For centuries many cultures, particularly in the West, have held autumn celebrations to ward off the evils of the coming winter. Common beliefs held that during these festivals, creatures from the underworld were free to wander the earth until dawn. Therefore, while the bonfires burned, mortals used clever strategies to outwit the ghouls. In addition to the fire festival, frightening faces were carved into pumpkins or turnips, fireworks exploded, costumes and masks were worn to imitate the appearance of ghosts, zombies witches or goblins. So whether you celebrate Halloween, All Souls Night, All Saints Day, Mischief Night, Samhain, or the Day of the Dead, ClassicsOnline encourages you to protect your home with sounds from beyond the grave and audiobooks filled with tales of terror.

Featured release:

8.578085-86
THE DEVIL'S MUSIC

Postpone whatever good deed you were just about to do, clear your mind of virtuous thoughts, indulge in the politically incorrect stimulant of your choice, and turn your stereo up really, really loud so you can incense your neighbors as you listen to this sinfully transcendent collection of music suffused with the darkness that enshrouds my heart and, I hope, yours. – Lucifer

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	8.553277 SAINT-SAENS: Symphony No. 3 / Piano Concerto No. 2

	8.557705 SALTER / SKINNER: Monster Music

	8.557411 MUSIC TO DIE FOR

	8.555355 Date with the Devil (Samuel Ramey)

	8.550261 BARTOK: Concerto for Orchestra / Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta

	8.557703 KILAR: Bram Stoker's Dracula / Death and the Maiden / King of the Last Days

	8.559290 CRUMB: Songs, Drones and Refrains of Death / Quest

	8.557701 DEUTSCH: Maltese Falcon and Other Classic Film Scores (The)

	8.570188 SALTER / DESSAU: House of Frankenstein

	8.557702 HERRMANN / NEWMAN: Egyptian (The)

	8.553852 LISZT: Danse macabre / Totentanz / Nuages gris (Liszt Complete Piano Music, Vol. 1)

	8.553597 BERLIOZ: Symphonie Fantastique, Op. 14

	8.556810 CLASSICS AT THE MOVIES - SUSPENSE

	8.557707 AURIC: Belle et la Bete (La) (Beauty and the Beast)

	8.553277 SAINT-SAENS: Symphony No. 3 / Piano Concerto No. 2

	8.557700 STEINER: King Kong

	8.570183 STEINER: Son of Kong (The) / The Most Dangerous Game

	8.570187 NEWMAN: Hunchback of Notre Dame (The) / Beau Geste / All About Eve

	8.226510 MARTHINSEN: Monster Symphony / Panorama / The Confessional

	8.557850 FRANKEL: Curse of the Werewolf / The Prisoner / So Long at the Fair Medley

	8.555355 Date with the Devil (Samuel Ramey)

	8.570362 SCARY MASTERPIECES - Music by Grieg, Liszt, Dvorak, Franck, Ducas, Saint-Saens

Terrifying Tales

	NA245912 DICKENS / JAMES: Classic Ghost Stories

	NA209012 STEVENSON, R.L.: Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (The) (Abridged)

	NA237912 WALPOLE, H.: Castle of Otranto (The) (Abridged)

	NA307412 WILDE, O.: Picture of Dorian Gray (The) (Abridged)

	NA237412 LEROUX, G.: Phantom of the Opera (The) (Abridged)

	NA238212 HUGO, V.: Hunchback of Notre Dame (The) (Abridged)

	NA431712 DANTE: Divine Comedy (The) - 1. Inferno (Unabridged)

	NA431612 DANTE: Divine Comedy (The) - 2. Purgatory (Unabridged)

	NA316212 SHAKESPEARE, W: Macbeth (Unabridged)

	NA228612 KAFKA, F.: Metamorphosis (Unabridged)

	NA432312 MAURIER, D.: Rebecca (Abridged)

	NA434112 MAURIER, D.: House on the Strand (The) (Abridged)