Classics From the Crypt
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Various Artists
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First released:
Sep 8 1992

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61238
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  • Sep 8 1992

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5 stars A rousing classical selection
One might reasonably assume that a CD collection called "Classics from the Crypt" would be dark and moody music, but this is really rather energetic. Well-performed by the Boston Pops and Philadelphia Orchestras, these are some of the best-known and well-loved pieces of Western music, including Bach's Toccata & Fugue in D Minor (think Phantom of the Opera -- the film), Gounod's Funeral March of a Marionette (the Alfred Hitchcock Presents theme), Grieg's Peer Gynt, Dukas's Sorceror's Apprentice a…
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2 stars Music Samples Incorrectly Labeled
Some lovely music but the samples are incorrectly labeled. Sample 1 is actually Danse Macabre by Camille Saint-Saens, Sample 2 is Funeral March For a Marionette by Charles Gounod, Sample 3 is Night On Bald Mountain by Modest Mussorgsky, Sample 4 is March to the Scaffold from Symphonie Fantastique by Hector Berlioz, Sample 5 is In the Hall of the Mountain King from Peer Gynt by Edvard Grieg, Sample 6 is The Mephisto Waltz No. 1 by Franz Liszt, Sample 7 is The Sorcerers Apprentice by Paul Dukas. S…
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Written by Martha Geisler

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  • CD 1 : Classics from the Crypt

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    1
    Toccata and Fugue, for organ in D minor, BWV 565 (BC J37) - Saint-Saens, Camill
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    2
    Danse macabre, symphonic poem in G minor, Op. 40 - Gounod, Charles
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    3
    Funeral March of a Marionette, for piano or orchestra in D minor - Mussorgsky, Modest
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    4
    Night on Bald Mountain (Noch' na Lïsoy gore), symphonic poem, edited by - Berlioz, Hector
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    5
    Symphonie fantastique for orchestra ("Episode de la vie d'un Artiste... - Grieg, Edvard
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    6
    Peer Gynt Suite for orchestra (or piano or piano, 4 hands) No. 1, Op. 4 - Liszt, Franz
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    7
    Mephisto Waltz, for orchestra No. 1 (Der Tanz in der Dorfschenke; Episo - Dukas, Paul [compos
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    8
    The Sorcerer's Apprentice (L'apprenti sorcier), symphonic scherzo for orche - Berlioz, Hector
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    9
    Symphonie fantastique for orchestra ("Episode de la vie d'un Artiste...
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release dates: 1992 in United States
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