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The Devil in Music

Tartini, Schubert and Mahler are on the playlist as Suzy Klein considers the diabolical in music and asks whether the Devil really does have all the good tunes.

Tartini, Schubert and Mahler are on the playlist as Suzy Klein considers the diabolical in music and asks whether the Devil really does have all the good tunes.

Charles Williams: Devil's Galop
New London Orchestra
Ronald Corp (conductor)
Hyperion CDA66868, Tr 9
Dur: 3m11s

Schubert: Gretchen am spinnrade, D 118
Felicity Lott (soprano)
Graham Johnson (piano)
IMP PCD 2016, Tr 13
Dur: 3m42s

Tartini: Sonata in G minor (La Sonata del Diavolo) - 4th mvt
Andrew Manze (violin)
Harmonia Mundi HMU907213, Tr3
Dur: 6m17s

Mahler: Symphony No 4 in G
Rudolf Koeckert (solo violin)
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Rafael Kubelik (conductor)
DG 459 030 2, Tr 2
Dur: 9m6s

Danny Elfman: The Simpsons' theme
(no orchestra credited)
Steve Bartek (conductor)
MCA MCD 10065, Tr 12
Dur: 1m28s

Liszt: Mephisto Waltz No 2, S515
Leslie Howard (piano)
Hyperion CDA66201, Tr 2
Dur: 9m42s

Trad. arr. Bratsch: Hora Roumaine
Bratsch
NIG 88001, Tr 11
Dur: 1m28s

Hildegard of Bingen: Ordo virtutum, Part V
Vox Animae
Michael Fields, Evelyn Tubb (directors)
Etcetera KTC1203, Tr 5
Dur: 4m54s

Mussorgsky: St John's Night on Bald Mountain (original 1867 version)
London Symphony Orchestra
Claudio Abbado (conductor)
RCA 70405, Tr 1
Dur: 11m50s.

1 hour

Last on

Sun 26 Jul 2009 10:00

Broadcast

  • Sun 26 Jul 2009 10:00