Synopses & Reviews
From the mad imagination of 19th-century gothic master of horror and suspense Edgar Allan Poe comes this deliciously gripping CD from the acclaimed Selected Shorts series that will leave listeners breathless and happily terrified. The creepy, breathtaking, and soulful classic tales include: “The Masque of the Red Death,” the terrifying and ironic story of a nobleman who attempts to seal himself and his friends away from a terrible plague raging outside, performed by Fionnula Flanagan; “The Pit and the Pendulum,” a hair-raising, first-person account of a man in a torture chamber during the Spanish Inquisition, performed to a fare-thee-well by Stephen Lang; “The Black Cat,” in which a mans dead pet comes back to haunt him, performed by Tony Award-winner Rene Auberjonois. Plus there are dreamy, mesmerizing, and haunting readings of Poes wonderfully atmospheric best-loved poems, “The Bells,” “The Raven,” and “Annabel Lee.”
Review
"Not much beats the pleasure of a great story read aloud. This is the inspiration behind the marvelous Selected Shorts." —O: The Oprah Magazine
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Symphony Space is a performing arts center based in New York City that fosters artistically and culturally diverse performing arts, literary, and film programs that bring artists and audiences together in an atmosphere of exploration and intimacy.