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Carnival of the Animals & Danse Macabre

Camille Saint-Saëns

Charles Dutoit / London Sinfonietta (Carnival) / Philharmonia Orchestra (Danse)

Carnival of the Animals and Danse macabre 1980 Early digital disc.

First recommendation (all-Saint-Saëns program). Real colorful, beautiful, evocative. A great version of Carnival. Danse Macabre also tops it off.

Apple Music — Carnival of the Animals and Danse macabre, with two additional tone poems.
YouTube — The Carnival of the Animals only.

Richard Stamp / Academy of London

Carnival of the Animals; coupled with Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf Coupled with Peter and the Wolf.

If you want it paired with Peter and the Wolf. A little lighter than Dutoit, but real crystal clear sound, ethereal, and a gorgeous Swan. Very virtuosic piano playing.

Apple Music — Carnival of the Animals on an album with Peter and the Wolf.