This album is part of the NAXOS SELECTION edition, which presents milestones of classical music in state-of-the-art, all-digital recordings.
Compositional Technique
Mussorgsky's "Pictures at an Exhibition" was originally composed for piano, with his imagination transforming a friend's paintings into music.
Album & Artwork
The NAXOS SELECTION series uses straightforward color coding of cover graphics to help identify favorite genres.
Compositional Technique
Maurice Ravel, a brilliant orchestrator, later transformed Mussorgsky's piano work "Pictures at an Exhibition" into one of the richest orchestral scores in concert literature.
Recording & Production
This recording features the Volgograd Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Edward Serov.
