Macabre Masterpieces

Macabe Masterpieces is a collection of darkly-themed classical works by Mussorgsky, Grieg, Liszt, Dvorak, Berlioz, and more. Its colorful music often depicts stories of witches, goblins, trolls, werewolves, and ghosts, making it a perfect album to play for Halloween. (Finally, someone has put together a compilation of classical music I've suggested for Halloween on a two-disk album.)

As with all "mix" CDs, there's a certain amount of skepticism involved when it comes to whether or not the recordings will be shoddy. After listing to the album, I am happy to report that the performances and sound quality are top-notch. I would definitely recommend adding this album to your collection.

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Disk 1

• Edvard Grieg: [Show Details] Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46: IV. In the Hall of the Mountain King
• Paule Dukas: L'Apprenti sorcier (The Sorcerer's Apprentice)
• Franz Liszt: Der Tanz in der Dorfschenke "Mephisto Waltz No. 1"
• Antonin Dvorak: The Noon Witch B. 196, Op. 108
• Cesar Franck: Le chasseur maudit (The Accursed Hunter)
• George Whitefield Chadwick: Symphonic Sketches: III. Hobgoblin
• Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky: St. John's Night on Bald Mountain, "A Night on the Bare Mountain" (arr. N. Rimsky-Korsakov)
• Anatol Konstantinovich Liadov: Baba Yaga, Op. 56

Disc 2

• Camille Saint-Saens: Danse Macabre, Op. 40
• Franz Liszt: Totentanz
• Sergei Rachmaninov: The Isle of the Dead, Op. 29
• Anatol Konstantinovich Liadov: Kikimora, Op. 63
• Edvard Grieg: Lyric Pieces, Book 5, Op. 54: No. 3. March of the Trolls
• Malcolm Arnold: Tam O'Shanter Overture, Op. 51
• Edward MacDowell: MacDowell, Edward: 2 Fantasiestucke, Op. 17: No. 2. Hexentanz (Witches Dance)
• Hector Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14: IV. Marche au supplice (March to the Scaffold)

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