Violin Concerto No. 2 (Saint-Saëns)

Violin Concerto
by Camille Saint-Saëns
Key	C major
Opus	58
Period	Romantic
Genre	Concerto
Composed	1858 (1858)
Movements	3
Scoring	Violin & Orchestra
Premiere
Date	1880 (1880)

The Violin Concerto No. 2 in C major, Op. 58, by Camille Saint-Saëns, was the composer's first violin concerto, written in 1858, although it was published in 1879 and so is numbered second. It was premiered in 1880 with Pierre Marsick as soloist.

Structure

The work is in three movements:

1. Allegro moderato e maestoso – a tempo più allegro

   

2. Andante espressivo
   
3. Allegro scherzando quasi allegretto
   

Recordings

• Ivry Gitlis, violon, (with concerto n°4, op.62, unfinished), Orchestre National de Mont Carlo, conductor Edouard Van Remoortel. LP Philipps 1968 report CD 1998
• Ulf Hoelscher, violin, Complete Violin Concertos (n°1, n°2, n°3), New Philharmonia Orchestra, conductor Pierre Dervaux. Recorded 1977. 2 CD Brillant Classics 2012
• Philippe Graffin, violin, Complete Violin Concertos (n°1, n°2, n°3), Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conductor Martyn Brabbins. CD Hyperion 1998
• Fanny Clamagirand, violin, Complete Violin Concertos (n°1, n°2, n°3), Finlandia Jyväskilä, conductor Patrick Gallois. CD Naxos 2009
• Andrew Wan, violin, Complete Violin Concertos (n°1, n°2, n°3), Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, conductor Kent Nagano. CD Analekta 2015

External links

• Violin Concerto No. 2: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project