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Le carnaval des animaux, R. 125 : Saint-Saëns: Le carnaval des animaux, R. 125: IV. Tortues by Pascal Rogé album cover

Le carnaval des animaux, R. 125 : Saint-Saëns: Le carnaval des animaux, R. 125: IV. Tortues

by Pascal Rogé

About This Song

About "Le carnaval des animaux, R. 125 : Saint-Saëns: Le carnaval des animaux, R. 125: IV. Tortues" by Pascal Rogé

Saint-Saëns slows the tortoise to a deliberate crawl, and Rogé draws out a lumbering grace. The humor is deadpan, the tension between mock solemnity and genuine tenderness palpable—a creature both absurd and majestic, inching toward some private eternity.