[1/29/2011] Preview: Preparing to conclude our walk-through of Mussorgsky's "Pictures at an Exhibition" (continued)

Old business/new business: This chunk of Sergiu Celibidache's 1980 performance with the London Symphony picks up with the final chords of "Bydło" (No. 4), then continues at 0:17 with the Promenade that leads to the "Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks" (No. 5) at 1:17, all from our installment last week. Wthis week's installment begins with "Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuyle" (No. 6) at 2:39, the continues with "Limoges -- The Marketplace" (No. 7) at 5:38 and "Catacombs" (from No. 7) at 7:07.


NOW, AS PROMISED . . .

We hear our "preview" team -- William Kapell performing the piano version, George Szell and the Cleveland Orchestra performing the Ravel orchestral version -- in the first and last of tomorrow's second-half pictures.


No. 6, Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuyle
(Two Polish Jews, One Rich and the Other Not)
piano version
William Kapell, piano. RCA/BMG, private recording of a live broadcast from Melbourne (Australia) Town Hall, July 21, 1953
Ravel orchestration
Cleveland Orchestra, George Szell, cond. Epic/Columbia/CBS/Sony, recorded Oct. 30, 1963


"Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuyle" (No. 6) is performed by pianist Mina Ivanova.


No. 10, The Great Gate of Kiev
piano version
William Kapell, piano. RCA/BMG, private recording of a live broadcast from Melbourne (Australia) Town Hall, July 21, 1953, with the final section patched in from a Frick Collection (New York) recital, March 1, 1953
Ravel orchestration
Cleveland Orchestra, George Szell, cond. Epic/Columbia/CBS/Sony, recorded Oct. 30, 1963


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