In honor of the advent of The Spookiest of Months I give you:
Spooky Playlist: Part the First*
A sampling of the creepy classics to suit all of your spooky needs
Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 538, "Dorian"
PSC1152 Tr. 10-11
Bach
Fantasia and Fugue in G minor, BWV 542
8.550652 Tr. 4
Liszt
Prelude and Fugue on the name B-A-C-H, S260/R381
Carus83.171 Tr. 1-2
Mussorgsky
Pictures at an Exhibition –The Hut on Fowl’s Legs (Baba Yaga)
8.553249 Tr. 20
Berlioz
Symphony Fantastique (Mvmt. V- Ronde du Sabbat)
LSO0007 Tr. 5
Britten
4 Sea Interludes (Mvmt. 1- Dawn and mvmt. 4- Storm)
CHAN9221 Tr. 34-37
Prokofiev
Alexander Nevsky (Mvmt. V- The
DOR-90169 Tr. 5
Mussorgsky (arr. Rimsky-Korsakov)
St. John’s
BIS-CD-325 Tr. 17
Verdi
Messa da Requiem (Dies irae, dies illa)
CHAN9490 Tr. 2
Stravinsky
Le Sacre du Printemps (esp. Patr II, The Sacrifice: Sacrificial Dance)
KMHCD20 Tr. 14
Grieg
Peer Gynt Suite (Mvmt. IV- In the Hall of the Mountain King)
KMHCD20 Tr. 4
Orff
Carmina Burana (Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi: O Fortuna)
8.570033 Tr. 1
Stravinsky
Firebird Suite (mvmt. 5- Danse infernale du roi Kastchei)
900706 Tr. 5
Rachmaninoff
The Isle of the Dead
HCD31551 Tr. 1
Saint-Saens
Danse Macabre
0094652BC Tr. 4
Falla
El Amor Brujo (Danza Ritual
V4768 Tr. 8
Kodaly
Sonata for Solo Cello, op. 8
HCD31046 Tr. 3-5
I leave you with this gem, which is unfortunately not in the NML and therefore does not qualify for the playlist but is excellent all the same.
*Part the Second is forthcoming and will contain other brands of creepiness.
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