Written after Mussorgsky had met Russian artist and designer Viktor Hartmann, Pictures at an Exhibition is by far Mussorgsky's most played work. The piece was written when Hartmann gave Mussorgsky two 'pictures.' Hartmann very suddenly died aged 39; following his death, a memorial exhibition was put on in St. Petersburg. Mussorgsky donated the two 'pictures' which Hartmann had given him before he died. Mussorgsky is said to have based the piece on his experiences at this exhibition, which was in memory of Hartmann. The concerto version is performed here by Tamas Ungar in an arrangement by Lawrence Leonard. Australian conductor Geoffrey Simon is resident in London and has appeared there with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, London Chamber Orchestra and English Chamber Orchestra. Internationally, he has appeared with the Adelaide, Atlanta, Bournemouth, Canberra, City of Birmingham, Fort Worth, Melbourne, Milwaukee, Queensland, Sapporo, Shanghai, St Louis, Sydney, Tasmanian, Vermont and West Australian Symphony Orchestras, the Israel, Moscow, Munich and New Japan Philharmonic Orchestras, the American Symphony, the Residentie Orchestra of The Hague, the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony and the Australian Opera.

Tracklist:

Pictures At An Exhibition, Piano Concerto Version: Promenade I
Pictures At An Exhibition, Piano Concerto Version: I. Gnomus
Pictures At An Exhibition, Piano Concerto Version: Promenade II
Pictures At An Exhibition, Piano Concerto Version: II. The Old Castle
Pictures At An Exhibition, Piano Concerto Version: Promenade III
Pictures At An Exhibition, Piano Concerto Version: III. Tuileries
Pictures At An Exhibition, Piano Concerto Version: IV. Bydlo
Pictures At An Exhibition, Piano Concerto Version: Promenade IV
Pictures At An Exhibition, Piano Concerto Version: V. Ballet Of The Chickens In Their Shells
Pictures At An Exhibition, Piano Concerto Version: VI. Samuel Goldenberg And Schmuyle
Pictures At An Exhibition, Piano Concerto Version: Promenade V
Pictures At An Exhibition, Piano Concerto Version: VII. Limoges, The Market Place
Pictures At An Exhibition, Piano Concerto Version: VIII. Catacombs, Sepulchrum Romanum
Pictures At An Exhibition, Piano Concerto Version: Cum Mortuis In Lingua Mortua
Pictures At An Exhibition, Piano Concerto Version: IX. The Hut On Fowl's Legs (Baba Yaga)
Pictures At An Exhibition, Piano Concerto Version: X. The Great Gate Of Kiev
Two Interludes From Khovantchina: I. Dawn On The Moscow River
Two Interludes From Khovantchina: II. Galitsin's Journey
Gopak From Sorochinsky Fair
Pictures From The Crimea: I. Hoursouff
Pictures From The Crimea: II. Rêverie (Douma)
Pictures From The Crimea: III. Capriccio
Scherzo In B-Flat
A Tear-Drop
Night On A Bald Mountain

UPC: 635212209523
Label: Signum Classics
Release Date: 7.17.20
Format: CD

Mussorgsky / Philharmonia Orchestra / Simon - Pictures at An Exhibition (CD)