№7 АКВАРИУМ. ♬ Camille SAINT-SAENS ♯ The Carnival of the Animals (VII): AQUARIUM ♯ [HQ]

THE BEST OF CLASSICAL► SUBSCRIBE ► TWITTER► CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS (9 October 1835 – 16 December 1921), FRANCE, ROMANTICISM (SAINT-SAENS PAGE► ) “The Carnival of the Animals“ (“Le carnaval des animaux“) is a musical suite of fourteen movements by the French Romantic composer Camille Saint-Saëns. The work was written for private performance by an ad hoc ensemble of two pianos and other instruments, and lasts around 25 minutes. VII Aquarium Violin, Viola, Cello, (Strings without double bass), two pianos, flute, and glass harmonica: this is one of the more musically rich movements. The melody is played by the flute, backed by the strings, on top of tumultuous, glissando-like runs in the piano. The first piano plays a descending ten-on-one ostinato, in the style of the second of Chopin’s études, while the second plays a six-on-one. These