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{{Short description|Concerto by Camille Saint-Saëns}}
{{Infobox musical composition
| name              = Violin Concerto
| composer          = [[Camille Saint-Saëns]]
| image             = CSaint-Saens.jpg
| key               = C major
| opus              = 58
| genre             = [[Concerto]]
| period            = [[Romantic music|Romantic]]
| movements         = 3
| scoring           = Violin & Orchestra
| composed          = {{Start date|1858}}
| premiere_date     = {{Start date|1880}}
}}
The '''Violin Concerto No. 2 in C major''', Op. 58, by [[Camille Saint-Saëns]], was the composer's first [[violin concerto]], written in 1858, although it was published in 1879 and so is numbered second. It was premiered in 1880 with [[Martin Pierre Marsick|Pierre Marsick]] as soloist.
== Structure ==
The work is in three movements:
{{Ordered list|type=upper-roman
|''Allegro moderato e maestoso – a tempo più allegro''
:[[File:Orchesterwerke Romantik Themen.pdf|450px|page=705]]
|''Andante espressivo''
:[[File:Orchesterwerke Romantik Themen.pdf|450px|page=706]]
|''Allegro scherzando quasi allegretto''
:[[File:Orchesterwerke Romantik Themen.pdf|450px|page=707]]
}}
==Recordings==
* [[Ivry Gitlis]], violon, (with concerto n°4, op.62, unfinished), Orchestre National de Mont Carlo, conductor [[Edouard van Remoortel|Edouard Van Remoortel]]. LP Philipps 1968 report CD 1998
*[[Ulf Hoelscher]], violin'','' ''Complete Violin Concertos'' (n°1, n°2, [[Violin Concerto No. 3 (Saint-Saëns)|n°3]]''),'' New Philharmonia Orchestra, conductor [[Pierre Dervaux]]. Recorded 1977. 2 CD Brillant Classics 2012
*[[Philippe Graffin]], violin, ''Complete Violin Concertos'' (n°1, n°2, [[Violin Concerto No. 3 (Saint-Saëns)|n°3]]), Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conductor [[Martyn Brabbins]]. CD Hyperion 1998
* [[Fanny Clamagirand]], violin, ''Complete Violin Concertos (''n°1, n°2, [[Violin Concerto No. 3 (Saint-Saëns)|n°3]])'','' Finlandia Jyväskilä, conductor [[Patrick Gallois]]. CD Naxos 2009
* Andrew Wan, violin, ''Complete Violin Concertos'' (n°1, n°2, n°3), Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, conductor [[Kent Nagano]]. CD Analekta 2015
==External links==
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