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The soloist begins the third Molto allegro with low rumbles suggesting the sounds of ships' propellers before exhibiting a vigorous and bustling first theme that rushes all over the piano. The piano continues in its dizzying motion as the woodwinds and strings bring in a driving new melody. The two
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The Allegro animato alternates several times between two contrasting themes. It begins warmly, introducing a simple subject on the piano, which is imbued at each new variation with increasing energy by a brilliant and technically challenging piano part featuring runs up and down the keyboard. This
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form, begins literally with a bang; the timpani punctuate an orchestral chord followed by an intensely rhythmic string part and an ascending and descending exotic run on the piano. This exciting introduction segues into the thematic exposition based on a
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combine and overlap, creating an active tension that Saint-Saëns uses to great dramatic effect, concluding the movement with a triumphant flourish. He later adapted these themes in 1899 for the Toccata that closes the Opus 111 series of piano
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and the Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française, conducted by Louis Fouretier. Recorded 1957. Reported on a 2-CD set with all 5 Saint-Saëns piano concertos (Emi classics 1996)
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dissolves into a much slower, more melancholic subject, recalling that of the Andante sostenuto movement of Saint-Saëns'
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This concerto is nicknamed "The Egyptian" for two reasons. Firstly, Saint-Saëns composed it in the temple town of
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and Kazuko Yasukawa are not currently available. Selected recordings presently available include:
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Saint-Saëns himself was the soloist at the première, which was a popular and critical success.
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as well as Middle-eastern music. Saint-Saëns said that the piece represented a sea voyage.
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Sviatoslaw Richter and the Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, conducted by
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EMI 585183, on a 2-CD set with all 5 Saint-Saëns piano concertos. Recorded 1971
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love song that Saint-Saëns heard boatmen sing as he sailed on the
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and the Lithuanian National Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by
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The Andante, traditionally the slow and expressive movement in
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The main melody of Saint-Saëns' fifth piano concerto.
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Camille Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto No. 5, "Egyptian"
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Op.
Camille Saint-Saëns'
piano concerto
Fourth Piano Concerto
Salle Pleyel
Luxor
Egypt
Javanese
Spanish
Allegro
second piano concerto

Andante
concerto
Nubian
Nile
dahabiah

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