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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.

Movements

  1. I. Introduction et marche royale du lion

  2. II. Poules et coqs

  3. III. Hèmiones

  4. IV. Tortues

  5. V. L'Éléphant

  6. VI. Kangourous

  7. VII. Aquarium

  8. VIII. Personnages à longues oreilles

  9. IX. Le Coucou au fond des bois

  10. X. Volière

  11. XI. Pianistes

  12. XII. Fossiles

  13. XIII. Le Cygne

  14. 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 Böhm87Zubin Mehta48Louis Frémaux47Ondrej Lenárd46André Previn41Leonard Bernstein32Yoel Levi29Charles Dutoit28Martin Turnovský28Seiji Ozawa28Thierry Fischer28Georges Prêtre26

Orchestra

Vienna Philharmonic87Royal Philharmonic Orchestra53Israel Philharmonic Orchestra49Philharmonia Orchestra48City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra46Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra42London Symphony Orchestra38New York Philharmonic33Philadelphia Orchestra33Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn31Atlanta Symphony Orchestra29Boston Symphony Orchestra28

Label

Warner Classics175Deutsche Grammophon138Decca Classics109Sony Classical104EMI Classics86EMI51Naxos49Erato48RCA Red Seal44ABC Classics37Hyperion33Philips Classics32

Decade

1940s21960s91970s331980s1441990s5032000s2772010s3052020s118

Instrument

Piano606Violin109Cello52Organ21Baritone15Clarinet15Countertenor15Tenor15Flute2Harp1Theremin1Trombone1
Performers
Karl Böhm, Vienna Philharmonic · view2:02
Karl Böhm, Vienna Philharmonic · view0:37
Karl Böhm, Vienna Philharmonic · view0:34
Karl Böhm, Vienna Philharmonic · view1:12
Karl Böhm, Vienna Philharmonic · view1:33
Karl Böhm, Vienna Philharmonic · view0:41
Karl Böhm, Vienna Philharmonic · view1:49
Julian Lloyd Webber, Nicholas Cleobury, English Chamber Orchestra · view3:24
Jörg Faerber, Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn · view3:03
Eugene Ormandy, Philadelphia Orchestra · view2:58
Karl Böhm, Vienna Philharmonic · view1:50
Karl Böhm, Vienna Philharmonic · view2:15
André Previn, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra · view21:17
Martin Turnovský, Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Ilja Hurník · view-
Martin Turnovský, Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Ilja Hurník · view-
Martin Turnovský, Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Ilja Hurník · view-
Martin Turnovský, Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Ilja Hurník · view-
Martin Turnovský, Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Ilja Hurník · view-
Martin Turnovský, Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Ilja Hurník · view-
Martin Turnovský, Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Ilja Hurník · view-

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