Oh ! EARL WILD PLAYS LISZT MEPHISTO WALTZ LIVE 1986

Mephisto Waltz No. 1 is the best-known of the series and, together with No. 3, the most praised musically. Mephisto Waltz No. 1, Der Tanz in der Dorfschenke (The Dance in the Village Inn) is the second of two short works he wrote for orchestra. While the work preceding it, Midnight Procession (“Der nächtliche Zug“), is rarely given (though both works have been recorded together), the waltz has been a concert favorite, with its passion, sensuality and dramatics generating an emotional impact. James Huneker d