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!
"...Should be listened to with caution by anyone with a heart condition." - Paul Festa, Salon online 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
Musicians:
Jorja Fleezanis, violin solos
Minnesota Orchestra
Eiji Oue, conductor
Selections:
LISZT
Mephisto Waltz
MUSSORGSKY
Night on Bald Mountain
LIADOV
Baba Yaga
FRANCK
The Accursed Huntsman
DUKAS
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
SAINT-SAENS
Danse macabre
ARNOLD
Tam o' Shanter
J. STRAUSS II
Lucifer Polka
Total playing time, 71:56)
(Released 1998)
"...Should be listened to with caution by anyone with a heart condition." - Paul Festa, Salon online 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
Musicians:
Jorja Fleezanis, violin solos
Minnesota Orchestra
Eiji Oue, conductor
Selections:
LISZT
Mephisto Waltz
MUSSORGSKY
Night on Bald Mountain
LIADOV
Baba Yaga
FRANCK
The Accursed Huntsman
DUKAS
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
SAINT-SAENS
Danse macabre
ARNOLD
Tam o' Shanter
J. STRAUSS II
Lucifer Polka
Total playing time, 71:56)
(Released 1998)