Mephisto Rhapsody for Violin and Piano, Op. 37
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Irving Ilmer, violin
James Bonn, piano |
Like the three Divertimenti, op. 32, and the Cello Sonata, op. 34, no. 2, the "Mephisto Rhapsody" was written during the years Baber was working with John Gardner on the opera Frankenstein and shares many of the same dramatic and hallucinatory characteristics of that period. Far more extroverted and intense than the other instrumental works of this time, the Rhapsody requires a professional level of playing from both the violinist and the pianist.
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