Camille Saint-Saëns
Violin Concerto No. 3 (Saint-Saëns)
The Violin Concerto No. 3 in B minor, Op. 61, by Camille Saint-Saëns is a piece for violin and orchestra written in March 1880. Saint-Saëns dedicated the concerto to fellow composer-virtuoso Pablo de
Music#
The work is scored for solo violin, 2 flutes/piccolo, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, timpani, and strings. The work is in three movements: A performance of the whole piece takes around 28 minutes.
Selected recordings#
- Zino Francescati, violin, The Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra of New York, conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos. Recorded 1950. CD Sony 1996
- Arthur Grumiaux, violin, Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux, conductor Jean Fournet. LP Philips 1957
- Nathan Milstein, violin, The Philharmonia Orchestra, dir. Anatole Fistoulari. LP Columbia Emi 1962
- Arthur Grumiaux, violin, Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux, conductor Manuel Rosenthal. Recorded 1963. CD Classic best 1200, 2016
- Henrik Szeryng, violin, Orchestre National de l’Opéra de Monte Carlo, conductor Édouard Van Remoortel. Recorded 10/1969. CD Philips 1988
- Zino Francescatti, violin, New York Philharmonic, conductor Pierre Boulez. CD Lyrinx ( live recording 16/12/1975)
- Pierre Amoyal, violin, New Philharmonia Orchestra, conductor Vernon Handley. CD Erato 1977
- Ulf Hoelscher, violin, Complete Violin Concertos (n°1, n°2, n°3), , New Philharmonia Orchestra, conductor Pierre Dervaux. Recorded 1977 for EMI. Reissued by Brilliant Classics 2012
- Joshua Bell, violin, Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, conductor Charles Dutoit. CD Decca 1989
- Isaac Stern, violin, Orchestre de Paris, conductor Daniel Barenboim. CD Sony 1995
- Pierre Amoyal, violin, Orchestre National de France, conductor Charles Dutoit. CD Decca 1995
- Chee-Yun, violin, London Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Jesús López-Cobos. CD Denon 1997
- Stefan Tönz, violin, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, conductor Sir Neville Mariner. CD Novalis 1998
- Philippe Graffin, violin, Complete Violin Concertos (n°1, n°2, n°3),, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conductor Martyn Brabbins. CD Hyperion 1998
- Itzhak Perlman, violin, Orchestre de Paris, conductor, Daniel Barenboim. CD DG 2006
- Fanny Clamagirand, violin, Complete Violin Concertos (n°1, n°2, n°3), Sinfonia Finlandia Jyväskilä, conductor Patrick Gallois. CD Naxos 2009
- Renaud Capuçon, violin, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, conductor Lionel Bringuier. CD Erato 2013
- Andrew Wan, violin, Complete Violin Concertos (n°1, n°2, n°3), Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, conductor Kent Nagano. CD Analekta 2015
- Composer
- Camille Saint-Saëns