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Musorgsky: Pictures; Prokofiev: Visions Fugitives - Steven Osborne

CDA67896

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NEW RELEASE

Playing time: 65'58"
Tracks: 41
Booklet pages: 12
© 2013 Hyperion Records Ltd
Reviewer: Ron Bierman
Review of Musorgsky: Pictures; Prokofiev: Visions Fugitives - Steven Osborne published on 28 May 2014

Steven Osborne, piano

Modest Musorgsky (1839-1881):

Pictures From an Exhibition
1 Promenade 1
2 Gnomus
3 Promenade 2
4 The Old Castle (Il vecchio castello)
5 Promenade 3
6 Tuileries: Children quarrelling after play
7 Bydlo (A Polish ox-cart)
8 Promenade 4
9 Ballet of the unhatched chicks
10 Two Polish Jews, one rich, the other poor (Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuyle)
11 Promenade 5
12 Limoges, the market place
13 Catacombae: Sepulchrum Romanum -
14 Con mortuis in lingua mortua
15 Baba Yaga (The hut on fowl's legs)
16 The Great Gate of Kiev

Serge Prokofiev (1891-1953):

Sarcasms Op 17
17 Tempestoso
18 Allegro rubato
19 Allegro precipitato
20 Smanioso
21 Precipitosissimo

Visions fugitives Op 22
22 Lentamente
23 Andante
24 Allegretto
25 Animato
26 Molto giocoso
27 Con eleganza
28 Pittoresco
29 Comodo
30 Allegretto tranquillo
31 Ridicolosamente
32 Con vivacità
33 Assai moderato
34 Allegretto
35 Feroce
36 Inquieto
37 Dolente
38 Poetico
39 Con una dolce lentezza
40 Presto agitatissimo e molto accentuato
41 Lento

Recorded 17, 18 and 20 December 2011 in Henry Wood Hall, London UK

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