Composers: Saint-Saëns
Compositions: Symphony No 2, Danse macabre, Symphonie en fa Urbs Roma
Performers: Utah Symphony/Thierry Fischer
Catalogue Number: Hyperion CDA68212

Put the words “Saint-Saëns” and “symphonies” together and your first thought is likely to be “Organ,” denoting that exuberantly lavish symphony of 1886 which packs concert halls to this day and now has indissoluble associations with smallgoods, thanks to its use on the soundtrack of the movie Babe. The “Organ” is the only one of his symphonies you’re likely to hear played live, so hats off to Thierry Fisher and his Utah orchestra for working their way through the others for Hyperion.