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''L'apprenti sorcier'' is subtitled "Scherzo after a ballad by Goethe", perhaps indicating that it was intended as a [[scherzo]] of Dukas's untitled [[symphony]], with which it has some [[theme (music)|thematic]] similarity. On the other hand, ''L'apprenti sorcier'' is clearly [[program music]] while the symphony is [[absolute music|abstract]]. <!-- Would be better to detach the Dukas information to a separate article, "The Sorcerer's Apprentice (Dukas)" --> The sorcerer's apprentice's music uses the whole tone scale.

There have been numerous recordings of the music. The full effects of the lush orchestral work were first captured effectively with the advent of electrical recordings, including the 1929 performance by the [[New York Philharmonic Orchestra]] conducted by [[Arturo Toscanini]], released by [[RCA Victor]]. Toscanini also made one of the first high fidelity recordings of the music, again for RCA, with the [[NBC Symphony Orchestra]] in 1950. The first stereophonic recording was probably by [[Charles Munch]] and the [[Boston Symphony Orchestra]], also for RCA.

== ''Der Zauberlehrling'' ==