Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No 5 F major Op 103 (Egyptian) for 2 Pianos 4 Hands BTS even more than the latter

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This CD contains demo recordings of all 21 pieces plus exercises featured in Trinity’s Piano Exam Pieces Plus Exercises 2021–2023: Grade 3 | Extended Edition

Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No 5 F major Op 103 (Egyptian) for 2 Pianos 4 Hands BTS even more than the latterThis was the last concerto that Saint Sans wrote for his own instrument, the piano. Its subtitle has a dual meaning. Firstly, it was composed quickly in Luxor and Cairo in early 1896; and secondly, the composer incorporated elements of Egyptian and oriental music within it. He even wrote later that The second movement is a kind of journey to the Orient, which in the episode in F sharp even reaches the Far East. The passage in G is a Nubian love song