Saint-saens / Poulenc: Symphonie Nr. 3/orgelkonzert

Two great symphonic organ concertos can be heard on the new CD from BR-KLASSIK: the famous Organ Symphony by Camille Saint-Saëns and the lesserknown

but highly impressive Concerto for Organ, Strings and Timpani by Francis Poulenc. The Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks is conducted by Mariss Jansons, and the organ soloist is the excellent Latvian musician Iveta Apkalna, one of the most renowned concert organists of our time. In his Symphony no. 3 in C minor, op. 78, the so-called " Organ Symphony" of 1886, Camille Saint-Saëns succeeded in integrating the organ into the musical fabric of a symphonic work.