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scherzokinn · 1 year

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classical-music-suites-bracket · 3 months

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Pictures at an Exhibition (Modest Mussorgsky orch. Maurice Ravel):

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Last win – Sleeping Beauty Suite (Tchaikovsky)

not sure any propaganda is needed bc the work speaks for itself but honestly Ravel's orchestration is incredible. The choice of instruments is perfectly thought through and elevates what was already a beautiful composition to begin with. It's an incredibly picturesque and varied suite!

The Planets Suite (Gustav Holst):

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Last win – Peer Gynt Suite no. 1 (Grieg)

The Bakshi Lord of the Rings set "Mithrandir" to the theme from Jupiter! It's very touching :)

honestly magical. dramatic start, Jupiter both breaks my heart and makes me feel alive, the fading chorus at the end is like floating away into space. I don’t have a favourite recording. However I should mention that Melodica Men did a wonderful rendition of Jupiter that I’d like to share (they did Mars too but I like this more):

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#classical music suites bracket #round 5 poll #mussorgsky #ravel #holst

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postcard-from-the-past · 8 months

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Costume for Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov Opera

Russian vintage postcard, illustrated by Ivan Bilibin

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vera-dauriac · 1 year

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Finally getting around to watching the new La Scala Boris Godunov. The singing is good, but the real takeaway is that it is freaking GORGEOUS.

#boris godunov #mussorgsky #la scala #opera

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king-k-ripple · 1 year

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Music Alignment Chart

#music #classical music #alignment chart #mozart #johann sebastian bach #beethoven #chopin #tchaikovsky #felix mendelssohn #grofe #johann strauss ii #smetana #edvard grieg #haydn #theodorakis #charles ives #mussorgsky #fantasia #disney

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landrysg · 1 year

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The best recordings of "Pictures at an Exhibition" via BBC's Music Magazine

https://www.classical-music.com/features/recordings/pictures-at-an-exhibition-musorgsky-guide-best-recordings/

Sometimes the old tricks and the best tricks: Mussorgsky (1839-1881), Pictures at an Exhibition, arr. and performed by Vladimir Horowitz (1947)

#youtube #mussorgsky #horowitz

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opera-ghosts · 1 year

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OTD in Music History: Important Russian “nationalist” composer Modest Mussorgsky (1839 – 1881) is born into a wealthy and land-owning Russian family. Mussorgsky began receiving piano lessons from his mother (a trained pianist) at the age of six. He progressed rapidly, and, at the age of ten, he and his brother were taken to Saint Petersburg to continue their studies (which included music) at an elite school. Mussorgsky's parents had also planned the move to Saint Petersburg so that both their sons would renew a longstanding family tradition of military service. Accordingly, Mussorgsky was duly enrolled in the Cadet School of the Guards at the age of 13. Unfortunately, the school was a brutal environment – and it probably instilled in young Mussorgsky the drinking habits which would ultimately lead him down to the path to terminal alcoholism. (According to another former student, the Head of the Academy at that time "was proud when a cadet returned from leave drunk with champagne.”) Mussorgsky’s considerable skills as a pianist made him popular with his fellow-cadets, however, and he spent many evenings playing popular dances interspersed with his own improvisations. In October 1856, the 17-year-old Mussorgsky met the 22-year-old physician Alexander Borodin (1833 - 1887) while both men were serving at a military hospital. Even more portentous was Mussorgsky’s introduction just a few months later to Alexander Dargomyzhsky (1813 - 1869) – who at the time was the most important Russian composer after Mikhail Glinka (1804 - 1857). Dargomyzhsky was so impressed with Mussorgsky's pianism that he invited Mussorgsky to attend his soirées, and it was there that Mussorgsky met Cesar Cui (1835 – 1918) and Mily Balakirev (1837 – 1910) – and, through Balakirev, Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844 - 1908). Thus the core constituency of the historically important Russian “nationalist” school of composers known as “The Mighty Five” was formed… PICTURED: A c. 1920s real photo postcard showing the middle-aged Mussorgsky, with a very solid mullet.

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halloweeny-autumn-aesthetic · 1 year

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Track of the Day #30: Mussorgsky’s “Pictures at an Exhibition--Night on Bald Mountain”

Another of the most quintessentially Halloweeny classical music pieces. Chills every time!

#autumn aesthetic #so spoopy!!#classical music #Mussorgsky #Night on Bald Mountain #autumn #fall #halloweeny #autumn blog #Track of the Day

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topoet · 1 year

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Samuel Amidst the Russians

By Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875 – 1912) a London born, mixed-race composer – referred to as the “African Mahler” – I have Uncovered Vol 1(Piano quintet etc); British Light Music: Suites: Hiawatha, Othello. I don’t recall how I came across Coleridge-Taylor but I was happy to discover him. Can you name any black, classical composers? (Maybe Beethoven – whom Coleridge-Taylor believed was…

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#am writing #Borodin #British composer #music #Mussorgsky #Ontario #photographs #review #Russian #Samuel Coleridge-Taylor #string quartet #Tchaikovsky #Toronto #Vespers

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ultra-francesca-mercury · 1 year

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March 21, 1839

Composer Modest Mussorgsky is born in Russia.

#modest mussorgsky #mussorgsky #almanaccomercury

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senfonikankara · 2 years

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Bilkent Senfoni Orkestrası

17 Eylül 2022 Cumartesi, 20:00 Bilkent Odeon

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#bso #konser #ankara #klasik müzik #Mozart #opera #tchaikovsky #mussorgsky

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classical-music-suites-bracket · 3 months

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Sleeping Beauty Suite (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky):

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Last win – Holberg Suite (Grieg)

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Pictures at an Exhibition (Modest Mussorgsky orch. Maurice Ravel):

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Last win – Carmen Suite no. 2 (Bizet)

not sure any propaganda is needed bc the work speaks for itself but honestly Ravel's orchestration is incredible. The choice of instruments is perfectly thought through and elevates what was already a beautiful composition to begin with. It's an incredibly picturesque and varied suite!

#classical music suites bracket #round 4 poll #tchaikovsky #mussorgsky #ravel

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postcard-from-the-past · 8 months

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Character from Mussorgsky's "Boris Godunov" opera

Russian vintage postcard, illustrated by Ivan Bilibin

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mozart2006 · 9 days

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Forum am Schlosspark - Mischa Maisky e Pietari Inkinen

Foto ©Holm Wolschendorf Mischa Maisky appartiene senza alcun dubbio ai miti viventi della musica classica. Continue reading Forum am Schlosspark – Mischa Maisky e Pietari Inkinen

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#beethoven #critica #deutsche radio philharmonie #forum am schlosspark #ludwigsburg #mischa maisky #mussorgsky #novecento #pietari inkinen #shostakovich #sinfonica #strumentale #violoncello

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sunset-supergirl · 20 days

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Happy birthday Herbert von Karajan

#herbert von karajan #Mussorgsky #Spotify

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fieriframes · 10 months

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[The whole thing that brings it together that makes me the happiest about it, yet, the Death of Boris,’ by Mussorgsky.]

#s28e16 bbq bites and southern flavor #guy fieri #guyfieri #diners drive-ins and dives #thing #death #boris #mussorgsky

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