The Sorcerer’s Apprentice

Album by Paul Dukas & New York Philharmonic & Leonard Bernstein & Marshall Izen

The Sorcerer's Apprentice is a symphonic poem by French composer Paul Dukas, written in 1897. The orchestral piece is characterised by vivid orchestration and a programme-driven narrative depicting a magical tale, and it occupies a prominent place in Dukas's output and in late-Romantic French music.