Camille Saint-Saens - Saint-Saëns: Music for Wind Ensemble

Camille Saint-Saëns was involved in every aspect of French music during his long lifetime, and his frequent travels led to a fascinating mixture of Western music with Moorish and African elements in works such as 'Orient et Occident' and the 'Suite algérienne'. Saint-Saëns wrote few works for winds, but the grand biblical themes of 'Samson et Dalila', patriotic military traditions and the dignity of a British coronation all lend themselves perfectly to arrangement. In 'The Carnival of the Animals', the roaring lions are superbly evocative; while his perspectives on English and Scottish dances in ballet movements from Henry VIII are brilliantly imaginative.

1) Orient Et Occident, Op. 25 ()
2) Danse Bacchanale ()
3) Danse Des Prêtresses De Dagon ()
4) Marche Héroïque, Op. 34 ()
5) Marche Militaire Française ()
6) Pas Redoublé in B-flat Major, Op. 86 ()
7) Vers La Victoire, Op. 152 ()
8) Marche Religieuse, Op. 107 ()
9) Introduction and Royal March of the Lion ()
10) Marche Du Couronnement, Op. 117 ()
11) Entrée Des Clans ()
12) Idylle Écossaise ()
13) Danse De La Gipsy ()
14) Gigue Et Final ()