Liszt Mephisto Waltz No. 1, S. 514 André Laplante

Der Tanz in der Dorfschenke, S514, R181, Mephisto Waltz No. 1 (185962) This is the solo piano version of the famous first Mephisto Waltz by Hungarian composer Franz Liszt (18111886), 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