Bilder einer Ausstellung

Album by Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky & Oslo‐Filharmonien & Mariss Jansons

Pictures at an Exhibition (Bilder einer Ausstellung) is a suite for solo piano by Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky, composed in 1874. The work comprises a series of musical tableaux linked by a recurring theme, using modal harmonies, stark dynamic and rhythmic contrasts and vivid pictorial gestures that were later expanded through orchestration, and it occupies an important place in the late Romantic Russian repertoire and in music history more broadly.
First released: 1989

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Pictures at an Exhibition: "Promenade": Allegro giusto, nel modo russico; senza allegrezza, ma poco sostenuto
    1:40
  2. 2.
    Pictures at an Exhibition: I. "Gnomus": Vivo
    2:45
  3. 3.
    Pictures at an Exhibition: "Promenade": Moderato comodo e con delicatezza
    0:54
  4. 4.
    Pictures at an Exhibition: II. "The Old Castle": Andante
    4:51
  5. 5.
    Pictures at an Exhibition: "Promenade": Moderato non tanto, pesante
    0:31
  6. 6.
    Pictures at an Exhibition: III. "Tuileries": Allegretto non troppo, capriccioso
    0:58
  7. 7.
    Pictures at an Exhibition: IV. "Bydlo": Sempre moderato, pesante
    2:45
  8. 8.
    Pictures at an Exhibition: "Promenade": Tranquillo
    0:43
  9. 9.
    Pictures at an Exhibition: V. "Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks": Scherzino. Vivo leggero
    1:14
  10. 10.
    Pictures at an Exhibition: VI. "Samuel Goldenberg & Schmuyle": Andante
    2:17
  11. 11.
    Pictures at an Exhibition: VII. "Limoges - The Market": Allegretto vivo, sempre scherzando
    1:25
  12. 12.
    Pictures at an Exhibition: VIII. "Catacombae: Sepulchrum Romanum": Largo
    2:05
  13. 13.
    Pictures at an Exhibition: "Cum mortuis in lingua mortua": Andante non troppo, con lamento
    1:58
  14. 14.
    Pictures at an Exhibition: IX. "The Hut on Fowl's Legs": Allegro con brio, feroce - Andante mosso - Allegro
    3:24
  15. 15.
    Pictures at an Exhibition: X. "The Great Gate of Kiev": Allegro alla breve. Maestoso. Con grandezza
    5:30
  16. 16.
    Night on the Bare Mountain
    10:50
  17. 17.
    Khovanshchina: Prelude
    5:02

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