Camille Saint-Saëns: The Swan (from The Carnival of the Animals)

Описание: Gimnazija Kranj Christmas Concert Series - Anniversary Edition Series.
In this series, I am going to re-upload some of the milestones from our performing and recording productions in the last 15 years. Our lead master technician Mr Iztok Zupan remastered all of our analogue audio recordings in an amazing digital Hi-Res audio landscape. He used sophisticated rerecording processes, rubidium clock processes and some other exotic black magic for one of the most superior sounds, you can get it on youtube.

This recording is particularly legendary. Our balance engineer Matjaž Culiberg from National Radio did an amazing sound design. Many of those musicians are playing now in the best world symphonic orchestras: Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Berlin Philarmonic Orchestra, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Tonhalle Zürich, Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra, Vienna State Opera, Frankfurt Opera, Kremerata Baltica, Bavarian State Opera and other renowned orchestras around the Globe. Our master engineer Iztok Zupan carefully inspected this beautiful audio material and did a spectacular re-recording audio miracle. Enjoy this legendary and one of the best performances on Youtube.

Camille Saint-Saëns: The Swan (from The Carnival of the Animals)
Gallus Hall, Slovenia, Europe
recording session: December 2013
Maruša Bogataj - cello
Marjan Peternel - piano

Maruša and Marjan are today renowned musicians with splendid careers. Marjan is a professor and composer at Ljubljana conservatorium, Maruša is solo cellist in RTV Symphony Orchestra in Ljubljana. They were important core musicians in the legendary Gimnazija Kranj Symphony Orchestra.

The Carnival of the Animals (Le Carnaval des animaux) is a humorous musical suite of fourteen movements by the French composer Camille Saint-Saëns. The work, about 25 minutes in duration, was written for private performance by two pianos and chamber ensemble; Saint-Saëns prohibited public performance of the work during his lifetime, feeling that its frivolity would damage his standing as a serious composer. The suite was published in 1922, the year after his death. A public performance in the same year was greeted with enthusiasm, and the work has remained among his most popular. In addition to the original version for chamber ensemble, the suite is frequently performed with a full orchestral complement of strings.

Producer and broadcast director: Primož Zevnik
PPZ Production