Credits:

Franois-Xavier Roth, Les Siecles

Description:

Lotto & Les Siecle perform “Carnival of the Animals” for the first time on period instruments! An amazing world of never-before-heard sounds that are super fresh! The fast-rising Lhoto and Les Siecle have realized a period instrument performance of Saint-Sans’ “Carnival of the Animals”. The two-disc set includes all four symphonic poems on period instruments. The solo violin in the famous “Dance of Death” is non-vibrato, and the sound of the orchestra shows that this music is not actually frightening. Saint-Sans was originally a man who focused on the revival of old music and old instruments, and Lhote himself has said that he was “one of the founders of Les Siecle. The Bacchanale from the opera “Samson and Delilah” also dispels the exotic and stuffy image, and the colors are like pastel paintings, which is what Saint-Sans had in mind. Most interesting is the second piece, “