Tchaikovsky: Capriccio italien, Op. 45, TH 47 - Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (Orch. M. Ravel)
1/8/2016, 15 Tracks, 53:32
Featuring
Volker Hartung
Junge Philharmonie Köln
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Modest Mussorgsky
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Composition History
Mussorgsky composed his famous piano suite "Pictures at an Exhibition" in 1874, based on ten drawings and watercolors by his recently deceased friend, architect and artist Victor Hartmann.
Composer Biography
Modest Mussorgsky, an important innovator of Russian music, strove to achieve a uniquely Russian musical identity, often defying established Western art conventions.
Composition History
Tchaikovsky's Capriccio Italien was inspired by a trip he took to Italy in 1878, where he experienced the Carnival and heard Italian folk music and street songs.
Composition History
Maurice Ravel, a French composer and pianist, created the best-known orchestral arrangement of Mussorgsky's "Pictures at an Exhibition" in 1922.
Compositional Technique
Tchaikovsky incorporated a bugle call he overheard from an Italian cavalry regiment into the introduction of his Capriccio Italien.
Critical Reception
Despite being a great success with Moscow audiences, the Capriccio Italien was criticized by some, including Russian composer and critic César Cui, for its "Westernization" and "Cosmopolitanism."
Composition History
Tchaikovsky composed his Capriccio Italien, op. 45, a symphonic fantasy for orchestra, between January and May 1880.
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