Saint-Saens Piano Concerto No. 5

The memory of Nile boatmen singing can be heard in the Andante of Saint-Saens' Piano Concerto No. 5 in F major, Op. 103, known as The Egyptian. Further sea imagery is conjured by the sound of a propeller beating in the third movement. This was Saint-Saens final concerto for piano, written 20 years after the Fourth. Here it is performed by Pascal Roge and the Royal Philharmonic. Charles Dutoit directs.