Classical "one-hit wonders"

Another one to throw into the mix….Samuel Barber “Adagio for Strings”.

1 Like

See post 18?

Roger

I will investigate more Paul Dukas

1 Like

My dad had an album with “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice” and “Night on Bald Mountain.” At some point the young me scrawled on the jacket, “Scary Music.”

Sixty odd years later, I have a CD with those two pieces and “Symphonie Fantastique” (Ormandy/Philadelphia). I’ve named that album in my digital collection, “Scary Music.”

1 Like

Scary thought, the only thing missing in your collection is Saint-Saens’ Danse Macabre! :laughing:

1 Like

Here you go. The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, Night on Bald Mountain, and Danse Macabre, plus Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks.

Bernstein/NYP Leonard Bernstein Conducts For Young People from the 60s.

1 Like

Thank you, @JosquinDesPrez I never saw this version. My favourite so far is Martinon and the Paris Conservatoire Orchestra (London FFrr LP), I’m curious to find out how Bernstein compares.

Claude

1 Like

Duruflé - a small output overall, but he produced around an hour’s worth of some of the greatest organ music ever written. Not a “one-hit” composer in any way in the organ world.

Symphony in C.

The ballet score ‘La Peri’ which starts with an amazing extended fanfare.

1 Like