of this exquisite piece of music. In fact, if the organ were even more prominent I'd like it even more.

  • @naterc93 "Of course America's generation today is mostly hip hop rap or R&B"

    Bit of an over-generalization, don't you think? And there's plenty of legitimately good hip hop (mostly underground stuff done by artists not out to make a buck).

  • @n8dogg87 You're right, there is good hip-hop here. But I never said America's current generation today is mostly BAD hip-hop, rap, or R&B. I just said Hip-hop,Rap, or R&B. :)

  • einmalig - phantastisch - wundervoll

    als kleiner Junge hat mich diese Melodie schon in einer Kirche beeindruckt . . . .

  • In babe it was a 'mice'toso!

  • A pig that thinks it's a dog!

  • I hardly bothered to read all the comments. But if you knew St. Francis de Sales parish church in University Park / West Philadelphia, the place is like the Hagia Sophia. It's interior is brick and marble, capped with a huge dome. The organ is seven manuals: the largest church organ in the Philadelphia area (probably the state). The organ sounds so much better in person.

  • @pianojoe23 Looks like you know the organ (or at least the church). Do you know where to find a stoplist of the organ?

  • I just had an organgasm.

  • BYOWWWWWW THATS SOME ORGAN PLAYED RIGHT!!

  • thought i recognized it from babe

  • this piece takes you through all emotions,sadness,joy,pride,ela­tion,fear and peace.its truely wonderful.

  • The entire piece, all movements, is fantastic when played right. I used to use the Massive Organ chord as an alarm clock to wake my kids. Worked every time. No jumping or flinching; they rose right up.

  • Who would dislike this?

  • @Bickey08 I dunno, obviously have no taste in music! =)

  • @theelf97 You got that right!

  • This is dubstep

  • That piano bit in the background after 0.30 that sounds like trickling water is the most beautiful sound I have every heard

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  • This is not to say that it's a bad instrument (FAR from it!!!!) - it merely shows why such a sound isn't always the best in all environments. [Another thing: was the organ too close-miked - when less reverb is present, it's better to move the microphones further away.]

    Stunning orchestral playing, notably the brass!!! On a good day, American orchestras can give a real run for the money to most European ensembles. Also, would love to see this organ's specification!! Great recording!!!

  • The organ sounds like a true French-Romantic instrument minus the reverberant acoustic that usually mellows out the sound-image. That's why the St. Ouen recording (Mariss Jansons/Oslo-Philharmonic/Wayn­e Marshall) sounds so much kinder to the ears. Without the proper acoustical environment, a Cavaillé-Coll or equivalent can be too raspy - a major reason why followers of that great master like Casavant tamed their stops in smaller spaces, frequently using more British sonorities.

  • oh the organ is untuned...:-(

  • we're playing this for our final school concert - don't worry, we're better than most school orchestras - cant wait

  • Gänsehaut...!!!

  • my favorite peice haha and im a metal head buuuuut i do tend to listen to this and that. i wish the band at my school would play this i would have a blast playing this!!!!!

  • MERVEILLEUX

    SPLENDIDE !MERCI

  • Cool!!

  • so sweet.....

  • Of all the recordings of the last movement of the symphony number 3 by Saint Saens, I just wish that somehow.... sometime there will be a recording where the organ is not compleatly drowned out... in other words you can definalty clearly hear the 16 hertz fundamental cords in that movement.

  • @alpha1antripson Bish's version has a pretty clear pedal part, though the quality of the recording doesn't really give you the 16 Hz tone. (She uses an aggressive registration for the pedals.)

  • @mmtrebuchet I have just noticed that you have replied on the recording of the Saints Saens Sym. No. 3 Maestoso. You are correct instateing that the 16 Htz Peddle at the beginning of the Saints Saens Maestoso is very hard to pick up, even on a very good stereo system. It seems that though all the time the mid range and highs of all recordings drowns out the 16 Htz. The 16 Htz just needs to be hopped up a lot so it will come through and make a recording just super good.

  • A prime example of the power of the organ when played by someone of considerable skill, with a piece by one of such talent and creative genius as C. Saint-Saens. From the humbling opening chords to the resounding conclusion, I am rendered speechless, and, more often than not, to tears by its "triumph-thru-tragic" message.

  • I have played this in concert several times. Fabulous piece! This is HANDS - DOWN the BEST recording of this Mvmt. I have EVER heard! Bravo!!!!

  • how, wait. You all don't have to attack me. I was just wandering how the song would sound without organ (for example piano). I think the organ is too overwelming. Violins play a great melody in the intro that the organ take's over and for me it doesn't sound right. And yes, I know it's a maestoso, but the name is not important. The music is.

    This is just a question of taste. I think Saint Saens is a genius.

    Greetz timo906

  • It`s so awe-inspiring to hear this wonderful work.....I love it and long to hear it as a live performance.

    The orchestration and organ balance each other very well on this recording; as it should-be a symphony "with organ" not an "organ symphony".

    ....Bravo Camille!

  • Thrilling all the way through! Thanks so much!

  • I'm listening this on DT 770 PRO Beyerdynamic headphones ... and it's beyond epic ... I can FEEL the low keys of the organ vibrating my ears ... LOL ...

  • Hate to sit tin the front row with this playing. LOL

  • @unhygenix32 For rehearsal the cello section (which I'm in) sits right next to the Organ. It leaves my ear's ringing.

  • Thank God for Camille Saint-Saens.

  • To be honest; I think I'd like this symphony better whithout organ...

    The strings melody is unbelieveble, but the organ kicks in like a bully who ruins everything nice that's made before.

    Anybody feels the same?

  • @timo906 The organ is a grandiose instrument fitting in my opinion to this grandiose piece.

    Though I did wonder myself the exact same thing - what it would sound like with strings only or with a piano instead of organ.

  • @timo906 With all due, respect sir, i'd say the organ is actually quite subtle, for an organ symphony; the orchestra introduces all the new musical ideas, and this is mearly repeated by the organ, often as an undertone to the orchestra (2:22, for example)

    I do take your point, however about the tutti registration being a little agressive sometimes...

  • @timo906

    What you don't hear but can feel is that the organ is always running, but the keys are so low you can't really hear them if you don't have the right equipment or haven't heard it live! The organ is the highlight. But I guess it's a question of taste.

  • @timo906 With respect Saint Saens composed the symphony specifically for organ It wasn't ever intended by the composer to be played sans organ I think its a bit like criticising a sports car for only having 2 seats. It's not as though someone has taken a piece like Pachelbel's Canon in D & decided to play it on an organ

    Canon is one of my favourites as its so gentle & relaxing but I love a variety of music so the incredible earth shaking vibrations of the organ in this piece are enjoyable too

  • EPIC. This seems to combine Baroque with the Romantic.

  • 1:55 love that bit

    This movement is the definition of Maestoso

  • Love this piece - the pipe organ is so majestic!! The music flows beautifully!!

  • Well may unsurpassable locally, quite sure there must be other better ones in other countries....lolx

  • I have seen this live at the Christchurch Town Hall by the NZSO. Unforgettable - the organ there is unsurpassable.

  • Possibly one of the best classical pieces ever :)

  • Amazing. I had the pleasure of listening to this through some electrostatic speakers.

    Words do not describe the experience.

  • This piece is so exciting when preforming in a church hall with an amazing organ! I'm a trumpet player so I had the honor of sitting right in front of the bass bone. This was one of, if not, the best piece I have ever played. So much expression and tension!

  • music can express emotions we can not say in words, but to ignore them is impossible eighter

  • Babe ruined this extraordinary piece of work

  • @JLM030396

    Yes and what’s worst is that on every you tube video of this movement there are posts going on about Babe. I feel like saying Yeah you’ve discovered late Romanticism great he’s a cracker, but really is that the best you can come up with? How about saying something about HIS music rather than mentioning it was stuck in some film. It’s the artistic equivalent of saying “ oh that guy is Johns brother” rather than acknowledging that he is a person too.

  • @DCTheGuitarist I don't know who put my comment up, I think it may of been my sister'but thy did ruin it, I'm not a musical genius but I feel that they ruined the complexity and the emotion of the song.

  • I can't explain it, but for some reason, I keep imagining a pig sucking on a baby bottle...

  • 3 people had their speakers blown out by this song and disliked this video

  • I read from a magazine article that this was indeed Eugene Ormandy's final recording with the Philadelphia Orchestra before retiring. At least he went out with a blast.

  • Ormandy could never resist inserting the cymbal crash on the final C chord in all of his recordings of this work.

  • What 3 jerks missed the "like" button?!

  • o wow! exelente pieza! el puerquito valiente, xD

  • Did anyone else think of Intervention by Arcade Fire when they heard the first chord?

  • @Mikerty391 ha ha! thats exactly what I thought about!

  • @Mikerty391 ha ha ! thats exactly what I thought about

  • Thank you for posting this. Super version.

  • Wow - that is some sound!

  • About 80 years ago Piero Coppola - grandfather of the film director, Francis Ford Coppola - recorded the Saint-Saens 3rd and I've always thought that recording and performance has held up fairly well for its age. Not sure it is on YouTube. If not, perhaps someone could post it. Rather good sound off the 78's for a 1929 recording.

  • very awesome! do you have the telarc cd of seiji ozawa conducting beethovens symphony no.5? very impressive piece! came out during the infancy of cd,s and "digital" recordings! enjoyed this! thanks!

  • Wonderful!!!!

  • ¡Fantástico para danzar el renacimiento!

  • This is my favorite recording the Symphony # 3, bar none!

    And everyone is right about Telarc possibly causing damage. I had a few Telarc digitally recorded LP's and the needle would hop during louder passages! (yeah, I'm old!)

  • <3 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

  • I've listened to most of the ones posted, and even tho' one of the others was also conducted by Ormandy, this is the most powerful! Amazing, breathtaking! A new respect for Saint-Saens.

  • I listen now this wunderful music and I like this the most!

    thnx for posting it!

    Orgeltje from

    the Netherlands

  • You always get more mileage from a cheap set of speakers. Billy Joel.

  • Yeah!!! Organ sounds great.That is the way it should sound. Thanks for the post.

  • OMG Babe!

  • these harmonies make my soul go strange moods

  • amazing song...its awesome playing it also!

  • Michael Murray occupies a nice chuck of shelf space in my collection of organ CDs! Im also into harp music, and TELARC really scored big when they signed on Yolanda Kondonassis. Yes, TELARC does produce nice sound right along with NAXOS, HYPERION, DELOS, MARQUIS, MD&G, and DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON among others. Lets pray that classical labels dont succumb to the loudness wars.

  • That'll do pig, that'll do

  • Quite possibly one of the most spectular Symphonic Finales in History. This made me fall in love with Saint Saens.

  • The Chicago Symphony version IS on You Tube....see "lplover441".

  • Ahhh...but the recording is on You Tube. Under "lplover441"....I haven't gotten to listen to it yet.

  • While this recording sounds great on any system, make sure to enjoy it at a high volume on a great system with a properly setup subwoofer!!! (Thanks to my friend Gary T for introducing me to this! :-)

    WARNING: There are two different Telarc CDs of this same peice and the later one is weak in comparison! Get this one, which was is the earlier of the two.

  • My favorite recording of this is by the Chicago Symphony, conducted by Barenboim. Unfortunately, you're not going to find that on YouTube.

  • Ahhh...but it is. Under "lplover441". I haven't got to listen to it yet.

  • This is just Awesome! Played in one of my favorite movies: How To Get Ahead In Advertising

  • and of course, babe

  • Beautiful job on this! I've been looking for a nice recording to listen to. The other ones have either a bad organ or bad brass.

  • @earthpeace18, I really like this post and if you want to see aother really fine performace check youtube "Camille Saint-saëns Symphony No.3 'Organ Symphony' - 4th Mov. == Olivier Latry (organ) Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France conducted by MYUNG-WHUN CHUNG." Really great video and sound quality. I hope you enjoy it.

  • Magnifique!!

  • goosebumbs!

  • yep. my 1812 Overture blew out the foam on an old set of JVC's when that CD was first released!

  • @csheff1014 I remember that CD! It was one of the very first digitally-mastered CDs available - the recording was made very early on (for a digital recording). But I find Telarc's recordings a bit dry somehow. Impressive but they never really convey the acoustics of the performance space.

  • Does anyone have more information (e.g. stoplist etc.) on that organ? Can't find anything via Google...

  • @theshow2k -- there's a little information at : organforum(dot)com/forums/thre­ad/81698(dot)aspx

  • This masterpiece is WAY too magnificent to be compared to a PIG! What an insult to Saint Saens!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @SordidGuy I know what you mean. The only positive thing I can draw from it is that at least more people are being exposed to his music this way. Not in the way we would choose, of course, but I do wish more people would give music like this a chance.

  • That's actually how I first came across this piece. Of course, the original - as heard here - is much, much more magnificient. I immediately asked my aunt to get the CD for me. She's a music teacher - made her very happy. ;)

  • aah remind me of babe:D the galant pig:P

  • thats where ive heard this, it was beginning to frustrate me

  • And to think; many people, including myself, first heard the recurring theme of this fine symphony in a motion picture who's star was a pig. "BABE"

  • im playing 4th horn on this piece in my hs orch but i get to play the third horn solo like 10 after V

  • Wow! I bet that is So much Fun! To be right in there amidst all that is going on in this piece!

  • @csheff1014 - God it is - I have been lucky enough to play the organ in it , thats some experience

  • one word...  awesome

  • This interpretation is too fast. :[

  • I respect your opinion. Thank you for posting.

  • It Sounds Regal!

  • doesn't it, though?!

  • Yeah man! very much...its soo regal its close enough to be an overture :P

  • Then find the upbeat version of the mice!

  • the very first sound, sounds like the first note in arcade fire's "intervention"

  • And it is also the same sound as the end of Strauss's Also Sprach Zarathustra

  • it is similar in texture, yes.

  • thnx 4 ur comment

  • Happy birthday, Camille Saint-Saëns!!!

  • hehe

  • csheff1014, I cannot thank you enough for posting this! Absolutely fantastic and brings back memories of my college days as a music major. THANK YOU!!!!!

  • my humble thnx

  • BABE!!!!

  • Brilliant comment! -spot on!

  • This TELARC disk is the best recording ever I have heard.

    Conductor and orchestra had a great job, and also the hall tone is beautiful.

    Thanks to TELARC recording system, the recording was performed with very wide range of frequency.

    I recommend you to listen to this CD with a big speaker system.

    This is the best CD I have.

  • I love TELARC, too. All their stuff. My 1812 CD blew a set of speakers of mine a while back (the old foam kind).

  • I have heard this piece of music used many times in film or television work, but until right now i never knew that it was composed by Saint-Saens or that it was from his third symphony & entitled "Maestoso". Anyway, it is WONDERFUL!!!.

  • I love this piece! It moves the soul

  • Sublime!

    If tears don't flow, you're past feeling, or worse, havent suffered mightily.

  • I don't find words for that. There is everything in the music. It's like that life...

  • Thank you for putting this up. More people need to hear this kind of music.

  • FOR THE EMPEROR!

  • Als ik kon, gaf ik de dag aan jou!

    Ik schilder de hemel smetteloos blauw!

    zon en maan zou ik je geven!

    jij geeft weer kleur aan mijn leeeeeeeeveeeeeen!!!!!!!

    BABE 4 L!!!

  • This is great! I've only been listening to classical for 5 years so it is all still new and wonderful.

  • i've been listening to it for years, it has never lost it's new and wonderful feeling for me.

  • It was several years ago when I first heard this beautiful piece while visiting France at Epcot Center in Florida. I remember well the overwhelming feeling while listening and watching, and to this day I still believe it to be one of the most beautiful pieces of music ever written.

  • Sans aucun doute la plus belle symphonie pour orgues et orchestre qui existe. Excellent enregistrement - absolument magnifique. Le 'Maestoso' est simplement formidable.

  • Perfect Sound, wonderful-----Orgel paßt perfekt zu Orchester und Bläser, erstklassige Aufnahme, satte Bässe und Höhen bei der Aufnahme.......

  • I first heard this piece when I watched the movie "Babe". I cried after hearing the piece. I remeber just completely bawling my eyes out and my father continuously asked me what was wrong. The only thing I managed to mutter was "I'm so happy!" This piece drips with awesomeness.

  • I am laughing and crying at the same time while writing this...this piece just bursts with awesomeness!

  • Not a huge fan of organ music, but this song is written so well I cant help but love it.

  • Not a huge fan of Saint Saens (or French composers in general outside of Faure), but this piece certainly kicks ass

  • Wow! What an amzing recording of a truly amazing composition! Thanks for putting it up here!

  • I have only been familiar with the version conducted by Charles Dutoit. This is truly magnificent. Thank you for posting it.

  • thanx, i like this recording, too!

  • Stupendous sound!

  • Maestoso, indeed!

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  • Wonderful version! The sound stage, even squashed on youtube is wide and airy and each section is defined and crisp. And the organ... it is one *huge* sounding instrument!

  • Thanx 4 your comment!