Pictures at an Exhibition / A Night on Bald Mountain and other Russian Showpieces

~ Release by Mussorgsky; Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Fritz Reiner (see all versions of this release, 3 available)

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Recorded in 1957 and 1959.

Annotation last modified on 2005-08-11 18:11 UTC.

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1Pictures at an Exhibition: Promenade
recording engineer:
Lewis Layton (engineer) (on 1957-12-07)
producer:
Richard Mohr (producer)
orchestra:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra (on 1957-12-07)
conductor:
Fritz Reiner (conductor) (on 1957-12-07)
recorded at:
Symphony Center: Orchestra Hall in Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1957-12-07)
recording of:
Tableaux d’une exposition: Promenade (Pictures at an Exhibition: Promenade. Allegro giusto, nel modo russico – Senza allegrezza, ma poco sostenuto, orchestrated by Ravel, 1st promenade) (on 1957-12-07)
orchestrator:
Maurice Ravel (French composer) (in 1922)
composer:
Модест Петрович Мусоргский (Modest Mussorgsky, composer) (from 1874-06-02 until 1874-06-22)
orchestration of:
Pictures at an Exhibition: Promenade (1st) (original piano version)
part of:
Tableaux d’une exposition (Pictures at an Exhibition, orchestrated by Ravel)
Modest Mussorgsky1:49
2Pictures at an Exhibition: Gnomus
recording engineer:
Lewis Layton (engineer) (on 1957-12-07)
producer:
Richard Mohr (producer)
orchestra:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra (on 1957-12-07)
conductor:
Fritz Reiner (conductor) (on 1957-12-07)
recorded at:
Symphony Center: Orchestra Hall in Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1957-12-07)
recording of:
Tableaux d’une exposition: I. Gnomus (Pictures at an Exhibition: I. Gnomus, orchestrated by Ravel) (on 1957-12-07)
orchestrator:
Maurice Ravel (French composer) (in 1922)
composer:
Модест Петрович Мусоргский (Modest Mussorgsky, composer) (from 1874-06-02 until 1874-06-22)
orchestration of:
Pictures at an Exhibition: No. 1 “Gnomus” (original piano version)
part of:
Tableaux d’une exposition (Pictures at an Exhibition, orchestrated by Ravel)
Modest Mussorgsky2:34
3Pictures at an Exhibition: Promenade
recording engineer:
Lewis Layton (engineer) (on 1957-12-07)
producer:
Richard Mohr (producer)
orchestra:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra (on 1957-12-07)
conductor:
Fritz Reiner (conductor) (on 1957-12-07)
recorded at:
Symphony Center: Orchestra Hall in Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1957-12-07)
recording of:
Tableaux d’une exposition: Promenade (Pictures at an Exhibition: Promenade. Moderato comodo e con delicatezza, orchestrated by Ravel, 2nd promenade) (on 1957-12-07)
orchestrator:
Maurice Ravel (French composer) (in 1922)
composer:
Модест Петрович Мусоргский (Modest Mussorgsky, composer) (from 1874-06-02 until 1874-06-22)
orchestration of:
Pictures at an Exhibition: [Untitled] (Interlude, Promenade theme, 1st) (original piano version, often called Promenade 2)
part of:
Tableaux d’une exposition (Pictures at an Exhibition, orchestrated by Ravel)
Modest Mussorgsky1:06
4Pictures at an Exhibition: Il Vecchio Castello
recording engineer:
Lewis Layton (engineer) (on 1957-12-07)
producer:
Richard Mohr (producer)
orchestra:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra (on 1957-12-07)
conductor:
Fritz Reiner (conductor) (on 1957-12-07)
recorded at:
Symphony Center: Orchestra Hall in Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1957-12-07)
recording of:
Tableaux d’une exposition: II. Il vecchio castello (Pictures at an Exhibition: II. Il vecchio castello, orchestrated by Ravel) (on 1957-12-07)
orchestrator:
Maurice Ravel (French composer) (in 1922)
composer:
Модест Петрович Мусоргский (Modest Mussorgsky, composer) (from 1874-06-02 until 1874-06-22)
orchestration of:
Pictures at an Exhibition: No. 2 “Il vecchio castello” (original piano version)
part of:
Tableaux d’une exposition (Pictures at an Exhibition, orchestrated by Ravel)
Modest Mussorgsky4:27
5Pictures at an Exhibition: Promenade
recording engineer:
Lewis Layton (engineer) (on 1957-12-07)
producer:
Richard Mohr (producer)
orchestra:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra (on 1957-12-07)
conductor:
Fritz Reiner (conductor) (on 1957-12-07)
recorded at:
Symphony Center: Orchestra Hall in Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1957-12-07)
recording of:
Tableaux d’une exposition: Promenade (Pictures at an Exhibition: Promenade. Moderato non tanto, pesante, orchestrated by Ravel, 3rd promenade) (on 1957-12-07)
orchestrator:
Maurice Ravel (French composer) (in 1922)
composer:
Модест Петрович Мусоргский (Modest Mussorgsky, composer) (from 1874-06-02 until 1874-06-22)
orchestration of:
Pictures at an Exhibition: [Untitled] (Interlude, Promenade theme, 2nd) (original piano version, often called Promenade 3)
part of:
Tableaux d’une exposition (Pictures at an Exhibition, orchestrated by Ravel)
Modest Mussorgsky0:34
6Pictures at an Exhibition: Tuileries
recording engineer:
Lewis Layton (engineer) (on 1957-12-07)
producer:
Richard Mohr (producer)
orchestra:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra (on 1957-12-07)
conductor:
Fritz Reiner (conductor) (on 1957-12-07)
recorded at:
Symphony Center: Orchestra Hall in Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1957-12-07)
recording of:
Tableaux d’une exposition: III. Tuileries (Pictures at an Exhibition: III. Tuileries, orchestrated by Ravel) (on 1957-12-07)
orchestrator:
Maurice Ravel (French composer) (in 1922)
composer:
Модест Петрович Мусоргский (Modest Mussorgsky, composer) (from 1874-06-02 until 1874-06-22)
orchestration of:
Pictures at an Exhibition: No. 3 “Tuileries” (Dispute d’enfants après jeux) (Pictures at an Exhibition: Tuileries (Children Quarreling at Play), original piano version)
part of:
Tableaux d’une exposition (Pictures at an Exhibition, orchestrated by Ravel)
Modest Mussorgsky0:59
7Pictures at an Exhibition: Bydlo
recording engineer:
Lewis Layton (engineer) (on 1957-12-07)
producer:
Richard Mohr (producer)
orchestra:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra (on 1957-12-07)
conductor:
Fritz Reiner (conductor) (on 1957-12-07)
recorded at:
Symphony Center: Orchestra Hall in Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1957-12-07)
recording of:
Tableaux d’une exposition: IV. Bydlo (Pictures at an Exhibition: IV. Bydło, orchestrated by Ravel) (on 1957-12-07)
orchestrator:
Maurice Ravel (French composer) (in 1922)
composer:
Модест Петрович Мусоргский (Modest Mussorgsky, composer) (from 1874-06-02 until 1874-06-22)
orchestration of:
Pictures at an Exhibition: No. 4 “Bydło” (original piano version)
part of:
Tableaux d’une exposition (Pictures at an Exhibition, orchestrated by Ravel)
Modest Mussorgsky3:26
8Pictures at an Exhibition: Promenade
recording engineer:
Lewis Layton (engineer) (on 1957-12-07)
producer:
Richard Mohr (producer)
orchestra:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra (on 1957-12-07)
conductor:
Fritz Reiner (conductor) (on 1957-12-07)
recorded at:
Symphony Center: Orchestra Hall in Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1957-12-07)
recording of:
Tableaux d’une exposition: Promenade (Pictures at an Exhibition: Promenade. Tranquillo, orchestrated by Ravel, 4th promenade) (on 1957-12-07)
orchestrator:
Maurice Ravel (French composer) (in 1922)
composer:
Модест Петрович Мусоргский (Modest Mussorgsky, composer) (from 1874-06-02 until 1874-06-22)
orchestration of:
Pictures at an Exhibition: [Untitled] (Interlude, Promenade theme, 3rd) (original piano version, often called Promenade 4)
part of:
Tableaux d’une exposition (Pictures at an Exhibition, orchestrated by Ravel)
Modest Mussorgsky0:44
9Pictures at an Exhibition: Ballet of the Chicks in Their Shells
recording engineer:
Lewis Layton (engineer) (on 1957-12-07)
producer:
Richard Mohr (producer)
orchestra:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra (on 1957-12-07)
conductor:
Fritz Reiner (conductor) (on 1957-12-07)
recorded at:
Symphony Center: Orchestra Hall in Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1957-12-07)
recording of:
Tableaux d’une exposition: V. Ballet des poussins dans leurs coques (Pictures at an Exhibition: V. Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks, orchestrated by Ravel) (on 1957-12-07)
orchestrator:
Maurice Ravel (French composer) (in 1922)
composer:
Модест Петрович Мусоргский (Modest Mussorgsky, composer) (from 1874-06-02 until 1874-06-22)
orchestration of:
Pictures at an Exhibition: No. 5 “Балетъ невылупившихся птенцовъ” [Balet nevylupivshikhsya ptentsov] (Pictures at an Exhibition: IX. No. 5 "Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks", original piano version)
part of:
Tableaux d’une exposition (Pictures at an Exhibition, orchestrated by Ravel)
Modest Mussorgsky1:13
10Pictures at an Exhibition: Samuel Goldenburg and Schmuyle
recording engineer:
Lewis Layton (engineer) (on 1957-12-07)
producer:
Richard Mohr (producer)
orchestra:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra (on 1957-12-07)
conductor:
Fritz Reiner (conductor) (on 1957-12-07)
recorded at:
Symphony Center: Orchestra Hall in Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1957-12-07)
recording of:
Tableaux d’une exposition: VI. Samuel Goldenberg und Schmuyle (Pictures at an Exhibition: VI. Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuyle, orchestrated by Ravel) (on 1957-12-07)
orchestrator:
Maurice Ravel (French composer) (in 1922)
composer:
Модест Петрович Мусоргский (Modest Mussorgsky, composer) (from 1874-06-02 until 1874-06-22)
orchestration of:
Pictures at an Exhibition: No. 6 “Samuel” Goldenberg und “Schmuÿle” (Pictures at an Exhibition: Samual Goldenberg and Schmuÿle, original piano version)
part of:
Tableaux d’une exposition (Pictures at an Exhibition, orchestrated by Ravel)
Modest Mussorgsky2:13
11Pictures at an Exhibition: The Marketplace at Limoges
recording engineer:
Lewis Layton (engineer) (on 1957-12-07)
producer:
Richard Mohr (producer)
orchestra:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra (on 1957-12-07)
conductor:
Fritz Reiner (conductor) (on 1957-12-07)
recorded at:
Symphony Center: Orchestra Hall in Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1957-12-07)
recording of:
Tableaux d’une exposition: VII. Limoges – le marché (Pictures at an Exhibition: VII. Limoges – le marché, orchestrated by Ravel) (on 1957-12-07)
orchestrator:
Maurice Ravel (French composer) (in 1922)
composer:
Модест Петрович Мусоргский (Modest Mussorgsky, composer) (from 1874-06-02 until 1874-06-22)
orchestration of:
Pictures at an Exhibition: No. 7 “Limoges”, le marché (La grande nouvelle) (original piano version)
part of:
Tableaux d’une exposition (Pictures at an Exhibition, orchestrated by Ravel)
Modest Mussorgsky1:18
12Pictures at an Exhibition: Catacombae, sepulchrum romanum
recording engineer:
Lewis Layton (engineer) (on 1957-12-07)
producer:
Richard Mohr (producer)
orchestra:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra (on 1957-12-07)
conductor:
Fritz Reiner (conductor) (on 1957-12-07)
recorded at:
Symphony Center: Orchestra Hall in Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1957-12-07)
recording of:
Tableaux d’une exposition: VIII. Catacombae (Sepulchrum romanum) (Pictures at an Exhibition: VIII. Catacombae (Sepulchrum romanum), orchestrated by Ravel) (on 1957-12-07)
orchestrator:
Maurice Ravel (French composer) (in 1922)
composer:
Модест Петрович Мусоргский (Modest Mussorgsky, composer) (from 1874-06-02 until 1874-06-22)
orchestration of:
Pictures at an Exhibition: No. 8 “Catacombæ” (Sepulcrum romanum) and “Cum mortuis in lingua mortua” (original piano version)
part of:
Tableaux d’une exposition (Pictures at an Exhibition, orchestrated by Ravel)
Modest Mussorgsky1:58
13Pictures at an Exhibition: Con mortuis in lingua mortua
recording engineer:
Lewis Layton (engineer) (on 1957-12-07)
producer:
Richard Mohr (producer)
orchestra:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra (on 1957-12-07)
conductor:
Fritz Reiner (conductor) (on 1957-12-07)
recorded at:
Symphony Center: Orchestra Hall in Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1957-12-07)
recording of:
Tableaux d’une exposition: Cum Mortuis in lingua mortua (Pictures at an Exhibition: Cum Mortuis in lingua mortua, orchestrated by Ravel) (on 1957-12-07)
orchestrator:
Maurice Ravel (French composer) (in 1922)
composer:
Модест Петрович Мусоргский (Modest Mussorgsky, composer) (from 1874-06-02 until 1874-06-22)
orchestration of:
Pictures at an Exhibition: No. 8 “Catacombæ” (Sepulcrum romanum) and “Cum mortuis in lingua mortua” (original piano version)
part of:
Tableaux d’une exposition (Pictures at an Exhibition, orchestrated by Ravel)
Modest Mussorgsky1:59
14Pictures at an Exhibition: The Hut on Fowl's Legs
recording engineer:
Lewis Layton (engineer) (on 1957-12-07)
producer:
Richard Mohr (producer)
orchestra:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra (on 1957-12-07)
conductor:
Fritz Reiner (conductor) (on 1957-12-07)
recorded at:
Symphony Center: Orchestra Hall in Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1957-12-07)
recording of:
Tableaux d’une exposition: IX. La cabane sur des pattes de poules (Baba-Yaga) (Pictures at an Exhibition: XIV. The Hut on Fowl’s Legs (Baba-Yaga), orchestrated by Ravel) (on 1957-12-07)
orchestrator:
Maurice Ravel (French composer) (in 1922)
composer:
Модест Петрович Мусоргский (Modest Mussorgsky, composer) (from 1874-06-02 until 1874-06-22)
orchestration of:
Pictures at an Exhibition: No. 9 “Избушка на курьихъ ножкахъ” (Баба-Яга) [Izbushka na kuryikh nozhkakh (Baba-Yagá)] (original piano version)
part of:
Tableaux d’une exposition (Pictures at an Exhibition, orchestrated by Ravel)
Modest Mussorgsky3:29
15Pictures at an Exhibition: The Great Gate at Kiev
recording engineer:
Lewis Layton (engineer) (on 1957-12-07)
producer:
Richard Mohr (producer)
orchestra:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra (on 1957-12-07)
conductor:
Fritz Reiner (conductor) (on 1957-12-07)
recorded at:
Symphony Center: Orchestra Hall in Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1957-12-07)
recording of:
Tableaux d’une exposition: X. La grande porte de Kiev (Pictures at an Exhibition: X. The Great Gate of Kiev, orchestrated by Ravel) (on 1957-12-07)
orchestrator:
Maurice Ravel (French composer) (in 1922)
composer:
Модест Петрович Мусоргский (Modest Mussorgsky, composer) (from 1874-06-02 until 1874-06-22)
orchestration of:
Pictures at an Exhibition: No. 10 “Богатырскія ворота” (Въ стольномъ городѣ Кіевѣ) (Pictures at an Exhibition: The great gate at Kiev, original piano version)
part of:
Tableaux d’une exposition (Pictures at an Exhibition, orchestrated by Ravel)
Modest Mussorgsky5:23
16Suite no. 1 in D minor, op. 43: IV. Marche Miniature
recording engineer:
Lewis Layton (engineer) (on 1959-03-14)
producer:
Richard Mohr (producer)
orchestra:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra (on 1959-03-14)
conductor:
Fritz Reiner (conductor) (on 1959-03-14)
recorded at:
Symphony Center: Orchestra Hall in Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1959-03-14)
recording of:
Suite no. 1 in D minor, op. 43: IV. Marche miniature. Moderato con moto (on 1959-03-14)
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer) (from 1878 until 1879)
part of:
Suite no. 1 in D minor, op. 43
Modest Mussorgsky2:05
17A Night on Bald Mountain
recording engineer:
Lewis Layton (engineer) (on 1959-03-14)
producer:
Richard Mohr (producer)
orchestra:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra (on 1959-03-14)
conductor:
Fritz Reiner (conductor) (on 1959-03-14)
recorded at:
Symphony Center: Orchestra Hall in Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1959-03-14)
recording of:
Une nuit sur le mont chauve: Fantaisie pour l’orchestre (Night on Bald Mountain, orchestrated by Rimsky-Korsakov) (on 1959-03-14)
orchestrator:
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (Nikolai Rimsky‐Korsakov, Russian composer) (in 1886)
composer:
Modest Mussorgsky (composer) (from 1867-06-12 until 1867-06-23)
dedicated to:
Wladimir Stassoff (Vladimir Vasilievich Stasov)
publisher:
W. Bessel & Cie (in 1886)
is based on:
St. John’s Night on the Bare Mountain (original version)
Modest Mussorgsky10:23
18Prince Igor: Polovtsian March
recording engineer:
Lewis Layton (engineer) (on 1959-03-14)
producer:
Richard Mohr (producer)
orchestra:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra (on 1959-03-14)
conductor:
Fritz Reiner (conductor) (on 1959-03-14)
recorded at:
Symphony Center: Orchestra Hall in Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1959-03-14)
recording of:
Polovtsian March (from Borodin’s “Prince Igor”) (pure orchestral version by Rimsky-Korsakov) (on 1959-03-14)
composer:
Александр Порфирьевич Бородин (Alexander Borodin, Russian composer)
Alexander Borodin4:54
19Marche Slave, op. 31
recording engineer:
Lewis Layton (engineer) (on 1959-03-14)
producer:
Richard Mohr (producer)
orchestra:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra (on 1959-03-14)
conductor:
Fritz Reiner (conductor) (on 1959-03-14)
recorded at:
Symphony Center: Orchestra Hall in Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1959-03-14)
recording of:
Marche slave in B-flat minor, op. 31 (on 1959-03-14)
premiered in:
Moscow, Russia (on 1876-11-18)
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer) (from 1876-09 until 1876-10)
part of:
Works of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky by opus number (number: op. 31), The Tchaikovsky Handbook (number: TH 45) and Thematic and Bibliographical Catalogue of P. I. Čajkovskij's Works (number: ČW 42)
is based on:
Боже, Царя храни! (God Save the Tsar!)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky10:37
20Colas Breugnon, op. 24: Overture
recording engineer:
Lewis Layton (engineer) (on 1959-03-14)
producer:
Richard Mohr (producer)
orchestra:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra (on 1959-03-14)
conductor:
Fritz Reiner (conductor) (on 1959-03-14)
recorded at:
Symphony Center: Orchestra Hall in Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1959-03-14)
recording of:
Colas Breugnon, op. 24: Overture (on 1959-03-14)
composer:
Dimitri Kabalevsky (Dmitri Kabalevsky, Soviet composer/teacher) (from 1936 until 1938)
part of:
Colas Breugnon, op. 24
Dmitri Kabalevsky4:55
21Russlan and Ludmilla: Overture
recording engineer:
Lewis Layton (engineer) (on 1959-03-14)
producer:
Richard Mohr (producer)
orchestra:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra (in 1959, on 1959-03-14)
conductor:
Fritz Reiner (conductor) (in 1959, on 1959-03-14)
recorded at:
Symphony Center: Orchestra Hall in Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1959-03-14)
recording of:
Руслан и Людмила: Увертюра (Ruslan and Lyudmila: Overture) (on 1959-03-14)
composer:
Mikhail Glinka (Russian composer) (from 1837 until 1842)
part of:
Руслан и Людмила (Ruslan and Lyudmila)
Mikhail Glinka5:17

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part of:Living Stereo (RCA) (order: 26)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/4210823 [info]
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part of:Living Stereo (order: 7)
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