Description

This suite in ten movements, with a recurring varied Promenade, is Mussorgsky's most famous piano composition, and has become a showpiece for virtuoso pianists. He was inspired to create this masterpiece by an exbibition of paintings and drawings by the architect and illustrator Victor Hartmann. Edited by Petra Weber-Bockholdt with fingering by Klaus Schilde. Contains: No. 1 "Gnomus" (The Gnome) �� No. 2 "Il vecchio castello" (The Old Castle) �� No. 3 "Tuileries" (Dispute d'enfants apr��s jeux) (Tuileries (Dispute between Children at Play)) �� No. 4 "Bydlo" (Cattle) �� No. 5Ballett der unausgeschl��pften K��ken (Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks) �� No. 6 "Samuel" Goldenberg und "Schmu��le" (Samuel Goldenberg and Schmu��le) �� No. 7 "Limoges", le march�� (The Market at Limoges) �� No. 8 Catacombae (The Catacombs) �� No. 9 Die H��tte auf H��hnerf����en (The Hut on Fowl's Legs (Baba-Yag��)) �� No. 10 Das Heldentor (The Bogatyr Gates (in the Capital in Kiev)).