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Saint-Saëns – Concerto no 1 pour piano et orchestre – Jeanne-Marie Darré

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Concerto pour piano et orchestre no 1
en ré majeur – opus 17

Jeanne-Marie Darré

Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française
Louis Fourestier

Enregistré en 1956

I- Andante – Allegro assai 00:00

II- Andante sostenuto quasi adagio 10:19

III- Allegro con fuoco 17:52

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quotation: Man is by nature a political animal. Aristotle (384 BC-322 BC)

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petrolatum

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Synonyms:	mineral jelly, petroleum jelly
Usage:	While her friends bought expensive designer lip balms, she stuck with her grandmother’s remedy, a big jar of petrolatum. Discuss.

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