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La Damnation de Faust, Op. 24 - Part 4 : Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust, Op. 24 - Part 4: "Tradioun marexil firtrudinxé burrudixé"
About This Song
About "La Damnation de Faust, Op. 24 - Part 4 : Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust, Op. 24 - Part 4: "Tradioun marexil firtrudinxé burrudixé"" by Daniel Barenboim
A grotesque incantation from Berlioz’s damned Faust, Barenboim draws sulfurous grit from the orchestra. The gibberish text conjures a bubbling cauldron of mock-Latin, its rhythmic drive both comic and sinister—a devil’s parody of sacred chant, teetering between carnival and hellfire.