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 (1,550)

Conductor

Karl Böhm87 Zubin Mehta48 Louis Frémaux47 Ondrej Lenárd46 André Previn41 Leonard Bernstein32 Yoel Levi29 Charles Dutoit28 Martin Turnovský28 Seiji Ozawa28 Thierry Fischer28 Georges Prêtre26

Orchestra

Vienna Philharmonic87 Royal Philharmonic Orchestra53 Israel Philharmonic Orchestra49 Philharmonia Orchestra48 City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra46 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra42 London Symphony Orchestra38 New York Philharmonic33 Philadelphia Orchestra33 Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn31 Atlanta Symphony Orchestra29 Boston Symphony Orchestra28

Label

Warner Classics175 Deutsche Grammophon138 Decca Classics109 Sony Classical104 EMI Classics86 EMI51 Naxos49 Erato48 RCA Red Seal44 ABC Classics37 Hyperion33 Philips Classics32

Decade

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

Credited instrument

Piano606 Violin109 Cello52 Organ21 Baritone15 Clarinet15 Countertenor15 Tenor15 Flute2 Harp1 Theremin1 Trombone1

Performers	Year	Label
Marek Janowski, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France · view	1990	Warner Classics	1:41
Marek Janowski, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France · view	1990	Warner Classics	0:39
Marek Janowski, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France · view	1990	Warner Classics	1:47
Marek Janowski, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France · view	1990	Warner Classics	0:41
Michael Dussek, Ofra Harnoy · view	1990	RCA Victor Red Seal	2:49
Ondrej Lenárd · view	1990	Abril Coleções	0:59
Yan Pascal Tortelier, Gaby Casadesus, Gérard Caussé · view	1990	Sony Classical	1:22
Ondrej Lenárd · view	1990	Naxos	2:14
Gaby Casadesus, Philippe Entremont · view	1990	Sony Classical	1:24
Yan Pascal Tortelier, Alain Marion, Gaby Casadesus · view	1990	Sony Classical	2:05
Yan Pascal Tortelier, Gaby Casadesus, Gérard Caussé · view	1990	Sony Classical	1:59
Karl Böhm, Vienna Philharmonic, Alfons Kontarsky · view	1990	Philips Classics	2:16
Karl Böhm, Vienna Philharmonic, Alfons Kontarsky · view	1990	Philips Classics	0:48
Karl Böhm, Vienna Philharmonic, Alfons Kontarsky · view	1990	Philips Classics	2:06
Karl Böhm, Vienna Philharmonic, Alfons Kontarsky · view	1990	Philips Classics	0:49
Karl Böhm, Vienna Philharmonic, Alfons Kontarsky · view	1990	Deutsche Grammophon Resonance	1:34
Karl Böhm, Vienna Philharmonic, Alfons Kontarsky · view	1990	Philips Classics	2:38
Karl Böhm, Vienna Philharmonic, Alfons Kontarsky · view	1990	Philips Classics	1:04
Aladár Pege · view	1990	Hungaroton	2:26
Karl Böhm, Vienna Philharmonic, Alfons Kontarsky · view	1990	Deutsche Grammophon Resonance	0:55