Carlo Maria Giulini/ Chicago Symphony Orchestra - Mussorgski: Pictures at an Exhibition / Prokofieff: Symphonie Classique

180-gram gatefold double LP

Part of The Original Source Series from Deutsche Grammophon

100% pure analog AAA mastering

Remastered from the original 4-track recordings at Emil Berliner Studios

No tape copies used, no unnecessary devices in the signal path, no digital sound processing!

Pressed by Optimal in Germany

An art exhibition in honor of his friend, the painter Victor Hartmann, inspired Mussorgsky to compose his piano cycle in 1874, the idea of which is as simple as it is obvious: a kind of "first-person narrator" wanders through the gallery and looks at 10 paintings in great detail. Maurice Ravel orchestrated them for orchestra in 1922. Giulini's performance with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra is widely regarded as a reference recording.

Prokofiev wrote his first symphony in the middle of the First World War. In sound and form, it differs from other works by the composer. No gigantic late romantic orchestra, no performance time of an hour, but a classical orchestra, and only 15 minutes are needed for his Symphony No. 1, which was written in 1916/'17.

The audiophile vinyl series The Original Source presents outstanding recordings from the 1970s in a whole new sound quality. For this, the renowned Emil Berliner Studios have remastered and edited the original four- and eight-track tapes in 100% analog quality (AAA) using technologies developed specifically to produce the series. The sonic differences to the original releases are considerable: greater clarity, more subtleties and improvements in frequency response, while at the same time less background noise, distortion and compression allow for an audiophile listening experience like never before.

 

Side A

Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition

1. Promenade 1

2. I. Gnomus

3. Promenade 2

4. II. The Old Castle

5. Promenade 3

6. III. Tuileries

7. IV. Bydlo 'The Oxcart'

8. Promenade 4

9. V. Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks

10. VI. Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuÿle

11. VII. The Market at Limoges

12. VIIIa. Catacombae 'Sepulcrum romanum'

13. VIIIb. Cum mortuis in lingua mortua

14. IX. The Hut on Fowl's Legs 'Baba-Yaga'

15. X. The Great Gates of Kyiv

Side B

Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 in D Major, Op. 25 'Classical Symphony'

1. I. Allegro

2. II. Larghetto

3. III. Gavotte. Non troppo allegro

4. IV. Finale. Molto vivace

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