MUSSORGSKIJ,M.: Obrázky z výstavy [Svetlanov] (CD)

M. MUSSORGSKY (1839-1881)

Pictures At An Exhibition
Instrumentation by M. Ravel
1. Promenade
2. 1. Gnome
3. Promenade
4. 2. The Old Castle
5. Promenade
6. 3. The Tuileries Garden (Quarrel of the Children after the Play)
7. 4. Bydlo
8. Promenade
9. 5. Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks
10. 6. Two Jews, The Rich and The Poor
11. 7. Limoges. The Market Place (The Grand Mews)
12. 8. Catacombs. (The Roman Sepulchre). With Dead in a Dead Language
13. 9. The Hut on the Fowl’s Legs (Baba Yaga)
14. 10. The Great Gate

Songs And Dances Of Death
Vocal cycle on words by A. Golenishchev-Kutuzov
Orchestration by D. Shostakovich
15. 1. Cradle Song
16. 2. Serenade
17. 3. Trepak
18. 4. The Field Marshal

19. Golitsyn Train ('Khovanshscina, Act IV)

20. Solemn March (Capture of Kars)

Irina Arkhipova, mezzo-soprano
The USSR Symphony Orchestra
Conductor - Evgeni Svetlanov

Recorded in 1974 (1)
Recorded at the Large Hall of the Moscow Conservatoire, March 27, 1989 (2-4)

Total time 63:34