Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition: "The Old Castle"

[soleanna50]

I miss the snowflakes :(

[soleanna50]

Princess Tutu brought me here.

[ambereyes93]

When I first heard this composition I thought, "This makes me think of an old castle." And then I read the title ;D

[Ziggy2212]

Actually the player is spot on. Counting in this piece is complex, and enhances the mystery to it all. Close you eyes and follow the lead. It flows and the orchestra follows. The Monk at the foot of the castle is alone, he's not singing to any conductor. This piece inspired my sax playing for years.

[xlovelyfreak]

So good...

[xffghhjf]

woow! is very intersting! I like!!!

[cheeseintheair]

played this on tenor sax, absolutely loved it.

[LokiRagnarok113]

@cheeseintheair I did too! I hoped I passed my final on this piece! I love the orchestra version more than it just being a solo~

[0iFruit0]

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[thedestroyer62498]

if i met mussorgsky, id give him a high five. i love playing the alto sax solo :3

[Avyncentia]

@thedestroyer62498 Actually, I'd high five Ravel if I were you. Mussorgsky died before he was able to orchestrate his piano composition. Maurice Ravel is the most famous composer to arrange this piece for full orchestra. Using the alto saxophone was quite innovative for his time; it had only just become a symphonic instrument.

[cuoylyf]

FANTASTICO!!

[ErikthePhantomOpera]

i'm learning this, and my piano teacher keeps saying stuff like "oh in the orchestra version the french horns (for example) play this and it sounds AMAZING. so try to sound like a french horn here." and im sitting there like, "uh.....okay....i'll try to make the piano sound like a french horn.....how hard could it be?" :P

anyways though, i LOVE this piece. it's just........amazing.

[mrsam657]

WWWOOOOO BASSOONS!!!! hahaha it sounds better when we play it though haha hey steven we dont have to take ur parts if u grew a pair and played it louder haha :)

[Catherinesk8s]

goooo alto saxophone(: hahaha. bassoons are amazing too.. I love this piece.

[xxxblackvenomxxx]

this is brilliant. ah, i get so many pictures when hearing music like this.

[steven4931]

As a bari sax player. I hate bassoons. Always taking my parts. ahaah.

[javooooo1]

Hooray for bassoons!

[katerina522]

Songs like this are why i fell in love with playing bassoon :D

[yufunk]

Orchestral dARKNESS .. eNLIGHTENING !

[msBLUEblood555]

TERRIBLE, SORRY!!!!

[EmptyPinata]

Just the mystical atmosphere created. There is no reason that a person with feeling would not enjoy such ... uplifting? Sensational music. Spectacular and awe-inspiring!

[JSS0986]

@EmptyPinata Alas, too few people are exposed to its brilliance.

[xLinaChansDEADx]

I really enjoyed Esa-Pekka Salonen's interpretation of The Old Castle best, but this is an excellent, and I mean Excellent, runner-up. This is the song that inspires me to continue music as my major in college.

[reesrocks]

This is the kind of music that keeps me playing cello. Its so beautiful and mysterious. This is by far my favorite part of pictures at an exhibition.

[xLinaChansDEADx]

@reesrocks Agreed. This was the piece that made me love Pictures At An Exhibition.

[ngobleus]

I like it, but I still prefer ELP's rocked up run of the song.

[LazorMuffins]

I love this piece, it's so haunting it's brilliant!

[squilliam6000]

I am playing this as a saxaphone solo :)

[famousprincesses]

my orchestra is playing this!

[gifu1960]

I love this movement - I was watching an atomic bomb documentary a few years ago and this piece was used during the execution of ethel and julius rosenberg. The music perfectly matched the somber mood of the proceedings.

[ruscello490]

This piece is so melancholic. The music, along with the title, leads me to imagine walking alone through a huge and empty hall of stone, dimly lit by candelabra and adorned with dark, richly colored tapestries on a chilly fall evening.

[imboredsoimadeautube]

@ruscello490 Its just some creepy dude singing in front of like a gothic castle lol. Nice immagination though :)

[xffghhjf]

@ruscello490 Is a melancolic piece!!!

[thesnakesrox]

i love this piece

[johnnytheproblem]

pizzicato!!

[Sandrih]

He is so great and to much simple

[musicnarts22]

I listened to this in Music class. Really like it..

[Sandrih]

Mussorgsky...the good one

[cellofellow1223]

Yay bassoons!

[zabuzato]

@cellofellow1223  I play bassoon :P

[cellofellow1223]

@zabuzato what type do you use? I own a Fox 601, with a CVC 3 bocal.

[zabuzato]

@cellofellow1223 Aswell, im using a customized bassoon. and i got a CVC 10 bocal.

[13anjowizard]

@zabuzato so do i so do i :D

[StegoOnVenus]

@cellofellow1223 we are a proud sepcies!

[javooooo1]

@cellofellow1223 very true!

[GalaxiaStars]

Oh my god! This music is played in the Princess Tutu series! I recognized it the second I heard just the first few notes! But which exact episode was it from?

[FunnyByDefinition]

Episode 9. I'm watching it right now. =]

[Firetribe4]

you don't know anything boy...grow up...

[xStaccato]

I'm sure if we commented on one of your favorite songs, you would be insulted too. It takes someone with a more developed musical taste to appreciate music like this.

[x0sexiibabii0x]

More developed....... sure!

and just because i don't like what you like dosen't mean to say i have bad taste, thats like saying "oh, you like red shoes and i don't so you're less developed"

[japanson]

The bassoon player needs to learn to watch the conductor.

[dcc143]

scary

gives me goosebumps

[adruion]

I love it, however this has "Tuileries" as well as The Old Castle.

Old castle goes till 4:52 and Tuileries starts at 4:55

Sorry i go a little overboard about Mussorgsky.

[chapolot]

B E S T S O N G E V E R ! ! ! Also does anyone know where i can get an mp3 version?

[DiVeronica]

they're not songs. britney spears writes songs, or rather, has someone write them for her

[Emmalyne91]

I love this song. I think it's dark and sensual.

[featheredmusic]

To me this is true art, music art. It is full of emotion from happiness to sadness, emptiness and fulfillment. The true sense of human is showed here, it defines who we are as a specie. Now if you raise your head on a clear night while listening to this and look at the stars, it makes you really wonder who else may feel this experience and how really lucky we are to do this.

[Ranmacos]

Credit is also deserving to Ravel who I believe took the original score written for piano and wrote this orchestrated version - or am I wrong?

[MattMuse4EvaIsFit]

thats correct! :)

Ravel also composed Bolero, another brilliant piece of classical music :)

Mussorgsky is wicked ;DD

[dcc143]

you're not wrong, he used the saxophone and used english horns for high notes

[eloaxacocabron]

you have hurt my Russian friends feelings the jelly77, maybe you should apologize to them, that is not the reason they are great composers.what else would you do if you had to freeze your nuts outside to do something...

[Jacob78Gonzales]

hahahahahahahahahah good comment thejelly77

[tuutYT]

do you REALLY think that ? Oo

[Jacob78Gonzales]

no i was just acting really stupid

was super bored

[igpfpw]

stupid comment(thejelly 77)

[helio1982]

realmente agüesome

[Eaglehawk01]

I like it just slightly faster, and those violin sure don't like using the lower half of their bows. They'll start way too many down bows near the tip, lol.

[Burnsy88]

yes, but it gives it keeps them dynamically in the background; they're not really holding any melodies so they don't need to be near the frog lol

[leontud]

Mussorgsky remains the definition of the the russkaya dusha[the russian soul].

[otterperson12]

this is quite amazing!

[otterperson12]

thats really insulting im russian!!!!!!

[AAA000005]

hahaha, you dumbass, lolz

[violatuck]

Fuck you, ass hole!!! For your information, I happen to be Russian, and there is a hell of a lot more to our lives and culture than just communism and sex!!! Communism is something that destoryed our nation and that we're still recovering from. So go and get some more information before you make stupid remarks about something that you don't know about!!!!

[Angayasse]

Viola, donT You think that this jelly might needed to have some experience...i am from hungary so... íand i bet jelly never had any experience on oppression or communism or any of the like.

And jelly is short-sighted enough, so I sorry him because he will never have vision of the great russion culture, which contributed to world culture more than he can understand. But leve him he will be this insular-minded...

[stevtomato]

Russian culture is awesome, especially the music and arts.

[zobolik]

jelly you are the best...

[ralf504]

good Musicality