Compact Discoveries 159: Musical Devils
Series: Compact Discoveries
From: Fred Flaxman
Length: 00:58:00
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Producer/presenter Fred Flaxman discarded many devil-inspired pieces in his search for the ones that are the most enjoyable on first hearing, because most listeners will not have heard most of these "Compact Discoveries" before. They include works by Saeverud, Dompierre, Herrmann, Morricone, Cassado, Rodrigo, Tartini, Stravinsky, Schubert and Vaughan-Williams. The devil is heard dancing in The Devil's Reel, The Devil's 5-Hop, Swing Your Partner from The Devil and Daniel Webster, The Dance of the Green Devil, The Devil's Dance, Satan's Dance of Triumph and The Devil's Sequidillas. This is one Halloween program that won't scare anyone!
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Producer/presenter Fred Flaxman discarded many devil-inspired pieces in his search for the ones that are the most enjoyable on first hearing, because most listeners will not have heard most of these "Compact Discoveries" before. They include works by Saeverud, Dompierre, Herrmann, Morricone, Cassado, Rodrigo, Tartini, Stravinsky, Schubert and Vaughan-Williams. The devil is heard dancing in The Devil's Reel, The Devil's 5-Hop, Swing Your Partner from The Devil and Daniel Webster, The Dance of the Green Devil, The Devil's Dance, Satan's Dance of Triumph and The Devil's Sequidillas. This is one Halloween program that won't scare anyone!
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Program 159
"Musical Devils"
MUSIC: Traditional: Le Reel du diable performed by Angèle Dubeau & La pietà [Analekta AN 28723, track 12] [under the following] [2:48]
This is “The Devil’s Reel / Le Reel du diable” as performed by Canadian violinist Angèle Dubeau and La Pietà on an Analekta compact disc. It’s going to serve as our overutre to an hour of devilish music in honor of the Halloween season.
Hello and welcome to Compact Discoveries. I’m your guide, Fred Flaxman.
MUSIC: ends
Angèle Dubeau and La Pietà have recorded a terrific CD called “Infernal Violins,” from which this track of traditional music called The Devil’s Reel was taken. We’ll listen to two more tracks from that CD in a few minutes. But first here’s a devilish little tune called the The Devil’s 5-Hop. It’s from Harold Saeverud’s Peer Gynt Suite, Op. 28. This short piece is distinguished by a jaggedly propulsive...
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