Simon Tedeschi - Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition (2022) [Hi-Res]

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Title: Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition
Year Of Release: 2015 / 2022
Label: ABC Classic
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks) [48kHz/24bit]
Total Time: 1:18:00
Total Size: 663 / 235 MB
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Tracklist:

01. Pictures at an Exhibition: Promenade I
02. Pictures at an Exhibition: I. Gnomus
03. Pictures at an Exhibition: Promenade II
04. Pictures at an Exhibition: II. The Old Castle
05. Pictures at an Exhibition: Promenade III
06. Pictures at an Exhibition: III. Tuileries Gardens
07. Pictures at an Exhibition: IV. Bydlo
08. Pictures at an Exhibition: Promenade IV
09. Pictures at an Exhibition: V. Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks
10. Pictures at an Exhibition: VI. "Samuel" Goldenburg and "Schmuyle"
11. Pictures at an Exhibition: Promenade V
12. Pictures at an Exhibition: VII. The Market at Limoges
13. Pictures at an Exhibition: VIIIa. Catacombae (Sepulchrum Romanum)
14. Pictures at an Exhibition: VIIIb. Cum Mortuis in Lingua Mortua
15. Pictures at an Exhibition: IX. The Hut on Chicken's Legs
16. Pictures at an Exhibition: X. The Great Gate of Kiev
17. Children's Album, Op. 39: 1. Morning Prayer
18. Children's Album, Op. 39: 2. Winter Morning
19. Children's Album, Op. 39: 3. Mamma
20. Children's Album, Op. 39: 4. Hobby-Horse
21. Children's Album, Op. 39: 5. March of the Wooden Soldiers
22. Children's Album, Op. 39: 6. The New Doll
23. Children's Album, Op. 39: 7. The Sick Doll
24. Children's Album, Op. 39: 8. The Doll's Funeral
25. Children's Album, Op. 39: 9. Waltz
26. Children's Album, Op. 39: 10. Polka
27. Children's Album, Op. 39: 11. Mazurka
28. Children's Album, Op. 39: 12. Russian Song
29. Children's Album, Op. 39: 13. The Peasant Plays the Accordion
30. Children's Album, Op. 39: 14. Kamarinskaya
31. Children's Album, Op. 39: 15. Little Italian Song
32. Children's Album, Op. 39: 16. Little Old French Song
33. Children's Album, Op. 39: 17. Little German Song
34. Children's Album, Op. 39: 18. Little Neapolitan Song
35. Children's Album, Op. 39: 19. The Nanny's Tale
36. Children's Album, Op. 39: 20. Baba-Yaga
37. Children's Album, Op. 39: 21. Sweet Dreams
38. Children's Album, Op. 39: 22. The Lark's Song
39. Children's Album, Op. 39: 23. In Church
40. Children's Album, Op. 39: 24. The Organ-Grinder Sings

“Tedeschi draws the listener into his world … a rare gift.” – London Evening Standard

Prodigious Australian pianist Simon Tedeschi tackles one of the masterworks of the solo piano repertoire: Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition.

Pictures at an Exhibition was composed as a tribute to one of Mussorgsky’s close friends, the painter Victor Hartmann, in the wake of his tragic and untimely death. Musical interpretations of the paintings at an exhibition held in Hartmann’s memory are interspersed by five Promenades, in which Mussorgsky portrays himself moving from picture to picture. The narrative of the work encompasses richly vivid, imaginative and varied musical depictions of the paintings, from ‘Tuileries’ – in which we hear children chattering and fighting in a Parisian garden – to a depiction of a crude Polish farm wagon (‘Bydlo’) to the quicksilver ‘Ballet of the Chicks in their Shells’.

“When I was asked by ABC to record this work, I could scarcely wait to sink my teeth into it. Like any iconic piece, it traverses the centuries and transfixes us with its pertinence to the struggles, conflicts and fixations we face today.” – Simon Tedeschi

Pictures at an Exhibition is accompanied on this album by the surprising, delightful and innocent Album for the Young by Tchaikovsky.

Simon Tedeschi has performed in major concert halls throughout Australia, Europe, North America and Asia, and for world leaders including George W. Bush, Vladimir Putin, Nelson Mandela, and the Dalai Lama. His wide-ranging discography includes acclaimed recordings of concertos by Grieg, Tchaikovsky and Mozart, and solo albums Gershwin and Me, Gershwin: Take Two, and Tender Earth.He also played the hands of acclaimed pianist David Helfgott for the Oscar-winning film Shine.