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In the case of a Saint-Saëns, on the other hand, the best thing is to savor the musical settings and the words, too--and then put aside the music to enjoy Victor Hugo, the poet, as presented by himself on the printed page, with piano accompaniment and vocal sonorities provided by your own dreamy imagination.
Just across rue St-Jacques stands the exquisite 13th- to 15th-century Flamboyant Gothic church of St-Séverin, in which Dante is said to have prayed and Saint-Saëns asked to be made honorary organist.
If you want the true Victor Hugo rendered into music, you have to get hold of Hyperion's CD of Songs by Camille Saint-Saëns , very capably performed by the baritone François Le Roux and the pianist (and music scholar) Graham Johnson.
Last year Disney came out with an animated movie musical for children called The Hunchback of Notre Dame , based on Hugo's Notre-Dame de Paris . This year, Hyperion Records has issued a CD, Songs by Camille Saint-Saëns, for piano and voice, with 11 of the 27 songs from poems by Hugo.
I find it enjoyable to listen to the musical settings by Saint-Saëns, but then again, a little disappointing.