Mussorgsky: A Night on the Bare Mountain

This page lists all recordings of A Night on the Bare Mountain, by Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky (1839-81) on CD & DVD. Generally, more recent CDs and DVDs are listed first, but with priority given to items that are in stock.

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Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64 - excerpts, etc.

Mussorgsky:

A Night on the Bare Mountain

Prokofiev:

Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64 - excerpts

Lieutenant Kijé Suite, Op. 60


New York Philharmonic, Dimitri Mitropoulos

Sony Great Performances - 82876787612

(CD)

$11.99

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Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition, etc.

Mussorgsky:

Pictures at an Exhibition

A Night on the Bare Mountain

Khovanshchina - Introduction

Rimsky Korsakov:

Capriccio espagnol, Op. 34


Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Mariss Jansons

Building a Library

First Choice - July 2005

EMI Gemini - 3508242

(CD - 2 discs)

$12.49

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Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition, etc.

Borodin:

Prince Igor: Polovtsian March

Glinka:

Ruslan and Lyudmilla Overture

Kabalevsky:

Colas Breugnon Overture

Mussorgsky:

Pictures at an Exhibition

(orch. Ravel)

A Night on the Bare Mountain

Tchaikovsky:

Marche slave, Op. 31

Marche miniature


Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Fritz Reiner

Super Audio CD

Format:

Hybrid Multi-channel

BMG Living Stereo - 82876613942

(SACD)

$11.99

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Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition, etc.

Balakirev:

Symphonic Poem 'Tamara'

Mussorgsky:

Pictures at an Exhibition

arr. Maurice Ravel

A Night on the Bare Mountain

Khovanshchina

arr. Rimsky-Korsakov

Sorochintsy Fair: Gopak

orch. Liadov


L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Ernest Ansermet

At the time of its release - 1960 - Ansermet's stereo recording of the Mussorgsky-Ravel Pictures at an Exhibition was demonstration worthy, and it still, today, retains its sense of space and impact. Much of the remainder of the program makes its first international appearance on CD, and the 'Dance of the Persian Slaves' (from Khovanshchina) and the little Gopak from Sorochintsy Fair will be especially sought after by collectors. The CD of Mussorgsky orchestrations is filled-out with a comparative rarity - Balakirev's haunting symphonic poem Tamara, a temptress who seduces and murders ill-fated travellers.

Australian Eloquence - 4800047

(CD)

$8.49

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Witches' Brew

Witches' Brew


Arnold:

Tam O'Shanter, Op. 51

Gounod:

Funeral March of a Marionette

Faust - Ballet Music

Humperdinck:

Hänsel & Gretel: Witch's Ride

Liszt:

Mephisto Waltz No. 1

Mussorgsky:

Pictures at an Exhibition: The Gnome

A Night on the Bare Mountain

Saint-Saëns:

Danse macabre, Op. 40


New Symphony Orchestra of London, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Sir Alexander Gibson

Issued in the US under the title 'Witches' Brew', Alexander Gibson and the New Symphony Orchestra of London recorded this album in 1959 and the performances remain today as characterful and incisive as they were then. While pieces from this recording have previously appeared on Decca, this is its first complete release on the label. Given that the music is a kind of Halloween concoction, it is now filled out on this reissue for CD with two supernatural pieces by Gounod - his Funeral March of a Marionette and the sparkling Ballet Music for Faust, both recorded in 1964 and which have come up sizzlingly well on CD.

Australian Eloquence - 4429985

(CD)

$8.49

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Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibiton & Night on The Bare Mountain

Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibiton & Night on The Bare Mountain


Mussorgsky:

Pictures at an Exhibition

orch: by Ravel

A Night on the Bare Mountain

orch: by Rimsky-Korsakov

Sorochintsy Fair

orch: by Liadov

Khovanshchina - Introduction

orch: by Rimsky-Korsakov

Khovanshchina - Prelude & Dance of the Persian Slaves


Russian National Orchestra, Carlo Ponti Jr

These well known pieces are presented in superb SACD sound. Carlo Ponti Jr. is the son of Carlo Ponti Sr. and Sophia Loren and is a regular conductor of the Russian National Orchestra.

“Carlo Ponti…brings out the Russian-ness of Mussorgsky's inspiration with each of the pictures sharply characterised… The wind solos are specially impressive, as is the horn descant in the "Great Gate of Kiev". In short, an excellent version of a much-recorded showpiece. Night on the Bare Mountain comes in the highly unauthentic but undeniably effective Rimsky version, brilliantly played here with powerful bite.” Gramophone Magazine, June 2009

Released or re-released in last 6 months

Super Audio CD

Format:

Hybrid Multi-channel

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Pentatone - PTC5186332

(SACD)

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Special: $15.19

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Mussorgsky - Pictures At An Exhibition (SACD)

Mussorgsky - Pictures At An Exhibition (SACD)


Mussorgsky:

Pictures at an Exhibition

A Night on the Bare Mountain

Khovanshchina: Prelude


Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Järvi

Paavo Järvi continues his series of Russian recordings with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra with a disc entirely devoted to works by Mussorgsky.

Pictures at an Exhibition, originally composed for piano, is heard here in the orchestration by Ravel. Mussorgsy wrote pictures as a tribute to his friend, artist and architect Viktor Hartmann. The familiar Promenade theme links Mussorgsky’s imaginary tour of Hartmann’s exhibition.

Rimsky-Korsakov, who felt that Night on Bald Mountain had many marvellous effects, tried to resurrect it after his friend died. He smoothed out many of the irregularities and improved the orchestration, most likely working from the final version of the piece.

The Prelude to Mussorgsky’s ill-fated opera Khovanschchina is titled Dawn on the Moskva River. Mussorgsky composed much of the music for the first four acts, but orchestrated only a small amount of it. The task of orchestrating and completing the opera fell to his friend Rimsky-Korsakov. The Prelude sets the scene for Act I in the Red Square in Moscow, and uses a theme of distinctly Russian folk character, which undergoes a series of melodic variations.

Super Audio CD

Format:

Hybrid Multi-channel

Telarc - SACD60705

(SACD)

$21.99

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Dohnanyi conducts Mussorgsky

Dohnanyi conducts Mussorgsky


Mussorgsky:

Pictures at an Exhibition

A Night on the Bare Mountain


The Cleveland Orchestra, Christoph von Dohnanyi

“…one immediately notices the hall Sonority with the opening brass… The ''Catacombes''sequence brings a sumptuousness matched by the closing ''Great Gate of Kiev'… very fine orchestral playing.” Gramophone Magazine

Apex - 2564695107

(CD)

$6.99

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Mussorgsky - Pictures At An Exhibition (CD)

Mussorgsky - Pictures At An Exhibition (CD)


Mussorgsky:

Pictures at an Exhibition

A Night on the Bare Mountain

Khovanshchina: Prelude


Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Järvi

Paavo Järvi continues his series of Russian recordings with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra with a disc entirely devoted to works by Mussorgsky.

Pictures at an Exhibition, originally composed for piano, is heard here in the orchestration by Ravel. Mussorgsy wrote pictures as a tribute to his friend, artist and architect Viktor Hartmann. The familiar Promenade theme links Mussorgsky’s imaginary tour of Hartmann’s exhibition.

Rimsky-Korsakov, who felt that Night on Bald Mountain had many marvellous effects, tried to resurrect it after his friend died. He smoothed out many of the irregularities and improved the orchestration, most likely working from the final version of the piece.

The Prelude to Mussorgsky’s ill-fated opera Khovanschchina is titled Dawn on the Moskva River. Mussorgsky composed much of the music for the first four acts, but orchestrated only a small amount of it. The task of orchestrating and completing the opera fell to his friend Rimsky-Korsakov. The Prelude sets the scene for Act I in the Red Square in Moscow, and uses a theme of distinctly Russian folk character, which undergoes a series of melodic variations.

“Impressive gradations of brass in "Catacombs" bring real trumpet-topped "height" to the sound and incisively caught timpani and bass drum propel "Baba-Yaga" at a pace suggesting she means business.” Gramophone Magazine, 2008 Awards Issue

“Satan's revels on Bare Mountain creep upon us with a fabulously controlled crescendo before unravelling with crystal-clear textures and masterful negotiations of the many tempo changes. Both here and in some of the Pictures stopped horns and trumpets strike home as never before; nor have I ever noticed the contrabassoon so prominent on the bottom line of the 'Gnomus' juggernaut.” BBC Music Magazine, November 2008 ****

Telarc - CD80705

(CD)

$18.99

Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days.

Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition

Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition


Bizet:

L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2 - Farandole

Mussorgsky:

A Night on the Bare Mountain

Witches' Sabbath, arr. Stokowski

Pictures at an Exhibition

(arr. Stokowski)

Serebrier:

Symphony No. 3 (Symphonie mystique)

Carole Farley (soprano)

Wagner:

Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg Overture


National Youth Orchestra of Spain & Joven Orquesta Nacional de España (JONDE), José Serebrier

Filmed in Chester Cathedral during the National Youth Orchestra of Spain’s 2007 European tour, this concert features Leopold Stokowski’s inimitable and colourful transcriptions of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition and A Night on Bare Mountain, the latter made famous by its inclusion in the 1940 Walt Disney film Fantasia.

“José Serebrier has already recorded the two main works here in CD format, but it's interesting to check the extra sense of edger and immediacy given by this live concert in Chester Cathedral and, in the case of the Musorgsky Pictures, to watch first-hand what Stokowski is doing with the instrumentation.” BBC Music Magazine, June 2009 ****

DVD Video

Region: 0

Format: NTSC

Naxos - 2110230

(DVD Video)

$28.99

Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days.

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