About this product
Written after Mussorgsky had met Russian artist and designer Viktor Hartmann, Pictures at an Exhibition is by far Mussorgsky's most played work. The piece was written when Hartmann gave Mussorgsky two 'pictures.' Hartmann very suddenly died aged 39; following his death, a memorial exhibition was put on in St. Petersburg. Mussorgsky donated the two 'pictures' which Hartmann had given him before he died. Mussorgsky is said to have based the piece on his experiences at this exhibition, which was in memory of Hartmann. The concerto version is performed here by Tamas Ungar in an arrangement by Lawrence Leonard. Australian conductor Geoffrey Simon is resident in London and has appeared there with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, London Chamber Orchestra and English Chamber Orchestra. Internationally, he has appeared with the Adelaide, Atlanta, Bournemouth, Canberra, City of Birmingham, Fort Worth, Melbourne, Milwaukee, Queensland, Sapporo, Shanghai, St Louis, Sydney, Tasmanian, Vermont and West Australian Symphony Orchestras, the Israel, Moscow, Munich and New Japan Philharmonic Orchestras, the American Symphony, the Residentie Orchestra of The Hague, the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony and the Australian Opera.
Tracklist:
- Pictures At An Exhibition, Piano Concerto Version: Promenade I
- Pictures At An Exhibition, Piano Concerto Version: I. Gnomus
- Pictures At An Exhibition, Piano Concerto Version: Promenade II
- Pictures At An Exhibition, Piano Concerto Version: II. The Old Castle
- Pictures At An Exhibition, Piano Concerto Version: Promenade III
- Pictures At An Exhibition, Piano Concerto Version: III. Tuileries
- Pictures At An Exhibition, Piano Concerto Version: IV. Bydlo
- Pictures At An Exhibition, Piano Concerto Version: Promenade IV
- Pictures At An Exhibition, Piano Concerto Version: V. Ballet Of The Chickens In Their Shells
- Pictures At An Exhibition, Piano Concerto Version: VI. Samuel Goldenberg And Schmuyle
- Pictures At An Exhibition, Piano Concerto Version: Promenade V
- Pictures At An Exhibition, Piano Concerto Version: VII. Limoges, The Market Place
- Pictures At An Exhibition, Piano Concerto Version: VIII. Catacombs, Sepulchrum Romanum
- Pictures At An Exhibition, Piano Concerto Version: Cum Mortuis In Lingua Mortua
- Pictures At An Exhibition, Piano Concerto Version: IX. The Hut On Fowl's Legs (Baba Yaga)
- Pictures At An Exhibition, Piano Concerto Version: X. The Great Gate Of Kiev
- Two Interludes From Khovantchina: I. Dawn On The Moscow River
- Two Interludes From Khovantchina: II. Galitsin's Journey
- Gopak From Sorochinsky Fair
- Pictures From The Crimea: I. Hoursouff
- Pictures From The Crimea: II. Rêverie (Douma)
- Pictures From The Crimea: III. Capriccio
- Scherzo In B-Flat
- A Tear-Drop
- Night On A Bald Mountain
UPC: 635212209523
Label: Signum Classics
Release Date: 7.17.20
Format: CD
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