Still Somewhere

• Alexandre Kantorow, Tapiola Sinfonietta, Jean-Jacques Kantorow: “Saint-Saëns: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2” (BIS)
• Joanna Goodale: “Debussy in Resonance” (Paratay)
• Lavinia Meijer: “Are You Still Somewhere?” (Sony)

As the composer himself tells the story, when Camille Saint-Saëns was six years old, he composed a romance for a singer. The 12-bar work left its interpreter’s father so enthralled he gave the young boy a leatherbound score to Mozart’s “Don Giovanni.” It proved prophetic for the young composer: