Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition

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Dudamel conjures up an equally fine performance of this orchestral showpiece from the Vienna Philharmonic…this performance seems more measured, taking full account of the Vienna Philharmonic’s... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2017, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 2nd Dec 2016
Catalogue No: 94796297
Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Length: 50 minutes

Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition

Work length32:14

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Wiener Philharmoniker
Gustavo Dudamel
Recorded: 2016-04
Recording Venue: Musikverein, Vienna

Promenade I

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I. Gnomus

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Promenade II

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II. The Old Castle

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Promenade III

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III. Tuileries Gardens

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IV. Bydlo

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Promenade IV

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V. Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks

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VI. Samuel Goldenberg und Schmuÿle

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VII. The Market at Limoges

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VIIIa. Catacombae (Sepulchrum Romanum)

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VIIIb. Cum mortuis in lingua mortua

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IX. The Hut on Chicken's Legs

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X. The Great Gate of Kiev

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Mussorgsky: A Night on the Bare Mountain

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Wiener Philharmoniker
Gustavo Dudamel
Recorded: 2016-04
Recording Venue: Musikverein, Vienna

Excerpt, Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Op. 20 Suite

Work length6:59

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Wiener Philharmoniker
Gustavo Dudamel
Recorded: 2016-04
Recording Venue: Musikverein, Vienna

II. Waltz

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Celebrating ten years as an exclusive recording artist on Deutsche Grammophon, Gustavo Dudamel's career has evolved from Venezuelan Wunderkind to one of the world's most distinguished and sought-after Maestros.

His upcoming recording, made in company with the Wiener Philharmoniker at Vienna’s Musikverein in April 2016, is an all-Russian album – it couples two works by Mussorgsky, Pictures at an Exhibition, in Ravel’s magnificent orchestration, and A Night on Bald Mountain, with the famous Waltz from Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake. The Viennese waltz kings and Dudamel gives this perennial ballet highlight a fresh, vibrant new reading - a perfect introduction to the festive season.

Pictures at an Exhibition is one of music's most transcribed, arranged and covered pieces, a musical touchstone, inspiration to many artists and cited in popular culture on television, in film, and in video games. The brief, episodic structure of these works makes them ideally-suited for streaming and digital campaigns.

While making the album, Dudamel and members of the orchestra participated in workshops alongside young people involved in the El Sistema-inspired Superar programme. Founded in 2009 and named for the Spanish word for “overcome”, it is based in Vienna’s diverse 10th District and offers free music lessons to children. For the “Pictures Project” Mussorgsky’s work prompted a group of young people from Superar to take their instruments onto the streets, share their music-making with the local community and document the results on camera.

Images from their musical “Pictures”, selected by the highly respected Vienna-based photographer Claudia Prieler, were exhibited as part of the press event in Salzburg last week, where Gustavo Dudamel, members of the Wiener Philharmoniker and the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela, and children from Superar met at Salzburg’s historic Hotel Sacher to launch the album.

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March 2017

Dudamel conjures up an equally fine performance of this orchestral showpiece from the Vienna Philharmonic…this performance seems more measured, taking full account of the Vienna Philharmonic’s rich wind and brass timbres, captured here with splendid immediacy in the Musikverein

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