Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition (Kurt Masur & Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra)
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- From the Gewandhaus in Leipzig, Germany
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Kurt Masur - conductor
Modest Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition
Orchestration: Sergei Petrovitch Gorchakov
Chapters:
0:00 Pictures at an Exhibition
1:33 Promenade
2:53 The Gnome
5:23 Promenade
6:14 The Old Castle
10:33 Promenade
11:00 Tuileries
12:00 Bydlo
14:59 Promenade
15:43 Ballet of the Unhatched Chickens
17:06 Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuyle
19:30 Promenade
20:44 Limoges: The Market Square
22:16 Catacombae (Sepulchrum romanum)
26:08 The Hut on Hen's Legs (Baba-Yaga)
30:00 The Great Gate of Kiev
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Fantastic Russian brilliance in classical music just one of so many Bravo ❤❤
Absolutely 👍
I have not heard this orchestration before, but I like it a lot. The tempo of the promenade, though--we must be running through that art gallery!
I miss the power of the percussion section in this performance - otherwise it's great.
I thought the tempo of the Promonde was a little fast too.
I think the maestro was taking our modern impatience into account since the theme repeats so many times albeit in different variations. When I play this on the piano I play the promenade movements just fast enough to be fluent with the melody not losing its horizontal character.
Search “Mr. Humphries’ walk” for an accurate interpretation of the Promenade.
@@DariusSarrafi Yep
The Great Gate at Kiev gives me goosebumps every time.
Me also.....
Especially in the context of Tsar Vladimir's invasion, going on 6 months now. 🇺🇦
Especially now when Kyiv as it is now, as the Capital of Ukraine, is fighting for its very existence & that of its integrity as a European nation.
Every. Damn. Time.
I loved this piece since I was a child.
I am the editor of this concert video. I remember this edit for euroarts in Darmstadt with best emotions. I fell in love to this concert immediately.
Roughly when did the performance occur? It looks older, but the audience members are dressed as though it's at least after German reunification.
@@RobJaskula video editing was in october 1993 (in Darmstadt / Germany). So concert should have been in summer/autumn 1993.
@@3D-PHASE ah hah! Thank you for the reply.
crying I met Daniel Wayen when I was a chil in France and he played for us anytime I fell in love with this piece so early in my teens on a Easter Satrurday looking a the distresses of warbin Kiev now thia is a painful admitable moment of reflection for me amazing music after all those years was inside of me Thank you its a bittersweet Easter be all abundantjy blessed
Now, one must say Kurt Masur is definetly a active director and leader. How gorgeous he directs this “exhibition” with Leipzig orchestra. Thanks Kurt Masur. Ralph
Played this in college. I had the trumpet solo portion. At least in that arrangement. The old castle is the best part imo. So much emotion. Learned the whole thing in two days concert on Sunday. Best 3 days of my musical career days. That was long ago.
Mir fällt dazu nur ein Wort ein :
Überwältigend!!!!!
Was für ein Genuss!!!!
Ruhe in Frieden, hochverehrter Kurt Masur.
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Mussorgsky est mon compositeur préféré, en fait, j adore les compositeurs Russe, profondeur, mystère et magistral. Pour moi c'est tellement beau et parfait.
The Violins are amazing almost sexual the way Promenade begins Such a difficult instrument to master the energy animation !! That what impresses me this timeless ... PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION !! Bravo !!!!
When I think of Mussorgsky'states the life , which was never rewarded and he died in poverty , I can't stop shedding tears ,
This Mussorgsky's masterpiece , exquisitely arranged by the genius Ravel , is comfortable to the mind and the ear
This masterpiece will transcend time , race , nation and space , and will continue living forever
From
Tokyo of the Land of the Rising Sun 🇯🇵
Alcohol can stop anyone, even Mussorgsky.
Unfortunately ...
@@ventuks
Thank you
Good luck!
Agreed. May his name and work last until the end of time.
From Texas - Land of the Lone Star
@@pensandshakers
Thankyou
I hope you are well
The number of the infected people is increasing in Japan , especially Tokyo
Be on the alert for Covid19
From
A corner of Tokyo where is very hot and humid
@@shin-i-chikozima Darling, if you turn off CNN, it's an idyllic day in America. I hope you do all right over there.
Maestro Kurt Masur, one of the greatest conductors, conducting the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, possibly the oldest orchestra in the world and without doubt one of the finest. It doesn´t get any better than this. A monumental performance from all points of view!
I was spending Christmas by myself, travelling on Easter Island as a backpacker when I saw a cave carved into black stone by the seashore. Mussorgsky was my instinctual choice.
I've stayed laying down on a rock looking at the walls of the cave: there were very simple paintings representing men in red. The Pacific Ocean was hitting the stones nearby and the place was magnificent. Without looking at the watch, just feeling and enjoying life. The place was strange: beautiful and morbid. I could feel it. Later on, I've learned the stone where I was laying for probably a couple of hours while listening to this music, was a sacrifice stone where a ritual was made once a year killing very young men.
In particular the music I can hear now at 12:00 minutes was especially suited for the black cave, with the bright green of the ocean and a dark grey sky. I will never forget that perfect moment of peace and fulfilment. Life can be wonderful if we never give up searching for these experiences.
Wow
.I love this music because it is mysterious, hunting, evocative and beautiful.
It makes dream what stories were hidden in the old castle.
This reads like poetry. Im happy to have read this and to know of your deep experience :)
Thank you for sharing such a moment
Great story, almost magical realism
In this orchestra‘s performance,
all is full of far superior splendor amazing.
I just am intoxicated by this magnificent performance.
This has to be the best rendition of this masterpiece i have ever heard. The first Promenade is very much on the speedy side, but the strings give it a level of elegance i have not heard in this piece before. And god, the trumpets calling out in their crystal clear fashion at 32:05 is chilling. Not to mention the brilliant way 33:04 and the building up towards it is played almost staccato. Absolutely brilliant.
Could not agree more, the orchestration, orchestral and conducting performances were simply superb, possibly unmatched.
When I was in 4th grade in 1965 my teacher introduced us to Pictures At An Exhibition..🦋🦋⭐💞💞🌹♥️💕
Eleven szines harmonikus.Pontos,kimért és kiméletlen fenomén karnagy. Esztéta
Megérintett.
Ezért szeretem a műveket. Akik lelket, testet visznek.
Tű pontos
i was about to play this for back music while i'm read newspaper but i can't take my eyes and ears off whole rendition. great, i like this version
Great conductor Kuurt Masur, grat orchestra. His very peculiar way to conduct "Pictures at an Exhibition" that was composed based on different pictures. I love this version. Thanks
I must be confused....... BRAVO to all the master of THIER instuments
Splendid. Do not have enough words to show how much I loved this orchestration. First time I've listened in over 50 years, and I still remembered every musical picture. Vielen Dank Kurt Masur und das Orchestra Leipzig!
This instrumentation is solid and shows that Ravel was a genius.
@@Piflaser Ravel?
@joselozanochica5624 Yes, his orchestration is much better.
The soprano sax during 17:06 Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuyle is incredible. Wonderfully played, and beautiful to hear a saxophone in an orchestra!
It reminds me a bit of the Soviet Union, the harsh, brutalist tones almost strike fear into me
Two jews
@@kohntarkosz8983 and? What would you like to say with it?
Happy Sunday evening of love for music happenings friends, what a great composition this one, suuuuper spectacular indeed, l love it 🎉❤🎉
Das ist die mit Abstand beste Aufnahme dieses Musikstückes. Ich bin stolz, dass sie ausgerechnet vom Orchester meiner Heimatstadt aufgenommen wurde
Russian writer? ❤🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺✌️🤩🤠
@@kevintewey1157 ?? That person is obviously German.
Ja und er kommt aus Leipzig.
Gracias a mi hermano, que tenia mucho oido y era fan de Emerson Lake & Palmer, yo, de adolescente, empecé a apreciar la música de Mussorsky. Gracias broder :-)
I've never seen nor heard this version. But I too like it alot. The people who attended this performance are very lucky indeed. Everyone looks so nice in their performance clothes
What a venue. I'd love to be in the audience...wow!
in 1971 I heard this work by Emerson, Lake & Palmer for the first time. Then I thought I have to listen to the classic version and since then it is my favorite classic work and Mr. Masur knows how to do it with the fantastic Gewandhausorchester! It makes me smile and cry!
I also heard it first by ELP. As an 18 year old long haired hard rock fan, it was my introduction to classical. I boarded with composer Richard Yardumian (Armenian Suite) and his family a few years later, and that sealed the deal.
Kurt Masur, un genio para interpretar a Moussorgsky. Wow!... Extraordinario !!
Kasarmimme edessä suuri portti on! Finnish military march. Long Live Free and Independent Finland.
Kurt Masur died not too long ago; Dec 19, 2020. His conducting was always special. He applies the wisdoms of the great conductors from Arturo Toscanini, Fritz Reiner, George Szell. Georg Solti, Herbert Von Karajan, Sir Malcolm Sargent, Charles Munch and Gustavo Dudamel among other greats not to forget Eugene Ormandy; all of them combined and comes out to Maestro Kurt Masur......May you rest in Peace in Heaven.
Kurt Masur died in 2015!!!!!
I have always loved Pictures. To see the dynamics of brass, string and woodwinds (and mulitples of each) blend them together and you truly have musical Pictures at an Exhibition.
Gnomus, it gets me every time.
I first heard this music after a visit to an art exhibition with my school about 1982 AGED 10. When we got back to class they had a slide show of the artwork with this music playing. This was my introduction to culture so to speak. Last night went to see performance of this at the royal festival hall london. COMPLETLEY AMAZING. First classical concert will not be last.
Замечательная оркестровка Сергея Петровича Горчакова. В ней настоящий дух этого гениального произведения Модеста Мусоргского!
Hearing the Great Gate of Kiev at present is a little more emotional.
I just listened to the ELP version of this. Interesting to compare/contrast. The ELP version is really not inferior, just vastly different.
I liked very much this interpretation. My compliments to the conductor and the players. The first and the last pictures are unforgettable masterpieces. Great Mussorgsky and thank you for such a divine music that touch very much the soul
Still to this day, a revelation of musical genius
How many orchestrations can Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition stand? Apparently a lot. It's like listening to a multiverse.
If you call up the Wiki entry on Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition you'll find a section listing about 30 orchestrations of this piano work. In addition to Ravel and Stokowski, the two most recorded versions, there are others by Sir Henry Wood, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Vaclav Smetacek, Lawrence Leonard, Lucien Cailliet and Leo Funtek, as well as the Gorchakov version heard here. All these and several others have had at least one recording each. In addition, Leonard Slatkin has devised more than one 'compendium' version in which each Promenade and Picture is orchestrated by a different arranger. These Slatkin versions have also been recorded. Indeed, I wonder if Mussorgsky's piano work has had more orchestrations than any other keyboard piece?
The differentia lay in which conductor is leading the orchestra -----"his interpretation" if you will. Also, the sound produced by any given orchestra.
Until someone else with an octave and a half handspan comes along, we have to make do with Maurice Ravel’s orchestral interpretation
How can you improve on Ravel? I say, leave it alone. If most people are sitting there "listening" while comparing it to Ravel all the while, what's the point??
It's like rearranging Beethoven's 5th.
As for the first promenade, must have been a really bad exhibit if the guy was rushing through it that quickly!
@@tomschlueter7034 *leaves exhibition immediately*
I remember learning this music when I was in school. One of my favorite pieces to learn.
26:21 God, I wish Ravel added those accents in his orchestration. It would've been absolute FIRE.
Such a brilliant interpretation...
As for me...this is the most...visual, composition ever writen.
Pictures at an exhibition, has always made me feel like a long drawn closed curtain is suddenly opened.
Makes me smile.
Regards,
clb
PS, best of all,
As a kid... I first became acquainted with this piece of music thanks to Emerson, Lake and Palmers interpretation.
I miss you, Masur. Your regente are magistral , extraordinária.
Yes. I am also. He was genius.
I needed to learn the names of these songs for my school exam and this video helped me a ton! Thank you so much!
The "promenade" flashes in the film "Burn After Reading" (25 min) Coen brothers
..impecable, sublime, emocionante ...solo agradecer 🙏
Interesting art and classical music and the mindset thought process of the audience. Relative and subjective.
Ależ piękne, pełne znakomicie poprowadzonych kontrastów wykonanie. POLECAM!
What a beautiful performance, full of brilliantly drawn contrasts. I RECOMMEND!
I love to watch the concertmaster perform -- he weaves back and forth until his nose is 2" from the score. Never have seen that before -- watch him.
Kurt Masur was a master. We lost him far too soon.
You get a like for uploading a great version of my all-time favorite and you get a "Sub" for putting the commercials at the bookends and not interrupting the way the great artist intended it!
I’ve heard this so many times it takes a new version like this to hear it anew. Bravo.
Ik it’s so good
Átéltem,Köszönöm .Grandiózus .
Brilliant thanks for sharing this magnificent piece of work with us 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
This masterpiece was often played during our music lessons by two excellent teachers I will never forget: Mr Gresser and Mr Bergmann from Grabbe-Gymnasium in Detmold Germany. Thanks to their teachings I had access to classical music and learned to appreciate it.
I did not know this orchestration. What a great performance by Kurt Maur and Gewandhaus Orchestra!
According to the Wiki entry on "Pictures at an Exhibition" this arrangement by Gortchakov is one of about 30 orchestrations of this work. The most well-known is of course Ravel's, but it was also transcribed by Leopold Stokowski, Sir Henry Wood, Mikhail Tushmalov, Leo Funtek, Walter Goehr, Lawrence Leonard, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Vaclav Smetacek, and numerous others. In fact, it has become the most orchestrated piano piece of all time and I expect there'll be more to come!
Great performance! Makes me want to pop out to grab an In and Out burger…
bydlo always so majestic
FABULOUS.....helps to somewhat keep what sanity I have left in this HORRIBLE DAY & AGE we've all been suffering through since 2016!!!
Excelente versión !!! Increibles pianissimos. !!! Excelente interpretación de cada número !
Completamente de acuerdo, además es una versión exquisita de esta gran composición.
@@jesusladislaoanazcorenteri2078 - Así es, por lo tanto y con perdón, no dejemos de mencionar a Ravel.
great of all
An awesome rendition. Very enjoyable to listen to while cooking! Was struck by how the celebratory adulation by the audience at the end is white noise... a strange custom in response to an amazing performance. Hmmm.
After listening to this, I realise why Ravel has been regarded as a master of orchestration.
It's not Ravel's - Orchestration: Sergei Petrovitch Gortchakov - and it's equally as good, just different
This isn't Ravels, but Ravel's is much better
You didn't know he was being sarcastic about this orchestration. I agree, Ravel's one is much better
I agree, but I do like this one very much. It's closer to the original, and it sounds more Russian. I saw Masur and the LGO at Carnegie Hall many years ago do this, and I was pleasantly surprised that it wasn't Ravel. Something different!
I agree to a certain extent. There are a lot of parts that Ravel definitely orchestrated better, like having the brass lead the theme in "Gate of Kiev." Much richer arrangement. But I can't complain here. Honestly I'm digging this version of "Bydlo" better than Ravel's. It just has a darker quality to it that kinda intrigues me, you know. But to each their own.
Fantastico❤❤❤❤❤❤
That first tune, 'Promenade', RCA used for its opening on most of its CED VideoDiscs from the 1980s.
Correct. With a slight tweaked ending.
Music 10% promenade 90%
Love the venue theatre in the round. This is beatiful indeed.
Спасибо за волшебное исполнение. 👏 браво
29:10 I will admit, when I heard this, it was for an advert for Mazda on TV when I was quite young. It stuck with me and I found out a number of years later what this entire piece was called.
Beautiful full sounds that are insides of the composers' being...what a pleasure...TY
Wow, have played this so many times, but never this version...very interesting
love this version --- very well done
Kurt Masur ALL IN THE WORLD !!!!
One of the best orchestrations
Magnificent performance. Thanks for up-loading.
For those who are wondering, Tuileries is at 11:00 or so.
Very well conducted . I also like Masur's unassuming attitude . Thank you for sharing .
The ending has always made me tear up if done right. This did it
One of the best orchestration that I have heard. it is a wonderful mix of fluidity with contrast. Thank you for this upload
Amazing
Qué director tan de tantas señales para sus músicos y riqueza que hay de sonidos de los instrumentos y que concuerdan y dan certeza
THE BEST!!!! Trata-se da melhor orquestração, embora deva muito a Ravel. Belíssima interpretação! Imperdível!!! Bravo!!!!!
Best performance Ive heard
This is my favorite recording of this piece!!!
A versão de Gortchakov com kurt Masur trata-se de uma preciosidade. Mais próxima do original, ao piano, é exuberantemente interpretada, rica em detalhes e expressividade. Bravo!!! Imperdível!!!!!!
One of the finest dedication that I ever Heard, Sorry 💢💢🌹😃😃💔💔💖😅
SPECTACULAR
AND WOW
Lovely.
Wow...great music I heard for the first time👏👏👏👏
Oh, eine ganz selten gelungene Wiedergabe! Wundervoll! Danke!
First time listening to this, or so I thought! It’s what Cathedral Pictures by Animusic is based off of!
Wonderful! Celestial! Thank you!
Beautiful rendition with beautifully timed dynamics and great recording
I really liked this interpretation of Baba Yaga. The "knocking" (26:37) reminds us that the picture which inspired this piece actually represented a clock in the form of a house on a hen's legs.
La Grande Porte de Kiev" (O Grande Portal de Kiev) - que beleza impressionante!
So inspirational .
Omg
Brings back such great souvenirs and memories
Filled with love
Wonderful rendition!!!
A feast for the ears