Camille Saint-Saens Piano Concerto No2, Op22, Gmin - piano reduction for 2 pianos - Urtext Edition - piano and orchestra; editor: Jost, Peter; piano reduction: Umbreit, Johannes. Given Saint-Saëns’ talents both as pianist and composer, it stood to reason that he would engage with the piano concerto genre early on. But he gave a clear renunciation of the “concerto brilliant” that was dominant in France at that time, declaring instead that “the solo part of a concerto must be set out, and treated,