The Masque of the Red Death:
Three Tales by Edgar Allan Poe, 1809 - 1849
Legendary Master of the Macabre

Performed by David Cade (CD Audiobook, with music)

1.  The Masque of the Red Death.
Horrific plague sweeps the land.  Thousands die hideously within thirty minutes of infection.  But a thousand escape to complete safety.  And there, cut off, sealed, and protected, they wait for the plague to pass.  An evening of fantastic pleasures, however, becomes their awful undoing.

2.  The Black Cat.
Who has not wondered at the complete and intelligent devotion of a much-loved cat or dog?  The closeness of a man and his little black cat in this heart-breaking tale becomes so irretrievably severed that events unfold to set both man and cat spiralling down towards a terrifying end.

3.  The Bells.
From birth to death we are surrounded by alarms, bells, whistles, and beeps.  There are the tinkling bells of childhood and the nursery.  Wedding bells ring from steeples.  And there are, of course, more sinister bells.  But have you never considered that there may be a horrifying plan, that all these bells may in fact be linked?

"Edgar Allan Poe is internationally regarded as the great master-writer of the tale of terror.  He was also  a considerable psychologist, philosopher, and 'musician'.  Present in these two tales and poem are extraordinary empathy with the human condition, scholarly consideration of the meaning of life, and outstanding mastery of the use of language as music.  In The Masque of the Red Death the latter is revealed primarily through a vivid imparting of aural and visual colour; in The Black Cat it expresses the tender intimacy existing between man and cat; while The Bells is so intensely a musically-constructed poem that its recitation can only be all but sung.   Despite such portrayal of beauty, affection, consideration, and gaiety, however, Edgar Allan Poe’s obsession with intense and violent horror, with the grotesque, and with death, ultimately renders each of these works so very very dark."

1.  The Masque of the Red Death:   24: 23
2.  The Black Cat:                            40: 35
3.  The Bells :                                    7: 26

Total Timing: 72: 33 minutes.

Audio CD: Spoken Word / Talking Book
ISBN: 0955209013
Recording Quality: DDD
Release Date: October, 2006
Recording Location: "Studio Trawsallt", Wales.
Number of Discs: 1
Label: Tales of Orpheus
Production Number: 50X2-2

Actor: David Cade

Music Composed by: Roberto Barzini

Music performed by: "Floriad":
Monique Grondin, Gerard Hammond, Eiddon-Hughes, Saffir Scott, & Simon Usill.

Sound Engineer: Douglas Westrupp

Mixing and Mastering: Rhys Davies

Design: Holly Paige
Editorial & Administration: Diana Hughes

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