CD Modeste Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition John Browning 1987 UK Import

Description: Disc is in near-mint condition. The jewel case has some scuffing, but the inside holds the disc tightly. (See photos) This disc was originally sent from the UK to the US. It is being shipped from within the United States. Pictures at an Exhibition describes someone walking round the exhibition and looking at the pictures. The ten pictures he describes in music were drawings and watercolors. Mussorgsky starts his piece with a tune which describes the person walking round the exhibition. It is usually known as the “promenade” theme (a promenade is a walk). At first Mussorgsky puts the promenade theme between each picture, but he does not do that all the way through the piece. Some of the later pictures have bits of the promenade theme in the music. Note from John Browning: "My introduction to “Pictures at an Exhibition” occurred when, as a young boy, I heard Vladimir Horowitz play it in recital. So profound was the impression his performance made on me that almost twenty years later, when I found sufficient courage to learn the work, Mr. Horowitz’ unpublished re-working of the original remained indelibly engraved in my mind. I shall not dispute those who prefer Mussorgsky’s unaltered text. But try as I may, after much thought and work, I am unable to play the original without reservations. Thus my own version of “Pictures” has evolved. Both the authentic Lamm edition and the Ravel orchestration have been carefully studied. My amendment of the score consists of occasional doublings, changes of register, and coloristic embellishment. In “The Great Gate of Kiev” I have added a contrapuntal augmentation of the Promenade motif. Wherever my revision and that of Mr. Horowitz may coincide, I plead guilty to having been unsuccessful in discovering a finer way than his, and freely admit my unabashed admiration of his incomparable artistry."

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