Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition & Khachaturian, Kabalevsky, Shchedrin & Rachmaninov
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Vasily Petrenko, conductor

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Onyx / 2019
A Russian orchestral showcase from Vasily Petrenko and the award willing Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra present a programme of Russian orchestral classics – with some surprises.
Ravel’s brilliant orchestration of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition and Khachaturian’s sumptuously romantic suite from his ballet ‘Spartacus’ with its famous ‘Adagio’ keep company
with Kabalevsky’s fizzing overture to his opera ‘Colas Breugnon’ and Schehedrin’s ‘Naughty Limericks plus a wistful Rachmaninov song in beautiful orchestral arrangement.
tracklisting
Khachaturian: Spartacus Ballet Suite
Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia
Variations of Aegina and Bacchanalia
Scene and Dances with Crotalums
Dance of Gaditanae and Victory of Spartacus
Shchedrin: Concerto for Orchestra No. 1 ‘Tschastuschi’ (Naughty Limericks)
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
I. Promenade [1]
II. Gnomus
III. Promenade [2]
IV. Vecchio castello
V. Promenade [3]
VI. Tuileries
VII. Bydlo
VIII. Promenade [4]
IX. Ballet of the unhatched chicks
X. Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuyle
XI. The Market at Limoges
XII. Catacombe
XIII. Con mortuis in lingua mortua
XIV. The Hut on Fowl’s Legs (Baba-Yagá)
XV. The Great Gate at Kiev