The Carnival of the Animals cello solo (which evokes the swan elegantly gliding over the water) is played over rippling sixteenths in one piano and rolled chords in the other (said to represent the swan's feet, hidden from view beneath the water, propelling it along). A staple of the cello repertoire, this is one of the most well-known movements of the suite, usually in the version for cello with solo piano which was the only publication of this work in Saint-Saëns's lifetime. More than twenty other arrangements of this movement have also been published, with solo instruments ranging from flute to alto saxophone. A short
The Orchestral Tubular Bells The Orchestral Tubular Bells The Orchestral Tubular Bells is an orchestral version of Mike Oldfield's album "Tubular Bells", arranged by David Bedford and recorded in 1974 by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, featuring Oldfield himself playing the guitar. Excerpts from the album were featured in the 1979 NASA film, "The Space Movie". It peaked at #17 on the UK Albums Chart in 1975. In 2000 it was reissued by Virgin as a HDCD and is the only one of Mike's 1970s albums yet to be reissued by Mercury Records. The main difference between "Tubular Bells" and the orchestrated version is that