Late Romantic

Le Carnaval des animaux

Camille Saint-Saëns

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Le Carnaval des animaux by Camille Saint-Saëns. 1,550 recordings in this catalogue, from 1944 to 2025.

Rank #3 Iconic Masterpiece1550 recordings

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Movements

I. Introduction et marche royale du lion
II. Poules et coqs
III. Hèmiones
IV. Tortues
V. L'Éléphant
VI. Kangourous
VII. Aquarium
VIII. Personnages à longues oreilles
IX. Le Coucou au fond des bois
X. Volière
XI. Pianistes
XII. Fossiles
XIII. Le Cygne
XIV. Finale

Top Performers

Karl Böhm

Conductor · 87 rec

Vienna Philharmonic

Orchestra · 87 rec

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Orchestra · 53 rec

Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

Orchestra · 49 rec

Zubin Mehta

Conductor · 48 rec

Philharmonia Orchestra

Orchestra · 48 rec

Louis Frémaux

Conductor · 47 rec

Ondrej Lenárd

Conductor · 46 rec

Recordings (503 of 1,550)

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Conductor

Ondrej Lenárd30 Yoel Levi29 André Previn28 Louis Frémaux28 Leonard Bernstein27 Alexander Gibson16 Arthur Fiedler16 Marek Janowski16 Eugene Ormandy15 Gennady Rozhdestvensky15 Karl Böhm15 Milan Horvat15

Orchestra

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra29 Philadelphia Orchestra29 City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra28 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra28 New York Philharmonic27 Royal Philharmonic Orchestra18 Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France17 Boston Pops16 Royal Scottish National Orchestra15 Vienna Philharmonic15 Boston Symphony Orchestra14 Nash Ensemble14

Label

Sony Classical77 Warner Classics52 Erato36 EMI33 Naxos31 Classics for Pleasure30 Philips Classics30 Telarc Digital29 PILZ28 RCA Red Seal19 Classic FM18 Decca Classics18

Decade

1940s2 1960s9 1970s33 1980s144 1990s503 2000s277 2010s305 2020s118

Credited instrument

Piano194 Cello21 Violin19 Organ4 Flute1 Harp1 Trombone1

Performers	Year	Label
Milan Horvat · view	1996	Palette	1:28
Louis Frémaux, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, John Ogdon · view	1996	Classics for Pleasure	1:14
Louis Frémaux, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, John Ogdon · view	1996	Classics for Pleasure	1:07
Louis Frémaux, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, John Ogdon · view	1996	EMI	1:31
Louis Frémaux, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, John Ogdon · view	1996	EMI	0:41
Louis Frémaux, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, John Ogdon · view	1996	Classics for Pleasure	2:12
Louis Frémaux, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, John Ogdon · view	1996	EMI	1:14
Louis Frémaux, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, John Ogdon · view	1996	EMI	2:01
Louis Frémaux, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, John Ogdon · view	1996	EMI	0:49
Louis Frémaux, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, John Ogdon · view	1996	Classics for Pleasure	1:17
Louis Frémaux, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, John Ogdon · view	1996	EMI	2:20
Ross Pople, London Festival Orchestra · view	1996	Sony Music	2:13
Christian Lindberg · view	1996	BIS	2:51
Barry Wordsworth, London Symphony Orchestra · view	1996	Hallmark Classics	2:01
Karl Eliasberg, State Academic Symphony Orchestra of the Russian Federation, Daniil Shafran · view	1996	Revelation	2:02
Karl Eliasberg, State Academic Symphony Orchestra of the Russian Federation, Daniil Shafran · view	1996	Revelation	1:33
Karl Eliasberg, State Academic Symphony Orchestra of the Russian Federation, Daniil Shafran · view	1996	Revelation	1:33
Karl Eliasberg, State Academic Symphony Orchestra of the Russian Federation, Daniil Shafran · view	1996	Revelation	1:19
Karl Eliasberg, State Academic Symphony Orchestra of the Russian Federation, Daniil Shafran · view	1996	Revelation	1:52
Karl Eliasberg, State Academic Symphony Orchestra of the Russian Federation, Daniil Shafran · view	1996	Revelation	0:52