Moussorgsky, Modeste - Pictures at an Exhibition

An exhibition of pictures by the painter Viktor Hartmann inspired Mussorgsky in 1874 to write ‘Pictures at an Exhibition’, a cycle of pieces now regarded as the most significant piano work of this Russian master.

CONTENTS

Biography of the Composer: Modest P. Mussogsky
History of the work: Pictures at an Exhibition
Promenade
The Gnome
The Old Castle
The Tuileries (Children Quarelling as They Play)
Bydlo (Oxen Pulling a Cart)
Ballet of the Little Chicks in Their Eggshells
Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuyle
The Market Square in Limoges
Catacombs: The Roman Sepulchre
Among the Dead in the Language of the Dead
The Witch's Hut: Baba Yaga
The Great Gate of Kiev