Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition; Schumann: Fantasie
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Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition; Schumann: Fantasie
Fantasia op 17 (1836 38) in DO per piano
Quadri di una esposizione (1874) (vers.per piano)Fantasia op 17 (1836 38) in DO per piano
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manufacturer: HARMONIA MUNDI
On this recording, Paul Lewis performs two major works of the keyboard repertoire. Decidedly programmatic, Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition is more commonly heard today in Ravel's orchestral version. However, the original for solo piano is both a technical tour-de-force and a brilliant example of the composer's coloristic gifts. The pairing is Schumann's Fantaisie Op.17, a work whose movements originally had evocative titles (Ruin, Triumphal Arch, Constellation). The 'program' was removed before publication, but the 'pictures' Schumann intended listeners to imagine remain.