Albert Wolff -- Saint Saëns: Le Rouet d’Omphale
Recorded in 1930. Albert Wolf conducts Lamoureux Concerts Orchestra Symphonic Poem inspired by Saint-Saëns noticing an ivory spinning wheel, reading a poem by Victor Hugo, and seeing a painting by Cabanel – the Birth of Venus. Albert Wolff: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Wolff_(conductor) Thorough Saint-Saëns biography: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camille_Saint-Sa%C3%ABns Another Saint-Saëns biography (shorter): https://www.allmusic.com/artist/camille-saint-sa%C3%ABns-mn0000688311/biography Le Rouet d’Omphale: https://www.allmusic.com/composition/le-rouet-domphale-symphonic-poem-in-a-major-op-31-mc0002362426 Le Rouet d’Omphale – poem by Victor Hugo read by Michael Lonsdale: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwwXAKtku7s&t=8s Poem by Hugo translated to English by Clark Ashton Smith: http://www.eldritchdark.com/writings/poetry/641/the-wheel-of-omphale
Recorded in 1930. Albert Wolf conducts Lamoureux Concerts Orchestra Symphonic Poem inspired by Saint-Saëns noticing an ivory spinning wheel, reading a poem by Victor Hugo, and seeing a painting by Cabanel – the Birth of Venus. Albert Wolff: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Wolff_(conductor) Thorough Saint-Saëns biography: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camille_Saint-Sa%C3%ABns Another Saint-Saëns biography (shorter): https://www.allmusic.com/artist/camille-saint-sa%C3%ABns-mn0000688311/biography Le Rouet d’Omphale: https://www.allmusic.com/composition/le-rouet-domphale-symphonic-poem-in-a-major-op-31-mc0002362426 Le Rouet d’Omphale – poem by Victor Hugo read by Michael Lonsdale: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwwXAKtku7s&t=8s Poem by Hugo translated to English by Clark Ashton Smith: http://www.eldritchdark.com/writings/poetry/641/the-wheel-of-omphale