Conductor(s): Serov, Edward
Label: Naxos
Genre: Opera; Orchestral
Period: 20th Century; Romantic
Catalogue No: 8.571052
Barcode: 0747313105274
Distribution Note(s):
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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

Ravel, Maurice - Arranger
Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich
Serov, Edward (Conductor)
Volgograd Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
1Promenade01:50
Serov, Edward (Conductor)
Volgograd Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
2I. Gnomus03:13
Volgograd Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Serov, Edward (Conductor)
3Promenade01:02
Volgograd Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Serov, Edward (Conductor)
4II. Il vecchio castello04:36
Volgograd Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Serov, Edward (Conductor)
5Promenade00:41
Volgograd Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Serov, Edward (Conductor)
6III. Tuileries01:21
Volgograd Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Serov, Edward (Conductor)
7IV. Bydlo02:50
Volgograd Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Serov, Edward (Conductor)
8Promenade00:52
Volgograd Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Serov, Edward (Conductor)
9V. Ballet of the Chickens in their Shells01:23
Volgograd Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Serov, Edward (Conductor)
10VI. Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuyle02:34
Volgograd Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Serov, Edward (Conductor)
11VII. Limoges - The Market Place01:36
Volgograd Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Serov, Edward (Conductor)
12VIII. Catacombae02:08
Volgograd Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Serov, Edward (Conductor)
13Cum mortuis in Lingua mortua02:17
Volgograd Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Serov, Edward (Conductor)
14IX. The Hut on Fowls' Legs, "Baba Yaga"03:44
Volgograd Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Serov, Edward (Conductor)
15X. The Great Gate of Kiev06:01
Volgograd Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Serov, Edward (Conductor)
Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay Andreyevich - Arranger
Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich
Volgograd Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Serov, Edward (Conductor)
16St. 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 - Lyricist
Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich
Volgograd Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Serov, Edward (Conductor)
17Act I: Introduction (Sunrise)05:26
Volgograd Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Serov, Edward (Conductor)
18Act IV: Prelude. Dance of Persian Slaves08:08
Volgograd Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Serov, Edward (Conductor)
19Act IV: Entr'acte04:53
Volgograd Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Serov, Edward (Conductor)
Gogol, Nikolai - Lyricist
Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich
Volgograd Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Serov, Edward (Conductor)
20Act I: Prelude05:19
Volgograd Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Serov, Edward (Conductor)
21Act I: Gopak (Hopak)01:56
Volgograd Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Serov, Edward (Conductor)

Total Playing Time: 01:13:03