Saint-Saens wrote five symphonies between the years 1850 and 1886. The cycle began with the Mozart-influenced Symphony in A but as a precocious composer of 17 he wrote his first numbered symphony, a work much admired by Berlioz and Gounod. He progressed to his most popular piece in the genre, the ground-breaking Symphony No. 3 with its inclusion of organ and piano. This critically admired cycle includes a sequence of atmospheric and dramatic symphonic poems, including Phaeton and the ever-popular Danse macabre. TRACKLIST: Disc 1: 1 Symphony No. 1 in E-Flat Major, Op. 2: I. 2 Symphony No. 1 in E-Flat Major, Op. 2: II. 3 Symphony No. 1 in E-Flat Major, Op. 2: III. 4 Symphony No. 1 in E-Flat Major, Op. 2: IV. 5 Symphony No. 2 in A Minor, Op. 55: I. 6 Symphony No. 2 in A Minor, Op. 55: II. 7 Symphony No. 2 in A Minor, Op. 55: III. 8 Symphony No. 2 in A Minor, Op. 55: IV. 9 Phaeton, Op. 39 Disc 2: 1 Symphony No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 78, "Organ": I. 2 Symphony No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 78, "Organ": I. 3 Symphony No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 78, "Organ": II. 4 Symphony No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 78, "Organ": II. 5 Symphony in A Major: I. 6 Symphony in A Major: II. 7 Symphony in A Major: III. 8 Symphony in A Major: IV. 9 Le rouet d'Omphale, Op. 31 Disc 3: 1 Symphony in F Major, "Urbs Roma": I. 2 Symphony in F Major, "Urbs Roma": II. 3 Symphony in F Major, "Urbs Roma": III. 4 Symphony in F Major, "Urbs Roma": IV. 5 La Jeunesse d'Hercule, Op. 50 6 Danse Macabre, Op. 40