Mussorgsky - Ravel - Pictures at an Exhibition - 1/4 - Ion Marin - National Philharmonic of Russia

[Simon0]

was this piece originally written for piano or orchestra?

[LMTR14]

elp

[kozzzh]

@LMTR14

Mussorgsky! and ELP are the nails of his fingers

[LMTR14]

@kozzzh I don't know exactly what you're trying to say but I've never seen a better rock keyboarder than Emerson so no need to badmouth their abilities

[onlyattheramps]

randomness at 1:52 ;)

[reeethard]

anyone here for IB Drama? lol

[walkingtree9]

Beautiful and sensitive first Promenade, a lot of versions make the first Promenade simply cheerful, but this one brings out more a sense of *trying* to be cheerful, with a layer of sadness underneath. Great Gnome, too.

[hadlock]

Great recording, except for the cough @ 8:21

[KoffeePerkulator]

@hadlock

What? That cough was specifically written in there by Mussorgsky himself, and in my opinion it greatly adds to the atmosphere.

[nraspopo]

Nothing better than a character portrayed by Mussorgsky



[barfingonall4s]

This was fantastic, it's too bad it couldn't have been recorded without all the bothersome people repeatedly coughing, people are shameful to continually ruin music for others.

[kimisdaman]

My high school band played this, and I've been watching/listening to a number of live performances, including ELP's. There are apparently a number of interpretations beyond Ravel's arrangement, are there any recordings of them on youtube?

[abasanti]

@kimisdaman yeah, there are lots, ghostface killah even did a version

[Hubcool367]

Haha, I like how the transitions from the promenades to the other movements are all chaotic, I can just imagine Mussorgsky being all schizo and change his mood instantly while going from pictures to pictures

[bluematter]

The madness of interpretation.

[minaolenmarkus]

brillante! 

[edrmain]

did anybody notice the tube's straight mute at 4:05

[aaronloughlin]

i love the eastern influence in the old castle section. saw the [american] national symphony orchestra perform this last night. it was fantastic.

[ClaireBear2852]

Ahhh I remember playing this in my 8th grade band, though it was simplified. It's honestly such a joy to play and just the way the music flows is so interesting and fantastic. Completely adore it.

[PlatniumProductions]

yo that conductor has some crazy skills. he is on some level i could never be able to acheive. wouldent trust him on the road in traffic tho

[AirMover49]

love the promenade theme.

[fateplus1]

when was this written

[lennic95]

@fateplus1 It was written for piano in 1874 and orchestrated by ravel in 1922.

[Mazgurth]

Makes me think of Scarlett's Cream. Beautiful.

[jamesjwalsh]

Another good one....thanks.

[BeowulfVids]

@adrianteodorescu, all pop music/mainstream rock is based off of the chord progression in Pachelbel's Canon in D. Jazz is different in that it is more african and has the 12 bar blues.

[BeowulfVids]

A Saxophone's tone and harmonies is among the most complex of all instruments if played well. Saxophones need to be recognized more in classical music.

[dlo693]

@BeowulfVids Well, time for me to write a saxophone concerto.

[TheVaughan5]

@BeowulfVids Ravel used the saxophone in a number of compositions and his pupil Vaughan Williams used it in his final ( 9th ) symphony but apart from some other French composers it was not used much which is a great shame as it is such a wonderful instrument.

[TheStevenOoi]

4:24 what's that percussion isntrument called?

[mill0625]

@TheStevenOoi The instrument you're asking about is a ratchet.

This is an amazing performance of an amazing piece.

[YoWassupLA]

@TheStevenOoi It's a ratchet.

[JoeShmoe102]

TUBA MUTE!!!!

[omri967307]

lol 4:10

[mchjc]

Both the audio and video of your uploads are always superb..Thank you.

[pel323]

LOL at the giant tuba mute at 2:22

[MaestroTJS]

One of the all-too-few sax solos in classical music....

[Chudhole]

For me, this might be the greatest piece of music I know. It has majesty, comedy, mystery, even a little horror. And it never seems to age. And yes, John WIlliams and Bernard Herrmann (two greats themselves) seem to "cough" borrow a section here and there....And whole sections of "Star Wars" seem to be borrowed (respectfully I'm sure) from Jerry Goldsmith's Plant of the Apes.

[Honorien]

The first necessary video of the piece i've found.

Very nice, good quality.

Keep it up!!!!!

[Ratoscruvy]

The Gnomus reminds me of starwars...

[tinykill88]

I am playing this piece in like a week and i like loveeeeeee itttt

thanks so much for putting this up :)

[caileadad]

this is the first symphony I heard as a kid in the third grade I loved closing my eyes and seeing the pictures through the music thank you for putting on here and letting me have that feeling again

[FilmComposeRaHoppe]

I absolutely love this performance :) If I was the conductor trying to conduct a masterpiece and convey expression and there's sbdy coughing all the time I'd go crazy. Why do they have to cough during such wonderful performances? If there is no other possibility it's okay. But I think it destroys the fluency of a masterpiece in some way. At the last concert I attended there was someone who did not switch of his mobile phone. It's so annoying. No respect?

didn't mean to offense anybody.

[1daisyrockkitten]

I absolutely love this song!

My wind ensemble in high school is playing this song this year! I am so excited for this song, it is truly a beautiful song:)

[hgjfkd12345]

4:00 look in the back. that's one giant mute

[scrapy94]

It's so beautiful....I like Promenade a lot ! That's so great...Rhythm and melody.....It's so great!

[adrianteodorescu]

And if you look even further you will see that the great masters also borrowed from each other.

[Toast579]

@adrianteodorescu mozart didnt "write" anything until he was 13 or so

[peppersax]

Anyone notice the John Williams, "Indiana Jones" chords beginning @ 2:45 and then,another great film composer Bernard Herrmann ,"Jason and The Argonauts" chords, evolving into "Cape Fear" 'lines' starting @ 3:39? Yep, even these great film composers listened intently to the 'old masters' and "borrowed" from them. Just an observation.

[Honorien]

@peppersax @peppersax And swiss rappers have taken the theme of the gnomus part at 2:13 for one of there tracks (I think). If you're interested (i think not) its called "Treui Seu" of the groupe "Wurzel5".

[RussianHillHandyman]

@peppersax actually @ 2:45, I heard the properly credited music from The Big Lebowski scene where The Dude's landlord performs "his cycle."

[TheY0gaman]

@peppersax John Williams took many parts from famous songs such as Jupiter, Rite of Spring and Mars when he composed the Star Wars Music. Listen to any of them. The most obvious is Mars. At the end of the piece, it sounds exactly like the first Death Star about to blow up. Not even subtle :(

[peppersax]

@TheY0gaman Thanks for telling me. I'm heading over to THAT music and have a listen:)

[enedving]

@TheY0gaman And Holst stole from Classical composers. Most everything came from the Classical era. Big deal. Nothing is new under the sun. It's great to listen to! (and George Lucas specifically told Williams to make it sound like the Planets Suite)

[m0rl0rd]

@TheY0gaman Star Wars History 101: Lucas originally used music from the Planet Suite to accompany test shots of the film. He later collaborated with Williams who was virtually obligated to mimic the music and maintain Lucas' original vision whilst adding some brilliant additions of his own. I think he pulled it off extremely well, and has never denied that he drew very heavily from the Planets...that being said, it's NOT the Planets and he has been widely hailed as a genius.

[24DJF]

I love how the tuba mute is bigger than half the instruments in an orchestra :p

love pictures!

[xzezlix18]

i am not a big fan of classical music but i love this piece.the orchestra sounds great!

[Master12halo]

it was a good conducted orchestral music piece

[lastdoners]

Ion Marin, an excellent conductor, great talent! The orchestra sounds great!