Happy Halloween!
10/31/12 9:00AM
Our music for Halloween will include some traditional favorites, plus Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 7, which seem to inhabit a nocturnal world.
Playlist
9:02am
Funeral March of a Marionette
| Composer | Charles Gounod |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | St. Louis Symphony Orchestra |
| Conductor | Leonard Slatkin |
| CD/Album | Classic Marches |
| Record co./Cat # | RCA 7716 |
9:07am
Toccata & Fugue in d, BWV 565
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Simon Preston, organ |
| CD/Album | J.S. Bach: Toccata & Fuge D-Moll BWV 565 u.a. |
| Record co./Cat # | Deutsche Grammophon 427668 |
9:17am
Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks
| Composer | Richard Strauss |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Cleveland Orchestra |
| Conductor | Christoph von Dohnanyi |
| CD/Album | Strauss: Ein Heldenleben, Till Eulenspiegel |
| Record co./Cat # | London 436444 |
9:34am
Macbeth: Witches' Chorus
| Composer | Giuseppe Verdi |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus |
| Conductor | Georg Solti |
| CD/Album | Verdi: Choruses |
| Record co./Cat # | London 430226 |
9:40am
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
| Composer | Paul Dukas |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Berlin Philharmonic |
| Conductor | James Levine |
| CD/Album | Saint-Saens: Orgel-Symphonie" u.a." |
| Record co./Cat # | Deutsche Grammophon 419617 |
9:50am
Lucifer Polka
| Composer | Johann Strauss Jr. |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Minnesota Orchestra |
| Conductor | Eiji Oue |
| CD/Album | Mephisto & Co. |
| Record co./Cat # | Reference Recordings 82 |
9:54am
Mephisto Waltz #1 (piano version) ("A Dance in the Village Tavern")
| Composer | Franz Liszt |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Jorge Bolet, piano |
| CD/Album | Liszt Liebestraum - Favorite Piano Works |
| Record co./Cat # | London 444851 |
10:08am
Symphony #7 in e
| Composer | Gustav Mahler |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra |
| Conductor | Simon Rattle |
| CD/Album | Mahler Feest |
| Record co./Cat # | Radio Netherlands 1995 |
11:31am
Scherzo #1 in b, Op. 20, B 65
| Composer | Frederic Chopin |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Maurizio Pollini, piano |
| CD/Album | Chopin: 4 Scherzi, Berceuse, Barcarolle |
| Record co./Cat # | Deutsche Grammophon 431623 |
11:43am
The Accursed Hunter
| Composer | Cesar Franck |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Minnesota Orchestra |
| Conductor | Eiji Oue |
| CD/Album | Mephisto & Co. |
| Record co./Cat # | Reference RR82 |
12:05pm
Danse Macabre (orchestral version)
| Composer | Camille Saint-Saens |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Minnesota Orchestra |
| Conductor | Eiji Oue |
| CD/Album | Mephisto & Co. |
| Record co./Cat # | Reference RR82 |
12:14pm
Ghost Variations
| Composer | Robert Schumann |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Andras Schiff, piano |
| CD/Album | Robert Schumann: Geistervariationen |
| Record co./Cat # | ECM 2123 |
12:26pm
El Amor Brujo
| Composer | Manuel de Falla |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Montreal Symphony Orchestra |
| Conductor | Charles Dutoit |
| Soloists | Colette Boky, soprano ; Huguette Touangeau, mezzo-soprano |
| CD/Album | Falla: El Amor Brujo - El Sombrero de Tres Picos |
| Record co./Cat # | London 410008 |
12:52pm
Erlkonig
| Composer | Franz Liszt (after Schubert) |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Jorge Bolet, piano |
| CD/Album | Liszt Liebestraum - Favorite Piano Works |
| Record co./Cat # | London 444851 |
12:57pm
Rigoletto: Zitti, zitti
| Composer | Giuseppe Verdi |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus |
| Conductor | Sir Georg Solti |
| CD/Album | Verdi: Choruses |
| Record co./Cat # | London 430226 |