Waltz Suite, Op. 110: No. 3, “Mephisto Waltz”

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• This waltz is from Prokofiev’s film score to Lermontov (1941). The film chronicles the life of 19^th-century Russian novelist, poet, and painter Mikhail Lermontov (1814-1841).¹

1. Richard Whitehouse, liner notes to Prokofiev: Symphony no. 6, Waltz Suite, São Pauo Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop, Naxos 8.573452, CD, 2015.