Mephisto & Co.
$11.98 – $49.98
Minnesota Orchestra
Eiji Oue
Jorja Fleezanis, violin solos
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Ghosts, goblins, spirits and demons run amok in this program of infernal orchestral favorites: MEPHISTO WALTZ (Liszt), NIGHT ON BALD MOUNTAIN (Mussorgsky), TAM O’ SHANTER (Arnold) and many more in an explosive witches’ brew!
One of RR’s all-time favorite recordings is now available for the first time on vinyl!
Extra notes
2-LP 45 RPM set, half-speed mastered by Paul Stubblebine, 200-gm vinyl from Quality Record Pressings in deluxe gatefold jacket.
On This Recording
- LISZT: Der Tanz in der Dorfschenke, S. 110 “Mephisto Waltz No. 1”
- MUSSORGSKY: St. John’s Night on Bald Mountain
- LYADOV: Baba Yaga, Op. 56
- FRANCK: Le chasseur maudit, M. 44 (The Accursed Huntsman)
- DUKAS: L’apprenti sorcier (The Sorcerer’s Apprentice)
- SAINT-SAËNS: Danse macabre, Op. 40
- ARNOLD: Tam O’Shanter Overture, Op. 51
- J. STRAUSS II: Luzifer-Polka, Op. 266
Reviews:
“…Should be listened to with caution by anyone with a heart condition.” —Paul Festa, Salon Magazine
“Enjoy equally sensational sonics in a disc of daemonic influences, including Liszt’s serious Mephisto Waltz and Dukas’s comic masterpiece The Sorcerer’s Apprentice. Oue is a born showman, and the orchestra is certainly willing – the dramatic ending to Franck’s Le Chausseur Maudit packed full of virtuosity, while the brass is superb in Malcolm Arnold’s Tam O’Shanter.” —David Denton, The Yorkshire Post
