Liszt - Mephisto Waltz No. 1, S. 514 [André Laplante]

Der Tanz in der Dorfschenke, S514, R181, “Mephisto Waltz No. 1“ (1859--62) This is the solo piano version of the famous first Mephisto Waltz by Hungarian composer Franz Liszt (1811-1886), performed here by the excellent Canadian pianist André Laplante. The work was inspired by an episode from “Faust“ by Nikolaus Lenau: “There is a wedding feast in progress in the village inn, with music, dancing, carousing. Mephistopheles and Faust pass by, and Mephistopheles induces Faust to enter and take pa