Conductor(s): Serov, Edward
Label: Naxos
Genre: Opera; Orchestral
Period: 20th Century; Romantic
Catalogue No: 8.571052
Barcode: 0747313105274
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Release Date: 01/2007

MUSSORGSKY: Pictures at an Exhibition

Here’s one of the most successful transcriptions in musical history: Mussorgsky’s extraordinary imagination transformed an exhibition of a friend’s paintings into piano music, the brilliant orchestrator Ravel subsequently turning them into one of the richest and most colourful orchestral scores of the concert literature.

Tracklist

Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich
Ravel, Maurice - Arranger
Serov, Edward (Conductor)
Volgograd Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
1 Promenade 01:50
Serov, Edward (Conductor)
Volgograd Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
2 I. Gnomus 03:13
Volgograd Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Serov, Edward (Conductor)
3 Promenade 01:02
Volgograd Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Serov, Edward (Conductor)
4 II. Il vecchio castello 04:36
Volgograd Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Serov, Edward (Conductor)
5 Promenade 00:41
Volgograd Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Serov, Edward (Conductor)
6 III. Tuileries 01:21
Volgograd Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Serov, Edward (Conductor)
7 IV. Bydlo 02:50
Volgograd Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Serov, Edward (Conductor)
8 Promenade 00:52
Volgograd Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Serov, Edward (Conductor)
9 V. Ballet of the Chickens in their Shells 01:23
Volgograd Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Serov, Edward (Conductor)
10 VI. Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuyle 02:34
Volgograd Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Serov, Edward (Conductor)
11 VII. Limoges - The Market Place 01:36
Volgograd Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Serov, Edward (Conductor)
12 VIII. Catacombae 02:08
Volgograd Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Serov, Edward (Conductor)
13 Cum mortuis in Lingua mortua 02:17
Volgograd Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Serov, Edward (Conductor)
14 IX. The Hut on Fowls' Legs, "Baba Yaga" 03:44
Volgograd Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Serov, Edward (Conductor)
15 X. The Great Gate of Kiev 06:01
Volgograd Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Serov, Edward (Conductor)
Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich
Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay Andreyevich - Arranger
Volgograd Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Serov, Edward (Conductor)
16 St. John's Night on Bald Mountain, "A Night on the Bare Mountain" (arr. N. Rimsky-Korsakov) 11:13
Volgograd Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Serov, Edward (Conductor)
Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich
Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich - Lyricist
Volgograd Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Serov, Edward (Conductor)
17 Act I: Introduction (Sunrise) 05:26
Volgograd Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Serov, Edward (Conductor)
18 Act IV: Prelude. Dance of Persian Slaves 08:08
Volgograd Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Serov, Edward (Conductor)
19 Act IV: Entr'acte 04:53
Volgograd Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Serov, Edward (Conductor)
Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich
Gogol, Nikolai - Lyricist
Volgograd Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Serov, Edward (Conductor)
20 Act I: Prelude 05:19
Volgograd Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Serov, Edward (Conductor)
21 Act I: Gopak (Hopak) 01:56
Volgograd Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Serov, Edward (Conductor)

Total Playing Time: 01:13:03