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~ Modest Mussorgsky (Composer), Oliver Knussen (Conductor), Cleveland Orchestra (Orchestra)
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  • Orchestra: Cleveland Orchestra
  • Conductor: Oliver Knussen
  • Composer: Modest Mussorgsky
  • Audio CD (8 Mar 2004)
  • SPARS Code: DDD
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Deutsche Grammophon
  • ASIN: B0000YWFMM
  • Other Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 227,878 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Song Title Time Price
Listen  1. Pictures at an Exhibition - Symphonic transcription by Leopold Stokowski - Promenade 1 2:02£0.79
Listen  2. Pictures at an Exhibition - Symphonic transcription by Leopold Stokowski - Gnome 2:25£0.79
Listen  3. Pictures at an Exhibition - Symphonic transcription by Leopold Stokowski - Promenade 2 1:05£0.79
Listen  4. Pictures at an Exhibition - Symphonic transcription by Leopold Stokowski - The Old Castle 3:40£0.79
Listen  5. Pictures at an Exhibition - Symphonic transcription by Leopold Stokowski - Bydlo 1:57£0.79
Listen  6. Pictures at an Exhibition - Symphonic transcription by Leopold Stokowski - Promenade 3 1:02£0.79
Listen  7. Pictures at an Exhibition - Symphonic transcription by Leopold Stokowski - Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks 1:06£0.79
Listen  8. Pictures at an Exhibition - Symphonic transcription by Leopold Stokowski - Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuyle 2:41£0.79
Listen  9. Pictures at an Exhibition - Symphonic transcription by Leopold Stokowski - Catacombae - Sepulcrum Romanum 2:05£0.79
Listen10. Pictures at an Exhibition - Symphonic transcription by Leopold Stokowski - Cum mortuis in lingua morta 2:27£0.79
Listen11. Pictures at an Exhibition - Symphonic transcription by Leopold Stokowski - The Hut on Fowl's Legs 2:40£0.79
Listen12. Pictures at an Exhibition - Symphonic transcription by Leopold Stokowski - The Great Gate of Kiev 5:12£0.79
Listen13. Boris Godounov - Symphonic Synthesis by Leopold Stokowski - 1. Outside the Novodievichi Monastery - The people ask Boris for protection - Pilgrims are heard singing in the distance - They come closer 6:14£0.79
Listen14. Boris Godounov - Symphonic Synthesis by Leopold Stokowski - 2. Coronation of Boris 4:46£0.79
Listen15. Boris Godounov - Symphonic Synthesis by Leopold Stokowski - 3. Monks chanting in the Monastery of Choudov 2:18£0.79
Listen16. Boris Godounov - Symphonic Synthesis by Leopold Stokowski - 4. Siege of Kazan 1:37£0.79
Listen17. Boris Godounov - Symphonic Synthesis by Leopold Stokowski - 5. Outside the Church of Saint Basil - The Idiot foretells the fate of Russia - The starving crowd ask Boris for bread 3:53£0.79
Listen18. Boris Godounov - Symphonic Synthesis by Leopold Stokowski - 6. Death of Boris 3:49£0.79
Listen19. Khovanshchina - Symphonic Transcription - Entr'acte (Intermezzo) - Act V 4:24£0.79
Listen20. Night On The Bare Mountain 9:22Album Only

On this CD:
  1. Pictures at an Exhibition
    Composed by Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky
    Performed by Cleveland Orchestra
    Conducted by Oliver Knussen

  2. Boris Godunov
    Composed by Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky
    Performed by Cleveland Orchestra
    Conducted by Oliver Knussen

  3. Khovanshchina
    Composed by Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky
    Performed by Cleveland Orchestra
    Conducted by Oliver Knussen

  4. (A) Night on the Bare Mountain
    Composed by Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky
    Performed by Cleveland Orchestra
    Conducted by Oliver Knussen

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars A sound spectacle, 16 May 2004
As one who finds Stokowski's orchestrations of Bach as uninspired and boring, I approached this CD of his arrangements of Mussorgsky's best known works with trepidation. I am glad to say that I was pleasantly surprised. What Stokowski has tended to do here is take existing orchestrations - by Ravel or by Rimsky-Korsakov - and make his own arrangements. This bring out new meanings to the music and, in the case of "Pictures", emphasise the "Russianness" of the music.

Stokowski's arrangement of "Pictures" omits some of the movements that Ravel uses (such as "Tuileries") and beefs up others such as the Great Gate of Kiev to produce a sound spectacle. It is good to hear the music played with such commitment and energy by the Cleveland Orchestra under Oliver Knussen.

The suite based on Boris Godunov is a coherent introduction to this magnificent opera and the extract from Kovanshchina is powerfully performed.

The Night on the Bare Mountain is the arrangement used in "Fantasia" and is most obviously a re-arrangement of Rimsky-Korsakov's orchestration. The conclusion - which is Stokowski's own - is a short chorale which brings the symphonic poem to a thunderous conclusion.

Not for the faint-hearted but with sumptuous sound and excellent performances, this is music to wallow in for sheer enjoyment. There are very good programme notes, including some interesting insights - with illustrations - of how Stokowski set about his task.

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars overhyped and can't replace the best previous version, 18 Jul 2004
Unlike Mr Harnett I am a MAJOR fan of Stokowski transcriptions and own a number of these on CD. I bought this CD on the strength of a rave review in the Times. What a bummer! After I'd listened to it, I played my old version (and I DO mean old): Telarc CD-80042 Maazel/Cleveland Orchestra.
This completely blows the Knussen away such that I won't be hanging on to the Knussen, even as a comparative listen.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Missing something..., 5 Sep 2007
By Awmni (Nottingham) - See all my reviews
I bought this as a newcomer to Stokowski, but a big fan of Pictures at an Exhibition and initially was impressed with the early parts, The Old Castle being particularly entrancing. Unfortunately, Stokowski's decision to jettison Tuileries and The Market-place at Limoges for being "too french" (surprising that a piece about a French city should sound French!) leaves the work uneven, without the lightness to counterbalance the gloom of other pieces. In addition, Stokowski's (or Knussen, the conductor's) decision to speed up Bydlo is bizzare, an Ox-cart moving as fast as a race-horse!

The other works included are very well arranged, though my familiarity with them is not so great. The version of Night on Bare Mountain is recommended, being very quiet and very loud to good effect. The arrangement borrows from and improves upon Rimsky's attempt.

I would not recommend this version of Pictures at an Exhibition to a newcomer, and suggest that fans looking for something unusual look no further than one of the solo piano versions.
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