Saint-Saëns: La princesse jaune; Suite algérienne

An artist moons over the portrait of a Japanese princess while the woman who loves him pines. La princesse jaune has some excellent performances, but whether Saint-Saëns’s charming but slight essay in japonaiserie is worthy of their endeavours is questionable. Christopher Wood

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5

Published: January 20, 2012 at 1:15 pm

COMPOSERS: Saint-Sa‘ns
LABELS: Chandos
WORKS: La princesse jaune; Suite algérienne
PERFORMER: Maria Costanza Nocentini, Carlo Allemano; Cantemus, Swiss-Italian Orchestra/Francis Travis
CATALOGUE NO: CHAN 9837

An artist moons over the portrait of a Japanese princess while the woman who loves him pines. La princesse jaune has some excellent performances, but whether Saint-Saëns’s charming but slight essay in japonaiserie is worthy of their endeavours is questionable. Christopher Wood

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