Gatefold double LP cut at 45 RPM
One of Reference Recordings' all-time favorites, available for first time on vinyl!
Plating and 200-gram vinyl pressing by Quality Record Pressings!
Original 1998 CD release included on The Absolute Sound's Super Disc List
"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 Performance 4 Stars, Recording 4 Stars
Ghosts, goblins, Merlins and demons run amok in this program of internal orchestral favorites! Eiji Oue and the Minnesota Orchestra light a fire under these colorful symphonic poems, captured in dazzling HDCD sound by by Grammy-winning engineer and audiophile legend Keith O. Johnson. An explosive orchestral tour de force!
Track Listing
Side 1
Liszt: Mephisto Waltz #1
Saint-Saens: Danse macabre
Jorja Fleezanis, violin
Side 2
Liadov: Baba Yaga
Mussorgsky: Night on Bald Mountain
Side 3
Arnold: Tam O’Shanter
Dukas: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
Side 4
Franck: The Accursed Huntsman
J. Strauss: Lucifer Polka