MODEST MUSSORGSKY (1839-1881) - Symphonic Transcriptions
by Leopold Stokowski (1882-1977):
Pictures at an Exhibition
Boris Godunov (Symphonic Synthesis)
Khovanshchina Entr'acte (Intermezzo) - Act IV Scene 2
Night on Bald Mountain - Witches' Sabbath
The Cleveland Orchestra
Oliver Knussen
Int. Release 02 Feb. 2004
0289 457 6462 7
DDD 0289 457 6462 7 GH
Format: CD
Track List
Pictures At An Exhibition (1939)
Symphonic transcription by Leopold Stokowski
1. Promenade 1 2:03
2. Gnome 2:25
3. Promenade 2 1:06
4. The Old Castle 3:41
5. Bydlo 1:57
6. Promenade 3 1:02
7. Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks 1:06
8. Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuyle 2:41
9. Catacombae - Sepulcrum Romanum 2:06
10. Cum mortuis in lingua morta 2:27
11. The Hut on Fowl's Legs 2:40
12. The Great Gate of Kiev 5:13
Boris Godounov (1936)
Symphonic Synthesis by Leopold Stokowski
13. 1. Outside the Novodievichi Monastery - The people ask Boris for protection - Pilgrims are heard singing in the distance - They come closer and enter the Monastery 6:15
14. 2. Coronation of Boris 4:47
15. 3. Monks chanting in the Monastery of Choudov 2:19
16. 4. Siege of Kazan 1:37
17. 5. Outside the Church of Saint Basil - The Idiot foretells the fate of Russia - The starving crowd ask Boris for bread 3:54
18. 6. Death of Boris 3:50
19. Khovanshchina - Symphonic Transcription (1922?) Entr'acte (Intermezzo) - Act V 4:25
20. Night On The Bare Mountain (1940) 9:23
The Cleveland Orchestra, Oliver Knussen
TT: Total Playing Time 64'31
