T39

Saint-Saëns, 2ème Concerto pour piano

1Andante sostenuto
2Allegro scherzando
3Presto

piano solo

Original work: Camille Saint-Saëns (1835–1921), Deuxième concerto pour piano et orchestre, op. 22, composed in 1868, first performed on 13-5-1868, published in an arrangement for two pianos by Hartmann in 1868 and in full score by Durand in 1876.

Transcription: probably 1871, for publication by Durand, Schœnewerk. Only one movement, the Allegro scherzando, was published at this time. The full work first appeared from Durand in 1894. It is possible that Bizet was also responsible for the two-piano arrangement of the concerto, whose arranger’s name is not given (pl. no. G.H. 266, 1868, F-Pn A.47147).

Autograph score: not known

Printed score, extract:

pl. no.:

D.S. et Cie 2188

pages:

date:

1871

copies:

GB-Lbl (stamped 15-12-71)

D-B

D-Mmb

2Reissued by Durand & Cie. Copy: CH-Gc.

Printed score, complete work:

1 Durand et fils, pl. no. D & F 2188, 50 p., 1894. Copies: GB-Lbl h.3181.r, US-BEm (2 copies). IMSLP
2 Durand, reissued in 1947.

Letter:

? 11-1871, Bizet to Hartmann:

'Il est 5 h. du matin, et je n’ai pas le temps de pousser la correction aussi loin que je le désirerais. Les grosses fautes ont, je crois, disparu. Mais il doit encore manquer des nuances et quelques accidents. Je n’ai pas assez de temps pour accepter la responsabilité complète de la chose. Camille n’a pas indiqué la Pédale (dans le piano principal) - est-ce avec intention ? '

Les Autographes,

catalogues 1991 and 1995

Discography:

Nikolai Petrov, (Allegro scherzando), 1988
Nikolai Petrov, (complete work), 2013

Bibliography:

Marmontel, Symphonistes et virtuoses (Paris, 1888), p. 262-63
Sabina Teller Ratner, Camille Saint-Saëns 1835–1921 A Thematic Catlogue of his complete works, Vol. I (Oxford, 2002), p. 351–56