Pictures at an Exhibition / Songs and Dances of Death

Album by Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky & Janos Solyom & Erik Sædén & Hans Pålsson

Pictures at an Exhibition is a suite for solo piano and Songs and Dances of Death is a song cycle for voice and piano by Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky, composed in 1874 and 1875–1877 respectively. Both works draw on Russian folk and liturgical influences and employ stark harmonies, vivid characterisation and dramatic contrasts that mark a move in Mussorgsky's output towards a more individualistic, nationalistic style within late 19th-century Russian music.
First released: April 1991

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Pictures at an Exhibition: Promenade
    1:26
  2. 2.
    Pictures at an Exhibition: I. Gnomus
    2:29
  3. 3.
    Pictures at an Exhibition: Promenade
    0:56
  4. 4.
    Pictures at an Exhibition: II. The Old Castle
    4:43
  5. 5.
    Pictures at an Exhibition: Promenade
    0:30
  6. 6.
    Pictures at an Exhibition: III. Tuileries
    1:04
  7. 7.
    Pictures at an Exhibition: IV. Bydlo
    2:54
  8. 8.
    Pictures at an Exhibition: Promenade
    0:49
  9. 9.
    Pictures at an Exhibition: V. Ballet of the Chickens in their Shells
    1:15
  10. 10.
    Pictures at an Exhibition: VI. Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuyle (Two Polish Jews - Rich and Poor)
    2:19
  11. 11.
    Pictures at an Exhibition: Promenade
    1:26
  12. 12.
    Pictures at an Exhibition: VII. Limoges, the Market
    1:24
  13. 13.
    Pictures at an Exhibition: VIII. Catacombæ: sepulchrum romanum
    1:35
  14. 14.
    Pictures at an Exhibition: Cum mortuis in lingua mortua
    1:53
  15. 15.
    Pictures at an Exhibition: IX. The Hut on Fowl's Legs (Baba Yaga)
    3:19
  16. 16.
    Pictures at an Exhibition: X. The Great Gate of Kiev
    4:59
  17. 17.
    Songs and Dances of Death: I. Cradle Song
    4:55
  18. 18.
    Songs and Dances of Death: II. Serenade
    4:24
  19. 19.
    Songs and Dances of Death: III. Trepak
    5:09
  20. 20.
    Songs and Dances of Death: IV. The Warrior
    5:12

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