The Piano G & Ts Volume 3 - Recordings from the Gramophone & Typewriter era (1900-1907)

Cécile Louise Chaminade (Piano), Camille Saint-Saëns (Piano), Gabriel Willaume (Violin), Meyriane Héglon (Mezzo Soprano)

Here is an important historical sound document... Cécile Louise Stéphane Chaminade (1857-1944) virtually invented French salon music and to be able to hear her complete recordings for the first time since they were made a century ago is an illustration of the medium of the Compact Disc at its best... To hear Saint-Saëns himself in an extract from the first movement of the G minor Concerto (sans orchestre) is truly wondrous... Saint-Saëns is every bit as facile and dextrous as contemporary reports suggest, constantly pushing the music forward ­ sometimes impatiently ­ in playing of great character and finesse...The compilations, transfers production and notes are... a class act. IRR (UK)