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Classiscsonline Home » Composers » L » Lalo, Edouard

Edouard Lalo (1823 - 1892)

Born in Lille in 1823 into a family of Spanish origin that had long been settled in France, Lalo was trained as a violinist and made an early career as member of a string quartet. It was not until he was fifty that he made any great impression as a composer, particularly with a series of orchestral works, on which his international reputation chiefly depends, in spite of his other compositions, operas, chamber music and songs.

Orchestral Music

Lalo's Symphonie espagnole is in fact a violin concerto of Spanish flavour, in five movements. Written in 1874, and first performed by the Spanish violinist Pablo Sarasate, it is a popular part of current violin repertoire. His Cello Concerto in D minor, written in 1877, enjoys rather less popularity, but is perhaps of greater musical interest.

Discography