Fritz Reiner - Moussorgsky/Ravel: Pictures At An Exhibition - Analogue Productions LP

RCA Living Stereo · 180 Gram Vinyl · Remastered at 33 1/3 RPM

The definitive recording of Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition in Ravel's dazzling orchestration — long regarded as the benchmark for both performance and sound. Fritz Reiner leads the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in a reading of jaw-dropping power, color and precision, from the noble opening Promenade to the shattering climax of "The Great Gate of Kiev."

Features

• 180g vinyl, 33 1/3 RPM
• RCA Living Stereo reissue
• Remastered from the original master tape by Ryan Smith at Sterling Sound; plated by Gary Salstrom
• Pressed at Quality Record Pressings; Stoughton tip-on jacket
• Label: Analogue Productions

Track Listing

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

1. Promenade
2. Gnomus
3. Il vecchio castello
4. Tuileries
5. Bydło
6. Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks
7. Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuÿle
8. The Market at Limoges
9. Catacombae / Cum mortuis in lingua mortua
10. The Hut on Fowl's Legs (Baba Yaga)
11. The Great Gate of Kiev