Post by erik on Oct 27, 2016 23:03:06 GMT -5
With Halloween upon us once again, here are three ways to look at one of the great musical works of horror, namely the Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky's 1867 symphonic tone poem "A Night On Bald Mountain", based on a particularly disturbing legend of a witches Sabbath on a high mountain near Kiev.
The original orchestral version of "A Night On Bald Mountain", here in a recording from 1979 by the Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam under the direction of Sir Colin Davis:
Bob James' jazzy take on it (from his 1974 album One):
David Shire's discofied version of it, from the soundtrack to SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER (1977):
The original orchestral version of "A Night On Bald Mountain", here in a recording from 1979 by the Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam under the direction of Sir Colin Davis:
Bob James' jazzy take on it (from his 1974 album One):
David Shire's discofied version of it, from the soundtrack to SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER (1977):