Your Top 5 Favorite Saint-Saëns Works

[vandermolen]

I would have to say the five piano concerti and the cello concerto, along with a die to roll to decide which one to leave out to make an even 5.

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I like the PC No.2 already and I think that No.4 is on the same Naxos CD.

[Mirror Image]

Thanks guys!
I've read all the postings with much interest.
I'll start on the 'darker stuff' 
Thanks again.

In addition to the other works suggested, I would say give a listen to String Quartet No. 1 in E minor, Op. 112. There is definitely a darker hue found in this work that I think you'd appreciate.

[kyjo]

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I like the PC No.2 already and I think that No.4 is on the same Naxos CD.

I doubt you'll be disappointed by the PC no. 4, Jeffrey. An introspective, sometimes mysterious first movement followed by a thrilling second movement which features one of Camille's greatest and most majestic "big tunes". It's an ingeniously constructed and thematically integrated work.

[Symphonic Addict]

An update:

Trois tableaux symphoniques d'après La Foi
String Quartet No. 1
Violin Concerto No. 2
Violin Sonata No. 1
Piano Trio No. 2

[Christo]

Trois tableaux symphoniques d'après La Foi
Symphony No.3
Piano Concerto No. 5 'Egyptian'
Requiem Op. 54
Danse Macabre

[Christo]

Also always fun to pay special attention to is the late Saint-Saëns, from after 1900, when he began to fall out of step with his contemporaries, say Debussy. There are gems among them:
1902 Parysatis
1908 Trois tableaux symphoniques d'après La foi
1910 La muse et le poète for violin, cello and orchestra
1918 Morceau de concert for harp and orchestra
1919 Cyprès et lauriers for organ and orchestra

[Symphonic Addict]

1910 La muse et le poète for violin, cello and orchestra
1918 Morceau de concert for harp and orchestra

Thumbs up for these. What splendid pieces they are.

[Der lächelnde Schatten]

My picks (in no particular order):

Septet in E♭ major, Op. 65
Trois tableaux symphoniques d'après La foi, Op. 130
Piano Concerto No. 3 in E♭ major, Op. 29
Samson et Dalila, Op. 47
La muse et le poète, Op. 132

I still stand by these picks. All fabulous works.