• Urtext edition based on Saint-Saëns “Œuvres instrumentales complètes”
• Parts in a large format (25.5 cm × 32.5 cm)
• With a detailed Introduction (Eng/Fr/Ger) and a Critical Commentary (Fr)

In February 1886, Camille Saint-Saëns was supposed to urgently complete his “Organ Symphony”, but instead he worked on a composition that he had been dwelling on for a long time. This was “The Carnival of the Animals” with which he wanted to surprise the cellist Charles Joseph Lebouc for a carnival co...