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Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition – Messiaen: Cantéyodjayâ – Ravel: Miroirs

3/15/2019, 22 Tracks, 1:13:17

Featuring

  • Peter Donohoe
  • Modest Mussorgsky
  • Maurice Ravel
  • Olivier Messiaen

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Composer's Artistic Vision

Mussorgsky, along with his contemporaries, aimed to establish a uniquely Russian mode of expression by drawing on ancient Russian traditions, legends, history, and folksong.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition was inspired by a series of paintings and drawings by his friend Viktor Alexandrovich Hartmann, who died suddenly at age 39.

Source: Booklet

Recording & Production

This album was recorded in Cedars Hall, Wells Cathedral School, Somerset, from April 13th to 16th, 2018.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

The pianist on this album, Peter Donohoe, studied in Paris with Olivier Messiaen and Yvonne Loriod.

Source: Booklet

Compositional Technique

Ravel's Miroirs uses intervallic relationships to link its movements and presents a succession of 'images', similar to Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition.

Source: Booklet

Compositional Technique

Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition broke new ground in piano writing through its use of bell-like sonorities, dramatic registers, percussive octaves, and rapid hand-alternations.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Mussorgsky was a member of 'The Mighty Handful' or 'The Five', a group of Russian composers including Rimsky-Korsakov, Balakirev, Borodin, and Cui.

Source: Booklet

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