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Pictures at an exhibition

On 20 March the Royal Concertgebouworkest will be performing Musorgsky’s much beloved Pictures at an exhibition. On this recording dating from August 2008 Mariss Jansons and the Concertgebouw Orchestra display magnificent form and produce a wonderfull palet of colours and sonority in this dazzling orchestral piece.
Cover of the Concertgebouw Orchestra's recording of Musorgsky's Pictures at an exhibition under the baton of Mariss Jansons
Cover of the Concertgebouw Orchestra's recording of Musorgsky's Pictures at an exhibition under the baton of Mariss Jansons

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Modest Musorgsky – Pictures at an exhibition (1874) (orchestration Maurice Ravel 1922)
01. Promenade 1:37
02. Gnomus 2:48
03. Promenade 0:58
04. Il vecchio castello 4:27
05. Promenade 0:31
06. Tuileries 1:05
07. Bydlo 2:46
08. Promenade 0:46
09. Ballet des poussins dans leurs coques 1:14 
10.  Samuel Goldenberg und Schmuyle 2:33 
11.  Limoges, le marché 1:23 
12.  Catacombae, sepulchrum Romanum 2:09 
13.  Cum mortuis in lingua mortua 2:04 
14.  La cabane sur des pattes de poule 3:28 
15.  La grande porte de Kiev 5:08 
  Total playing time 33:02

Recorded Live at in Concertgebouw Amsterdam on 22, 23 May and 29 August 2008.