Saint Saëns - Allegro appassionato, op. 70

Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)

The "Allegro appassionato" of 1874 is one of two such-named examples of Saint-Saëns' oeuvre (the other, his op. 45, is for cello). As a virtuoso pianist who performed regularly until just weeks before his death, Saint-Saëns needed to refresh his solo repertoire on occasion with such works as this. To make it maximally useful, he wrote it so that it could be either played with orchestra or as a solo. Its outer sections, in C-sharp minor, based on a three-note figure made up of a minor second and descending minor sixth, frame a "dolce espressivo" variant in G major.

Ian Hobson, piano

The squirrel photo at 4:35
A squirrel joined Melissa Brandts' snapshot at Lake Minnewanka in Banff National Park, Canada. The couple, who were exploring the lake had stopped to take a timed picture of themselves by its picturesque shoreline

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[rehkevin]

音樂和圖片很搭，也很好聽，也很快

[bartje11]

Thanks for your comment. That music made me think about rabbits.

[JCHBONNET]

These squirrels look like rabbits !

2:10 is quite interesting and shows influence of more modern composers. The rest is quite Lisztian and differs from Saint-Saëns sometimes too academic output.

[bartje11]

The squirrel is at 4:35. Thanks for the comment!

[rehkevin]

Good

[Kostandinpiano]

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[Kostandinpiano]

Good

[chingstasnipe]

wow, this is a really different version that what my friend played for me

[rehkevin]

讚 啦！

[rehkevin]

越聽越好聽

[rehkevin]

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