Audio CD review:
Johann Sebastian Bach, Hector Berlioz, Paul [composer] Dukas, Charles Gounod, Edvard Grieg, Gustav Holst, Engelbert Humperdinck, Charles Ives, Franz Liszt, Modest Mussorgsky - Fright Night: Music that Goes Bump in the Night

Johann Sebastian Bach, Hector Berlioz, Paul [composer] Dukas, Charles Gounod, Edvard Grieg, Gustav Holst, Engelbert Humperdinck, Charles Ives, Franz Liszt, Modest Mussorgsky - Fright Night: Music that Goes Bump in the Night

Band: Johann Sebastian Bach, Hector Berlioz, Paul [composer] Dukas, Charles Gounod, Edvard Grieg, Gustav Holst, Engelbert Humperdinck, Charles Ives, Franz Liszt, Modest Mussorgsky Title: Fright Night: Music that Goes Bump in the Night Rating: Release Date: 01 July, 1991 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Night On Bald Mountain 2: Danse Macabre 3: Peer Gynt Suite No. 1: In The Hall Of The Mountain King 4: Funeral March Of A Marionette 5: The Sorcerer's Apprentice 6: D-Minor Toccata And Fugue: Toccata 7: Hansel And Gretel: Witch's Ride 8: Symphonie Fantastique: March To The Scaffold 9: The Planets: Mars - The Bringer Of War 10: Die Walkure: Ride Of The Valkyries 11: Halloween 12: Mephisto Waltz

Customer Reviews Perfect for Halloween! THe trick or treaters and their parents really enjoyed the music. We enjoyed broadcasting the tunes thru our mp3 player on Halloween night. What, you call this scary music? They're great and highly enjoyable in their own right (the 'Danse Macabre' by Camille Saint-Saens is lovely dance music), but if one's intention is to bring together a collection of pieces of truly scary classical music, then this anthology hasn't done the job. I'm familiar with most of the pieces found in this CD, and I can say I don't think they are frightening at all. Here's a list of what I would consider TRULY TERRIFYING works of classical music: ~Ralph Vaughan Williams' 4th & 6th symphonies (especially the 2nd movement of each of them) ~Igor Stravinsky's 'The Rite of Spring' ~Gyorgy Ligeti's 'Atmospheres' and 'Lux Aeterna' (used in the film '2001') ~Almost anything by Bela Bartok (but especially his 'The Miraculous Mandarin') If you want to be truly frightened, go for the said pieces!. Music Is Very Good, However......... Since it appears to be marketed for fun Halloween gatherings, I cannot honestly say that it will jumpstart the mood for the average party-goer. The music on this CD is all very good, but as I play it, I don't really feel that "Bump in the Night" sensation throughout. While "Funeral March For a Marionette" is extremely creepy and sets the mood (for those of you baby-boomers who don't recognize the title---this was the theme music to the "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" TV series), other tunes kind of pull the plug on the momentum. Wagner's "Ride of the Valkyries" might ring Seasonal for classical music buffs, but I think your everyday Joe will picture helicopters soaring over Vietnam and the cry "I love the smell of napalm in the morning!" FOUR STARS if you just want a nice sampling of bold classical music, and TWO STARS if you want it to go "Bump!" in the Night. . You can see a complete list of all Johann Sebastian Bach, Hector Berlioz, Paul [composer] Dukas, Charles Gounod, Edvard Grieg, Gustav Holst, Engelbert Humperdinck, Charles Ives, Franz Liszt, Modest Mussorgsky discography, or go back to the Johann Sebastian Bach, Hector Berlioz, Paul [composer] Dukas, Charles Gounod, Edvard Grieg, Gustav Holst, Engelbert Humperdinck, Charles Ives, Franz Liszt, Modest Mussorgsky tabs