About This Song
About "Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 22: I. Andante sostenuto" by Cecile Licad
Saint-Saëns's Andante sostenuto opens with a stately, almost processional gravity, Cecile Licad shaping its long lines with poised melancholy. The concerto's first movement balances elegance and undercurrent unease, a gilded salon with shadows in the corners.