Leopold Stokowski & New Philharmonia Orchestra – Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition

Titles

Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition

1. Promenade - Gnome

2. Promenade - The Old Castle

3. Bydlo

4. Promenade - Ballet Of The Unhatched Chickens

5. Samuel Goldenberg An Schumuyle

6. Catacombs

7. The Hut On Fowl’s Legs

8. The Great Gate Of Kiev

9. Scriabin: Le Poème de l'extase, op. 54

10. Stravinsky: Pastorale

Stravinsky: The Firebird - Suite

11. Introduction

12. Dance of the Firebird

13. Round dance of the Princesses

14. Infernal dance of King Kastchei

15. Lullaby

16. Finale

Modest Mussorgsky's piano cycle "Pictures at an Exhibition", composed in 1874, is dedicated to the artistic work of his deceased friend, the painter and architect Viktor Hartmann. Maurice Ravel's orchestral version, first performed in 1922, became world famous, immediately followed by Leopold Stokowski's version performed here with London's "New Philharmonia Orchestra". The recording took place in 1965 in the "Kingsway Hall" in London.