00:00 - Promenade 01:57 - Gnomus 04:40 - Promenade 05:56 - The Old Castle 10:32 - Promenade 11:13 - Tuileries 12:18 - Bydlo 15:08 - Promenade 16:08 - Ballet of the Chicks in their Shells 17:21 - Samuel Goldberg & Schmuyle 19:38 - Limoges 21:05 - Catacombs 23:20 - Cum Mortuis in Lingua Mortua 25:42 - The Hut on Fowl Legs (Baba Yaga) 29:12 - The Great Gate of Kiev
I had a copy of Pictures at an Exhibition on CD, having replaced a copy on Cassette. The recording had sounds of someone coughing through out the performance. This was a much better recording and the differences in performance and tempo are quite good. For best results, listen with a GOOD set of headphones.
A masterly meeting of three brilliant musical minds-Mussorgsky, Ravel, and Karajan. Karajan’s control is breathtaking. Every tempo, every dynamic note-perfect. You will never hear this piece performed better.
@@jodypalm303 When our 88 yo mom passed last August (14 yrs after my dad), the only things my 4 bros and I tugged over were their albums....jazz, swing, Broadway show albums, old school country, rock and roll (hard and soft), folk music and gospel. Mom was a huge CCR fan and we cleaned house top to bottom every Saturday as music blared from huge speakers (part of a hi-fi system dad made from a radio shack "kit". They bought albums for us, (one of the few things we didn't have to use our money for).Three favs of mine were JC Superstar,. Godspell and Glenn Campbell's Gentle on my Mind album. We also each played in the school band. I played flute (no maestro here) Two oldest played trumpet and the two youngest the sax. Two of us played classical guitar and 3 boys had pretty good voices. Mom, one brother and I couldn't carry a tune in a bucket 😂. Still can't. Later, our girls joined in and were pretty damn good with one on piano. We didn't do shows but just enjoyed jamming some together and ....pushed back furniture makes an awesome dance floor. This album was a favorite. Pretty sure we had 3 different symphonies on these 3 albums. This video showcases the art pieces the best I think. We listened to Camelot, Mary Poppins and Porgy and Bess. Summertime still moves me to tears. My last outing with dad was seeing Camelot. A live musical in our mid-sized city's concert hall. It starred Robert Goulet as the old king...no longer playing the young and handsome prince. When mom passed away my oldest bro mused that our parents likely were dancing to Fly Me to the Moon in the great beyond. Dad crooning along. I pictured each of us leaving this old 🌎 with mom saying, "Damn they got here a little soon don't ya think Charlie"? And Dad saying "It's been almost 70 yrs since we had the floor to ourselves"! We laughed bc it would be so.....Them. My folks gave us much on our paths to loving music in peace and joy. Did I mention my 3 girls' dad is musically gifted ? I am now in case you wondered 😂. Our group is bigger when we gather now. Five grands make us almost a choir with more dishes to wash. I've no shame as I brag on them. None. 😂 Miss my mom and dad. Thnx for your post Jody. It brought beautiful memories. Tonight, my bedroom silent as I drift off to sleep....perhaps hearing Empty Chairs at Empty Tables. We will be awesome of course 😊😌😌. 🎺🎷🎹🎉🪕🎸🎶🎶🎼🕺💃👯All thanks to our teachers on both sides of our hi-fi speakers.
@livialivia1079 Thank you for your question. I really enjoyed playing "Ballet of the Chicks in their Shells". It was light, uplifting, and a technical challenge because of the interplay with the winds that cumulated in a central melody. As you know, the "Promenades" changed as the visitor progressed through the Exhibit. "The Great Gate of Kiev" gave me goose bumps because of its grand excitement! (Sorry, more than one movement.) What a piece! WHAT A PIECE!
@@tom2207 Currently at The Great Gate of Kiev, such a grandiose, noble one :) it's my third favorite after The Old Castle and Bydlo. The Promenade became so iconic that a parody duo, Voga-Turnovszky, from Hungary used it as an intro to one of their albums, this is where I first heard it, then slowly figured out the rest. May I ask what instrument you play on?
@@livialivia1079 Sure! I was Principal Clarinet in our orchestra for 48 years. Maybe that's why I thought the Ballet was my favorite!?? Sorry, are you at the Gate now? I've never been there, but like most things in Europe, what a Grandiose place, indeed!
I know it's probably not what most people think of when they hear this beautiful piece, but this was used in the "Hall of Glory" in Civilization Revolution. I associate this music with seeing great people, amazing wonders, and all of history.
@@orkboyz9523 yes, I've been playing and trying to find this song for years, every so often i boot my ps3 just to play that masterpiece of a game and to just hear this song
Although the composition is belong to Mussorgsky (1874), it is for solo piano. But the above enclosed orchestra version is arranged by MAURICE RAVEL (1922).
Isao Tomita used this in his album "Pictures at an Exhibition. Here is the full piece in this video: Promenade,Gnomus,Promenade,Old Castle,Promenade,Tuileries,Bydlo,Promenade,Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks,Samuel Goldenburg and Schmuyle,Market at Limoges,The Catacombs:(,Con murtuis in lingua mortua,Hut on fowl's legs and Great Gate of Kiev.Check out my channel.
Born in 1957 and raised on The Hand of Five, which gave me such an appreciation for all classical. Of course through the years I've learned to appreciate all genre. When Emerson, Lake & Palmer did their rendition of Pictures I was ecstatic, my Father a classical and jazz musician concurred which gave me my blessing to explore. I believe anyone who has an understanding of classical can appreciate all genre of music.
Love this! As a young man listening to ELP I was in awe of the story this piece was telling. Leading me into a deep love for the classics, thank you for posting!
Now, I have listened to many renderings of the Pictures tonight. Many wonderful renderings. But you begin to listen to this one - a a feeling of bliss flows upon you... Thank you for choosing this Karajan's version to upload!
Yes!!! ELP! Did an entire album based on this! Finally, I get to hear the original music that was based on! Shoulda looked it up about a hundred years ago, but hey! Better, late than never! It would be awesome to get the original moussorgsky pictures, and listen to his, and elp's version, back to back!
@@roberthine6127 oh yeah! I forgot I had Tomita's Pictures...! My dad found it on vinyl, and I think I actually listened to it more often than he did! Between tomita and elp, that piece by moussorgsky became legendary to me.
The greatest recording of this piece ever done! I have it on both LP and CD - and it is the gold standard by which every other recording must be compared. So far, it has NEVER been surpassed - and I have heard every recording out there. Thanks for posting!
I respectfully disagree. Karajan doesn't have enough "Romantic" in him to conduct late Romantic pieces. Classical period and Baroque, he's fine, but as soon as you add Romantic tempo variation and tone color, I would almost rather hear a deaf man's interpretation... Harsh and unpopular opinion, perhaps, but if I see a Karajan recording of anything post-1850, my impulse is to run away and plug my ears.
I took up your challenge and listened to the other recordings offered on youtube, including ones using Stokowski's orchestration. There is NONE better than this Karajan recording. I might find other recordings yet. So far, none comes close to making such a statement of it.
I took up your challenge and listened to all the versions available on youtube, including Stokowski's orchestration. All of them fade into the distance and out of sight and hearing next to Karajan here. Karajan is the standard. Ravel's orchestration is so much more imaginative too.
Meu primeiro contato com a excelente música de Mussorgsky foi com o ELP, eu tinha 14 anos; Fiquei muito empolgado com a estrutura das composições, a interpretação de Greg Lake, Kate Emerson e Carl Palmer me cativaram. depois que fiquei adulto conheci a diversas versões que existem do original transcrito por Ravel para orquestra, "aí a coisa pegou" É incrível que um compositor que fez a obra para piano seja na maioria das vezes escutado só por orquestra, procurem ouvir também as versões tocados por pianistas. Um brasileiro que ama música. My first contact with Mussorgsky's excellent music was with the ELP, I was 14 years old; I was very excited about the structure of the compositions, the interpretation of Greg Lake, Kate Emerson and Carl Palmer captivated me. after I became an adult I got to know the different versions that exist of the original transcribed by Ravel for orchestra, "then the thing took hold" It's incredible that a composer who wrote the work for piano is mostly heard only by orchestra, try to hear the versions as well played by pianists. A Brazilian who loves music.
00:00 - Passeio 01:57 - Gnomos 04:40 - Passeio 05:56 - O Castelo Medieval 10:32 - Passeio 11:13 - Tulherias 12:18 - Carro de Bois 15:08 - Passeio 16:08 - Balé dos pintinhos em suas Cascas de Ovos 17:21 - Samuel Goldberg & Schmuyle 19:38 - O Mercado em Limoges 21:05 - Catacumbas, Sepulcro Romano 23:20 - Com os Mortos em Língua Morta 25:42 - A Cabana de Baba-Yaga sobre Patas de Galinha 29:12 - O Grande Portão de Kiev
This particular work of classical music is very important to me because I first heard it as Emerson Lake and Palmer's rock rendition twice--once in Berlin and once in Miami. I find it to be fantastically beautiful.
greatclassicrecords - How sensitive and sensible of you to have assembled and shown the painting. Much appreciation of your taste and love of culture and many many thanks!!!
Hudson Bailey If you like anyone of these songs or it’s artwork, I suggest watching “Katy high school band” and their production called “framed” 2019. I was in the show and all of the music came from here. Also our flag silks where the artwork. The show is about someone stealing a painting.(which is actually a picture of the composer) there are all kinds of hidden things you will love. Check it out here on TH-cam. I enjoyed preforming it!
Try counting it. It's in 11/4 time! Originally it was, anyway. Maurice Ravel made the orchestral arrangement and he wrote it in alternating measures of 5/4 and 6/4, but that still adds up to 11/4.
0:00 I. Promenade 1:41 II. Gnomus 4:15 III. Promenade 5:14 IV. Il vecchio castello 9:37 V. Promenade 10:11 VI. Tuileries 11:14 VII. Bydło 14:13 VIII. Promenade 14:57 IX. Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks 16:16 X. "Samuel" Goldenberg und "Schmuÿle" 18:17 XI. Limoges, le marché 19:46 XII. Catacombæ (Sepulcrum romanum) and "Cum mortuis in lingua mortua" 23:29 XIII. The Hut on Fowl's Legs (Baba-Yagá) 27:06 XIV. The Great Gate of Kiev
Barbara Northwood If you like anyone of these songs or it’s artwork, I suggest watching “Katy high school band” and their production called “framed” 2019. I was in the show and all of the music came from here. Also our flag silks where the artwork. The show is about someone stealing a painting.(which is actually a picture of the composer) there are all kinds of hidden things you will love. Check it out here on TH-cam. I enjoyed preforming it!
So grateful my Dad introduced me to Classical music and Opera. When I was in the 5th grade in 1966 my Dad and I got to see Aida at the grand opening of the he new Metropolitan Opera house at Lincoln Center. It was the most amazing thing I had ever seen. Sad to see kids today only listen to rap and rock. Dad was also a big fan of Nat King Cole, and Tony Bennett. I love Tony, greatest singer of all time. My Dads favorite piece of music was the William Tell Overture.
I heard this performed by the Portland Junior Symphony when I was 12 or 13. It made a huge impression on me. The power and continually mounting intensity of the finale left me astounded. The performance in the video reminds me very strongly of the phrasing and conducting I heard as a kid. The conductor was Jacob Avshalomov. Not only was Jacob a marvelous conductor, he was a wonderful and fascinating person. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Avshalomov
decían algunos "críticos expertos" de su época que Modesto Mussorgsky no sabía componer!!! Y yo digo que menos mal! sino habría sido el Beethoven ruso por todo lo alto y sí!! El más grande del Grupo de los 5. El Maestro de Música más grande que Rusia ha dado a la mejor Historia del Mundo. Es mi maestro, es tú maestro y si no debería serlo!!! 💯🎶🎹❤️❤️❤️⭐⭐⭐🌹🌹🌹
This is absolutely brilliant. The music is from one of my most favourite British comedies of the 1980's. The New Statesman starring Rik Mayall. Always loved this.
+Fabiano Araújo Indeed he is! That petty - souled, narrow - minded, nazi - prone nation of the germans does not deserve him, along with all the other, so many, unluckily for them german - born, geniuses in the fields of Philosophy, Poetry, Literature, Music and the Fine Arts
+Emiliano Zapata Maybe not the greatest but certainly one of the greats, notwithstanding his being Austrian not German, and still managing to join the Nazi Party twice!
+Emiliano Zapata wow, still living in the past and judging people, nations etc. through your small minded, fearful brain...so sorry for you. We are proud of Germany. They are the ones who brought so many wonderful, highly gifted Musicians, Philosophers, Poets, Writers, Inventors etc. into this world. Thanks goes to that great nation! It is so much more than what you have ever understood....and by the way: Hitler was born in Austria...maybe brush up on History, Geography etc. God bless
The Great Gate of Kiev is one of the most fantastic songs I've ever played with an ensemble. It's just so fucking powerful. Especially on Trombone, you really give it your all and become the song to make it sound like it should.
Speaking of Mussorgsky , his overwhelming presence is deep etched in my mind . This masterpiece is his gala occasion and his tip - top work. From Tokyo of the Land of the Rising Sun 🇯🇵
@@СергейТищенко-у9л как раз у такой музыки есть национальность. И это прекрасно. Можно буквально услышать русскую душу в этой музыке, так же можно сказать и про прекрасную музыку из других стран.
The best music is the classic music. The first cassette I bought was a double side with this greatest russian composers: Mussorgsky (Pictures at an exhibition) and Borodin (Polovetsian dances). And yes I still have it.
Esta música la escuché en la secundaria en Peru y se me quedó grabada , me encanta escucharla , me da nostalgia y paz , un compositor que admiro grandemente .
I loved this, when I was a kid, and even more as an adult. The entire thing, but when the end hits, roughly at 29:13, it's like the victorious ending to the most profound animated movie. It's the "Everybody United" sound. I just smoked a joint, but even when I'm sober, I love it. 😊
This is a masterpiece of absolute perfection under Maestro Karajan. What a sound and expression. A question: are there the pictures painted by Hartmann? If yes, which of them? Thank you!
Seven years later, but better late than never... The Hartmann pieces seen here are: 16:11 Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks 17:25 Samuel Goldenberg (top) and Schmuyle (bottom) 21:07 Paris Catacombs 25:47 Hut on Hen's Legs 29:15 Bogatyr Gates The remainder are presumed lost. These are not necessarily Hartmann's titles, but the names given to the corresponding movements of the composition.
00:00 - Promenade
01:57 - Gnomus
04:40 - Promenade
05:56 - The Old Castle
10:32 - Promenade
11:13 - Tuileries
12:18 - Bydlo
15:08 - Promenade
16:08 - Ballet of the Chicks in their Shells
17:21 - Samuel Goldberg & Schmuyle
19:38 - Limoges
21:05 - Catacombs
23:20 - Cum Mortuis in Lingua Mortua
25:42 - The Hut on Fowl Legs (Baba Yaga)
29:12 - The Great Gate of Kiev
thanks
What time is the Catacombs after Limoges?
Bydło means the cattle, thanks Charly
I had a copy of Pictures at an Exhibition on CD, having replaced a copy on Cassette. The recording had sounds of someone coughing through out the performance. This was a much better recording and the differences in performance and tempo are quite good. For best results, listen with a GOOD set of headphones.
@Tiber _ stupid comment. Thank you Carlos!
A masterly meeting of three brilliant musical minds-Mussorgsky, Ravel, and Karajan. Karajan’s control is breathtaking. Every tempo, every dynamic note-perfect. You will never hear this piece performed better.
Emerson, Lake and Palmer did a decent job IMHO
Totally agree but think that Ravel should have far more recognition for the brilliant, imaginative orchestration.
Ravel was a masterful orchestrator.
@@kentcohea3240
Didn’t I say that? ”Three brilliant musical minds.”
Questa è la versione migliore di "Quadri di un'esposizione" o per lo meno quella in assoluto che io preferisco.
❤🙏🙇♂️
This has been one of my favorite pieces of music for 50 years. And I have ALWAYS WANTED to see the paintings. Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!
I also wondered about the paintings. I am glad to see what they actually were.
Me, too! I've always wondered what the paintings looked like!
One of my favorite pieces of classical music from the time I was 8 years old.
Mine also, but actually the philharmonic arr. is made by Ravel.
@@jodypalm303 When our 88 yo mom passed last August (14 yrs after my dad), the only things my 4 bros and I tugged over were their albums....jazz, swing, Broadway show albums, old school country, rock and roll (hard and soft), folk music and gospel. Mom was a huge CCR fan and we cleaned house top to bottom every Saturday as music blared from huge speakers (part of a hi-fi system dad made from a radio shack "kit".
They bought albums for us, (one of the few things we didn't have to use our money for).Three favs of mine were JC Superstar,. Godspell and Glenn Campbell's Gentle on my Mind album.
We also each played in the school band. I played flute (no maestro here) Two oldest played trumpet and the two youngest the sax. Two of us played classical guitar and 3 boys had pretty good voices. Mom, one brother and I couldn't carry a tune in a bucket 😂. Still can't.
Later, our girls joined in and were pretty damn good with one on piano. We didn't do shows but just enjoyed jamming some together and ....pushed back furniture makes an awesome dance floor.
This album was a favorite. Pretty sure we had 3 different symphonies on these 3 albums. This video showcases the art pieces the best I think.
We listened to Camelot, Mary Poppins and Porgy and Bess. Summertime still moves me to tears. My last outing with dad was seeing Camelot. A live musical in our mid-sized city's concert hall.
It starred Robert Goulet as the old king...no longer playing the young and handsome prince. When mom passed away my oldest bro mused that our parents likely were dancing to Fly Me to the Moon in the great beyond. Dad crooning along. I pictured each of us leaving this old 🌎 with mom saying, "Damn they got here a little soon don't ya think Charlie"? And Dad saying "It's been almost 70 yrs since we had the floor to ourselves"! We laughed bc it would be so.....Them.
My folks gave us much on our paths to loving music in peace and joy. Did I mention my 3 girls' dad is musically gifted ? I am now in case you wondered 😂.
Our group is bigger when we gather now. Five grands make us almost a choir with more dishes to wash. I've no shame as I brag on them. None. 😂
Miss my mom and dad.
Thnx for your post Jody.
It brought beautiful memories. Tonight, my bedroom silent as I drift off to sleep....perhaps hearing Empty Chairs at Empty Tables. We will be awesome of course 😊😌😌.
🎺🎷🎹🎉🪕🎸🎶🎶🎼🕺💃👯All thanks to our teachers on both sides of our hi-fi speakers.
Perhaps my all time favorite classical piece. Fell in love with it after playing it in high school marching band.
I played it in my high school band 54 years ago! It is a thrilling piece!
Well, I am currently doing a show about pictures and the Ballad is the beginning of this piece!
Certified hood classic
tupac been quiet ever since this shit dropped
Only 19th century kids will remember
What's that shit
This some real trap shit right here
No, just classic.
I have had the grand pleasure of performing this piece with an orchestra. It is, truly, one of the greatest pieces ever written.
Which one was your favorite and why?
@livialivia1079 Thank you for your question. I really enjoyed playing "Ballet of the Chicks in their Shells". It was light, uplifting, and a technical challenge because of the interplay with the winds that cumulated in a central melody. As you know, the "Promenades" changed as the visitor progressed through the Exhibit. "The Great Gate of Kiev" gave me goose bumps because of its grand excitement! (Sorry, more than one movement.) What a piece! WHAT A PIECE!
@@tom2207 Currently at The Great Gate of Kiev, such a grandiose, noble one :) it's my third favorite after The Old Castle and Bydlo. The Promenade became so iconic that a parody duo, Voga-Turnovszky, from Hungary used it as an intro to one of their albums, this is where I first heard it, then slowly figured out the rest. May I ask what instrument you play on?
@@livialivia1079 Sure! I was Principal Clarinet in our orchestra for 48 years. Maybe that's why I thought the Ballet was my favorite!?? Sorry, are you at the Gate now? I've never been there, but like most things in Europe, what a Grandiose place, indeed!
@@tom2207 aw, no, I was at that part in the piece :)))
you have my massive respect and envy, sir!!
I know it's probably not what most people think of when they hear this beautiful piece, but this was used in the "Hall of Glory" in Civilization Revolution. I associate this music with seeing great people, amazing wonders, and all of history.
I've been obsessed with Civilization Revolution and didn't know that anyone felt the same way.
A fellow Civilization fan. Cheers from California.
@@orkboyz9523 yes, I've been playing and trying to find this song for years, every so often i boot my ps3 just to play that masterpiece of a game and to just hear this song
Baba Yaga and The Great Gate of Kiev remind me of the original Hearts of Iron game.
Same here. The second place I heard it was in Bojack Horseman.
Although the composition is belong to Mussorgsky (1874), it is for solo piano. But the above enclosed orchestra version is arranged by MAURICE RAVEL (1922).
Isao Tomita used this in his album "Pictures at an Exhibition.
Here is the full piece in this video:
Promenade,Gnomus,Promenade,Old Castle,Promenade,Tuileries,Bydlo,Promenade,Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks,Samuel Goldenburg and Schmuyle,Market at Limoges,The Catacombs:(,Con murtuis in lingua mortua,Hut on fowl's legs and Great Gate of Kiev.Check out my channel.
Thank you for reminding me of that. I think Ravels interpretation of Kiev was the best. It certainly paces the best!
@@alexkalynowych3592 By far the best orchestration of this music.
The original piano version is good too.
th-cam.com/video/s8z1_A-Zlbw/w-d-xo.html
@@saxplayer57 thank you for the recommendation.
So right! But what an arrangement! Marvellous!
Born in 1957 and raised on The Hand of Five, which gave me such an appreciation for all classical. Of course through the years I've learned to appreciate all genre. When Emerson, Lake & Palmer did their rendition of Pictures I was ecstatic, my Father a classical and jazz musician concurred which gave me my blessing to explore. I believe anyone who has an understanding of classical can appreciate all genre of music.
Love this! As a young man listening to ELP I was in awe of the story this piece was telling.
Leading me into a deep love for the classics, thank you for posting!
This is one of my classical favourites. I remember when I first heard it in the 70s. I was taken and stunned. Thank you for making me relive it again!
i first heared this .....from Emerson Lake and Palmer UK Progresive Rock Band at mid 70s
@@miguelgutierrez4229: ME too, Miguel. I loved the ELP cover, but the orchestral version is so wonderful.
Now, I have listened to many renderings of the Pictures tonight. Many wonderful renderings. But you begin to listen to this one - a a feeling of bliss flows upon you... Thank you for choosing this Karajan's version to upload!
Herbert von Karajan is one of the best conductors. This Mussorgsky work and his work with Sibelius and Brahms symphonies proves it.
and his hair was 50 years ahead of his time
Know what I like best about Mussorgsky? Not only was he an amazing composer, but he was never arrogant or boastful. He was really very...
Ha ha ha very funny
... humble.
He wasn't Immodest Mussorgsky
I have not heard this piece since High School, very fine recording
I seriously cannot listen to this entirely and not cry at the end. There are beautiful things.
Thank you. You've done a real service to the many fans of this music.
Yes!!! ELP! Did an entire album based on this! Finally, I get to hear the original music that was based on! Shoulda looked it up about a hundred years ago, but hey! Better, late than never! It would be awesome to get the original moussorgsky pictures, and listen to his, and elp's version, back to back!
Isao Tomita's electronic rendition of this piece is also worth a listen.
First time I heard it was ELP. I was 13. These guys wrote this I thought, holy s%&#t! Did not know until later, from not a musician...
@@roberthine6127 oh yeah! I forgot I had Tomita's Pictures...! My dad found it on vinyl, and I think I actually listened to it more often than he did! Between tomita and elp, that piece by moussorgsky became legendary to me.
@@roberthine6127 Good one! He also did The Planets by Gustav Holst
This is the culmination of Mussorgsky's aesthetics that great Ravel arranged .
From Tokyo , with its chaotic and diverse faces
I see
@@portablerefrigerator4902
Thank you
Someday please come to Japan where deeply love Mussorgsky
Good luck
@@shin-i-chikozima bro come to japan? mate I wanna MOVE to japan. is it nice?
@@portablerefrigerator4902
Which is your country?
@@shin-i-chikozima US
The greatest recording of this piece ever done! I have it on both LP and CD - and it is the gold standard by which every other recording must be compared. So far, it has NEVER been surpassed - and I have heard every recording out there. Thanks for posting!
Have you heard the Stokowski interpretation?
I respectfully disagree. Karajan doesn't have enough "Romantic" in him to conduct late Romantic pieces. Classical period and Baroque, he's fine, but as soon as you add Romantic tempo variation and tone color, I would almost rather hear a deaf man's interpretation...
Harsh and unpopular opinion, perhaps, but if I see a Karajan recording of anything post-1850, my impulse is to run away and plug my ears.
I took up your challenge and listened to the other recordings offered on youtube, including ones using Stokowski's orchestration. There is NONE better than this Karajan recording. I might find other recordings yet. So far, none comes close to making such a statement of it.
I took up your challenge and listened to all the versions available on youtube, including Stokowski's orchestration. All of them fade into the distance and out of sight and hearing next to Karajan here. Karajan is the standard. Ravel's orchestration is so much more imaginative too.
Meu primeiro contato com a excelente música de Mussorgsky foi com o ELP, eu tinha 14 anos; Fiquei muito empolgado com a estrutura das composições, a interpretação de Greg Lake, Kate Emerson e Carl Palmer me cativaram. depois que fiquei adulto conheci a diversas versões que existem do original transcrito por Ravel para orquestra, "aí a coisa pegou" É incrível que um compositor que fez a obra para piano seja na maioria das vezes escutado só por orquestra, procurem ouvir também as versões tocados por pianistas. Um brasileiro que ama música.
My first contact with Mussorgsky's excellent music was with the ELP, I was 14 years old; I was very excited about the structure of the compositions, the interpretation of Greg Lake, Kate Emerson and Carl Palmer captivated me. after I became an adult I got to know the different versions that exist of the original transcribed by Ravel for orchestra, "then the thing took hold" It's incredible that a composer who wrote the work for piano is mostly heard only by orchestra, try to hear the versions as well played by pianists. A Brazilian who loves music.
Iiiii
00:00 - Passeio
01:57 - Gnomos
04:40 - Passeio
05:56 - O Castelo Medieval
10:32 - Passeio
11:13 - Tulherias
12:18 - Carro de Bois
15:08 - Passeio
16:08 - Balé dos pintinhos em suas Cascas de Ovos
17:21 - Samuel Goldberg & Schmuyle
19:38 - O Mercado em Limoges
21:05 - Catacumbas, Sepulcro Romano
23:20 - Com os Mortos em Língua Morta
25:42 - A Cabana de Baba-Yaga sobre Patas de Galinha
29:12 - O Grande Portão de Kiev
Thank you! This is so wonderfully done!! The music sings the songs, the pictures tell the story so well...
This particular work of classical music is very important to me because I first heard it as Emerson Lake and Palmer's rock rendition twice--once in Berlin and once in Miami. I find it to be fantastically beautiful.
Loving this video. Having the pictures really enhances the experience. Especially the effects during Great Gate of Kiev!
I am deeply grateful to Mussorgsky and Ravel and orchestra , who have deeply moved me
One of the best classical pieces every written.
Everytime I listen to this masterpiece, it's like Mussorgsky is talking to my soul. An incredible composer!
So nice to see the paintings that inspired this wonderful music!
I love this rendition of Mussorgsky's Pictures....I listened to it years ago in college.
Great. Played Promenade, Hut of Baba Yaga, and Great Gate of Kiev on my clarinet, great to hear the full orchestra.
Absolutamente grandioso!!!. Impresionante versión!.
The first progressive rock album ever :-D a masterpiece in music history! Thanks also for the original pictures, very interesting.
greatclassicrecords - How sensitive and sensible of you to have assembled and shown the painting. Much appreciation of your taste and love of culture and many many thanks!!!
First time that I ever heard "Pictures at an Exhibition" I fell in love with Mussorgsky.
Hudson Bailey If you like anyone of these songs or it’s artwork, I suggest watching “Katy high school band” and their production called “framed” 2019. I was in the show and all of the music came from here. Also our flag silks where the artwork. The show is about someone stealing a painting.(which is actually a picture of the composer) there are all kinds of hidden things you will love. Check it out here on TH-cam. I enjoyed preforming it!
Kassidee Hobson, I wish I'd have heard from you sooner. Thank you for your reply, we the daughters and sons of ART. Peace.
Thanks for putting the pictures up, it helps me understand it.
Thank you so much for this! I don't think I ever saw Hartmann's actual artwork!
Classical music isn't always my thing but the sync up of the music and the paintings adds another element of enjoyment to it for me
I love it! Great editing! Me and my friends listen to it all the time!
Amazing editing!! I LOVED gnomus 😍
same! i listen to this every morning before school
I am listening and watching again. Your job is great, indeed. Thank you.
THX
Emerson Lake and Palmer brought me here.
Beautiful piece this is.
same
Try counting it. It's in 11/4 time! Originally it was, anyway. Maurice Ravel made the orchestral arrangement and he wrote it in alternating measures of 5/4 and 6/4, but that still adds up to 11/4.
Danke für das Hochladen.
01:57 - 난쟁이
05:56 - 옛성
11:13 - 튈를리 궁전의 공원
12:18 - 소달구지
16:08 - 달걀 껍질 속의 병아리 춤
17:21 - 사무엘
골덴베르크와 슈밀레
19:38 - 리모주의 시장
21:05 - 카타콤
25:42 - 닭발 위의 오두막집
29:12 - 키예프의 대문
반갑네 ㅎㅎㅎ
thank you so much sussy baka
Interesting and enjoyable. Thank you for posting!
0:00 I. Promenade
1:41 II. Gnomus
4:15 III. Promenade
5:14 IV. Il vecchio castello
9:37 V. Promenade
10:11 VI. Tuileries
11:14 VII. Bydło
14:13 VIII. Promenade
14:57 IX. Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks
16:16 X. "Samuel" Goldenberg und "Schmuÿle"
18:17 XI. Limoges, le marché
19:46 XII. Catacombæ (Sepulcrum romanum) and "Cum mortuis in lingua mortua"
23:29 XIII. The Hut on Fowl's Legs (Baba-Yagá)
27:06 XIV. The Great Gate of Kiev
wrong timings
Amr Bahgat I'm not a metronome
Leandro Cabrera It showed the name of each movement on the screen. :P Could've at least been the slightest bit more accurate ^^
I enjoyed the paintings as much as the wonderful music.
Barbara Northwood If you like anyone of these songs or it’s artwork, I suggest watching “Katy high school band” and their production called “framed” 2019. I was in the show and all of the music came from here. Also our flag silks where the artwork. The show is about someone stealing a painting.(which is actually a picture of the composer) there are all kinds of hidden things you will love. Check it out here on TH-cam. I enjoyed preforming it!
Imagine hearing this in your head and then having the wherewithal to transcribe it into reality. Amazing stuff ⚡️
I (76) going to this concert soon with my grandson (10) We both are looking forward to this event.
Excellent arrangement of paintings! Beautiful music as well.
Escuchándolo en cuarentena, conocí esta obra, por Emerson, Lake and Palmer
Mussorgisky-Ravel... Que llave tan maravillosa! Sumado a esta Karajan-BPO... Lo mejor!
My favourite recording! I’m taking this to my desert island.
Amazing! Matching picture gallery and music. BRAVO!!!
So grateful my Dad introduced me to Classical music and Opera. When I was in the 5th grade in 1966 my Dad and I got to see Aida at the grand opening of the he new Metropolitan Opera house at Lincoln Center. It was the most amazing thing I had ever seen. Sad to see kids today only listen to rap and rock. Dad was also a big fan of Nat King Cole, and Tony Bennett. I love Tony, greatest singer of all time. My Dads favorite piece of music was the William Tell Overture.
Surely one of the greatest coastal compositions.
Awesome masterpiece!!!
che vergogna, tutta questa pubblicità ad interrompere tale bellezza!
It is an awesome and moving composition. Moves me deeply.
DONALD JAMES VISION megindito
Especially The Old Castle.
Very interesting your idea. Thank you for sharing it !!
Can't believe they did not build those gates
Meraviglioso! ....Most wonderful ! In this moment I have no words to express my feelings
Beautiful, in all respects. Thanks very much.
I heard this performed by the Portland Junior Symphony when I was 12 or 13. It made a huge impression on me. The power and continually mounting intensity of the finale left me astounded. The performance in the video reminds me very strongly of the phrasing and conducting I heard as a kid. The conductor was Jacob Avshalomov. Not only was Jacob a marvelous conductor, he was a wonderful and fascinating person. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Avshalomov
I have The Incredible Machine to thank for introducing me to classical music like this.
He drives to perfection. Worldclass
Wonderful. Mind-blowing!
MUY BUENA GRABACIÒN ...¡¡¡ EXCELENTE ........Y NO DIGO MENOS DE SU PRESENTACION....MUY BIEN HECHA...
ЧАЙКОВСКИЙ ВРЕМЕНА
Года года
Some of the pictures are scary.....
@Isaac The Musician That was Viktor Hartmann who drew the sketches. But yes, Happy New year to Everyone ! We had a rough 2020...
No they are not they are cuteeee
BPO stands for Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. That's for anyone's clarification.
not to be confused with BSO: Boston Symphony Orchestra
not to be confused with Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
Thank you. I wondered about that!
decían algunos "críticos expertos" de su época que Modesto Mussorgsky no sabía componer!!! Y yo digo que menos mal! sino habría sido el Beethoven ruso por todo lo alto y sí!! El más grande del Grupo de los 5. El Maestro de Música más grande que Rusia ha dado a la mejor Historia del Mundo.
Es mi maestro, es tú maestro y si no debería serlo!!! 💯🎶🎹❤️❤️❤️⭐⭐⭐🌹🌹🌹
Also not to be confused with British Petroleum Orchestra
This is absolutely brilliant. The music is from one of my most favourite British comedies of the 1980's. The New Statesman starring Rik Mayall. Always loved this.
WUNDERBAR! Karajan is the greatest!..
+Fabiano Araújo Indeed he is! That petty - souled, narrow - minded, nazi - prone nation of the germans does not deserve him, along with all the other, so many, unluckily for them german - born, geniuses in the fields of Philosophy, Poetry, Literature, Music and the Fine Arts
+Emiliano Zapata
Maybe not the greatest but certainly one of the greats, notwithstanding his being Austrian not German, and still managing to join the Nazi Party twice!
+Emiliano Zapata wow, still living in the past and judging people, nations etc. through your small minded, fearful brain...so sorry for you. We are proud of Germany. They are the ones who brought so many wonderful, highly gifted Musicians, Philosophers, Poets, Writers, Inventors etc. into this world. Thanks goes to that great nation! It is so much more than what you have ever understood....and by the way: Hitler was born in Austria...maybe brush up on History, Geography etc. God bless
Sublime!
Great ! Mussorgsky + Karajan, is too much for my heart. Ok now I will sleep.
Bellissimo video! Complimenti. E grazie,
The Great Gate of Kiev is one of the most fantastic songs I've ever played with an ensemble. It's just so fucking powerful. Especially on Trombone, you really give it your all and become the song to make it sound like it should.
I luv the video presentation. - great footage
Que belleza de música...
Siempre inspira!
one of the best versions ever... the other versions are usually a WAY too fast... almost staccato
If only the trumpet fanfare int the beginning were stronger, it would be almost perfect
My finest piece
Davanti a tanta bellezza e sonorità immense...ci sentiamo piccoli piccoli.
Emerson, Lake and Palmer also played this beautifully. 👏🇪🇺
Nice playing this piece in the orchestra of my city !
This is a certified Civilization Revolution classic
My favourite piece of music.
1:57 A great song to listen to when your landlord is performing his dance quartet at Crane Jackson's Fountain Street Theater on Tuesday night.
Speaking of Mussorgsky ,
his overwhelming presence is deep etched in my mind .
This masterpiece is his gala occasion and his tip - top work.
From Tokyo of the Land of the Rising Sun 🇯🇵
最近のウクライナのニュースでキエフという地名が有名になってしまっております。
「キエフ」と聞くと私の中では「展覧会の絵」。こんなに雄大で壮観な音楽、
そして想像する情景が壊されていってしまっているなんて、悲しくて残念でなりません。早く平和が訪れますように！
This literally is essence to me.
It played this at band and on my concert, my favorite song I played 🥁🎺
Спасибо за интерес к российской классической музыке!!!! Мусоргский великолепен!!!!
У музыки нет национальности.
@@СергейТищенко-у9л как раз у такой музыки есть национальность. И это прекрасно. Можно буквально услышать русскую душу в этой музыке, так же можно сказать и про прекрасную музыку из других стран.
Thnx for sharing
The best music is the classic music. The first cassette I bought was a double side with this greatest russian composers: Mussorgsky (Pictures at an exhibition) and Borodin (Polovetsian dances). And yes I still have it.
Esta música la escuché en la secundaria en Peru y se me quedó grabada , me encanta escucharla , me da nostalgia y paz , un compositor que admiro grandemente .
absolute BANGER
Such moving beauty- The Old Castle is my fav. Yet the composer was widely criticized during his lifetime- and his final years did not go well for him.
It really is a shame, Mussorgsky was such a fantastic composer, he deserved so much more success and recognition than he got in his lifetime.
MAJESTIC!!!!
Yeah boys, Ravel made the best remix in human history.
I loved this, when I was a kid, and even more as an adult. The entire thing, but when the end hits, roughly at 29:13, it's like the victorious ending to the most profound animated movie. It's the "Everybody United" sound. I just smoked a joint, but even when I'm sober, I love it. 😊
This is a masterpiece of absolute perfection under Maestro Karajan. What a sound and expression. A question: are there the pictures painted by Hartmann? If yes, which of them? Thank you!
Seven years later, but better late than never...
The Hartmann pieces seen here are:
16:11 Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks
17:25 Samuel Goldenberg (top) and Schmuyle (bottom)
21:07 Paris Catacombs
25:47 Hut on Hen's Legs
29:15 Bogatyr Gates
The remainder are presumed lost.
These are not necessarily Hartmann's titles, but the names given to the corresponding movements of the composition.
One of best suites of music. And ofc the great Karajan is one of the best conductors.