Pictures at an Exhibition

by Modest Mussorgsky & Tomita

Pictures at an Exhibition cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1975
  • Label: RCA Red Seal
  • Country: Japan
  • Length: 53:37
  • Community rating: 3.71/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Japanese synthesizer pioneer Isao Tomita completely reimagines Modest Mussorgsky's renowned classical suite using a vast array of analog Moog synthesizers. The interpretation brings a playful, futuristic, and highly surreal dimension to the romantic era composition, establishing Tomita as a leading figure in electronic classical crossovers.

Genres

Descriptors: instrumental, virtuosic, orchestral, melodic, dynamic, theatrical

Tracklist

  1. Promenade (Arr. J.V.A. Guillou) (1:26)
  2. I. Gnomus (Arr. J.V.A. Guillou) (2:32)
  3. Promenade (Arr. J.V.A. Guillou) (1:01)
  4. II. Old Castle (Arr. J.V.A. Guillou) (4:11)
  5. Promenade (Arr. J.V.A. Guillou) (0:34)
  6. III. Tuileries (Arr. J.V.A. Guillou) (1:00)
  7. IV. Bydlo (Arr. J.V.A. Guillou) (2:28)
  8. Promenade (Arr. J.V.A. Guillou) (0:57)
  9. V. Ballet of the Chickens in their Shells (Arr. J.V.A. Guillou) (1:25)
  10. VI. Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuyle (Arr. J.V.A. Guillou) (2:41)
  11. Promenade (Arr. J.V.A. Guillou) (1:28)
  12. VII. The Market-Place at Limoges (Arr. J.V.A. Guillou) (1:30)
  13. VIII. Catacombae (Sepulcrum romanum) - Con mortuis in lingua mortua [arr. J.V.A. Guillou] (4:46)
  14. IX. The Hut on Fowl's Legs (Baba-Yaga) [arr. J.V.A. Guillou] (3:34)
  15. X. The Great Gate at Kiev (Arr. J.V.A. Guillou) (6:37)
  16. No. 1, Danse russe (Russian Dance) [arr. J.V.A. Guillou] (2:37)
  17. No. 2, Chez Petrouchka (Petrushka's Cell) [arr. J.V.A. Guillou] (4:24)
  18. No. 3, La semaine grasse (the Shrove-tide Fair) [arr. J.V.A. Guillou] (10:18)

Credits

  • Modest Mussorgsky - primary artist, composed by [original]

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