Piano Concerto No. 5 (Saint-Saëns)

103, popularly known as The Egyptian, was Camille Saint-Saëns' last piano concerto.

This concert celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of his début at the Salle Pleyel in 1846.

Firstly, Saint-Saëns composed it in the temple town of Luxor while on one of his frequent winter vacations to Egypt, and secondly, the music is among his most exotic, displaying influences from Javanese and Spanish as well as Middle-eastern music.

The concerto is scored for solo piano, piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, timpani, tam tam, and strings.

[3] Classic recordings of this work by Hisatada Odaka and Kazuko Yasukawa are not currently available.