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Mussorgsky, Rimsky-Korsakov & Lyadov: Works

5/10/2019, 20 Tracks, 1:08:24

Modest Mussorgsky's great orchestral suite Pictures at an Exhibition is performed in Maurice Ravel's colourful orchestration by the Gürzenich-Orchester Köln. Dmitri Kitayenko has been working with the orchestra, of which he is now honorary conductor, for more than 30 years. Two more spectacular Russian works complete the album: Rimsky-Korsakov's suite The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitzeh and Lyadov's The Enchanted Lake.

Featuring

  • Dmitri Kitajenko
  • Gürzenich-Orchester Köln
  • Modest Mussorgsky
  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
  • Anatoly Lyadov

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Performer Biography

The Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne, one of Germany's leading orchestras, has roots dating back to the 15th century with the founding of the Domkapelle (cathedral orchestra).

Source: Booklet

Composer's Artistic Vision

The recurring "Promenade" theme in Mussorgsky's "Pictures at an Exhibition" symbolizes the composer strolling through the exhibition and his changing emotions as he views the pictures.

Source: Booklet

Recording & Production

Modest Mussorgsky's "Pictures at an Exhibition" was originally written as a series of ten piano pieces and was orchestrated almost fifty years later by Maurice Ravel.

Source: Booklet

Recording & Production

The music for Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's "The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh" comes from his penultimate opera, composed between 1902 and 1904, and was arranged into a concert suite by his son-in-law and pupil, Maximilian Steinberg.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Dmitrij Kitajenko, the conductor on this album, was a prize-winner at the first International Herbert von Karajan Conducting Competition in 1969 and became Principal Conductor of the Stanislavsky Theatre at age 29.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Modest Mussorgsky's "Pictures at an Exhibition" is dedicated to Viktor Hartmann, a Russian architect and draughtsman of German origin, with whom Mussorgsky had a lifelong friendship.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

Mussorgsky's "Pictures at an Exhibition" was inspired by 400 graphic works by Viktor Hartmann, which were displayed in an exhibition after Hartmann's early death.

Source: Booklet

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