Mussorgsky (orch. Ravel) - Pictures at an Exhibition - Complete (Official Score Video)

B&H Study Score Video Series: Listen and follow along with the publisher's score of Modest Mussorgsky’s "Pictures at an Exhibition," orchestrated by Maurice Ravel.
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Escucha y sigue con nuestro vídeo de la partitura de estudio de B&H, presentando la partitura oficial de la editora musical del "Pictures at an Exhibition" de Modest Mussorgsky, orquestado por Maurice Ravel.
00:04 Promenade
01:52 Gnomus
04:14 Promenade
05:18 Il vecchio castelo
10:00 Promenade
10:28 Tuileries
11:30 Bydlo
14:45 Promenade
15:24 Ballet des poussins dans leurs coques
16:42 Samuel Goldberg und Schmuÿle
19:16 Limoges-le Marché
20:36 Catacombs
22:48 Cum mortuis in lingua mortua
25:01 La Cabane sur des pattes de poule (Baba-Yaga)
28:24 La grande porte de Kiev
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Recording:
Pictures at an Exhibition
Composed by Modest Mussorgsky; orchestrated by Maurice Ravel
Performed by Vladimir Fedoseyev and the RTV Moscow Symphony Orchestra
Courtesy of Savoy Records / Concord
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[@formerartstudent]

"Huh huh huh, wouldn't it be funny if I, like, laughed rully hard, but, like... through my instrument." - trumpet player at 26:05

[@dim8069]

LMAO

[@canman5060]

That was a mistake. Ravel didn't throw that in for the Trumpet !

[@qnebra]

@@canman5060 But it sounds more hilarious in muted trumpet.

[@ruler8315]

BLAP BLAP BLAP BLAP BLAP BLAP

[@JacquesLuu]

Hahah

[@Composer_Piggy]

6:07 look at all those smiley faces!

[@MattMinecraft4]

That trumpet player needs to not be a fifth grader

[@katherineidleman9515]

HAHAHAHA HONESTLY

[@BooseyHawkes]

Navigate to different movements here: 00:04 Promenade 01:52 Gnomus 04:14 Promenade 05:18 Il vecchio castelo 10:00 Promenade 10:28 Tuileries 11:30 Bydlo 14:45 Promenade 15:24 Ballet des poussins dans leurs coques 16:42 Samuel Goldberg und Schmuÿle 19:16 Limoges-le Marché 20:36 Catacombs 22:48 Cum mortuis in lingua mortua 25:01 La Cabane sur des pattes de poule (Baba-Yaga) 28:24 La grande porte de Kiev Watch individual movements of the work at this playlist: kzbin.info/aero/PLUr1r_wAANZEUX3mTWYCSIgL9HcGRPZiH

[@mingj7202]

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[@theoneandonly3520]

@@mingj7202 Agreed

[@pikusoldier1232]

Boosey & Hawkes the names of the songs were French because ravel is French.

[@dartme18]

Hah, I clicked because the title of the video says "Official Score Video" and I scoffed. Who would call their video an OFFICIAL score video!? What does that even mean!? Then I read, "Boosey & Hawkes"...oh, yeah I guess if anyone is qualified to create an "Official Score Video" it would be them! Bravo, Boosey & Hawkes! Wonderful video, and keep up the good work!

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[@audicoes]

I had the same first impression. I only realized when I saw this comment. Thanks, B&H!

[@somebody9033]

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[@prototropo]

Wow! Emerging around 32:37 is a kind of weary recognition that we’re all persevering to the finish, and for about 20 seconds, through trombones at 32:45, so many congested chords-and congested emotions-are resolved, right into another congestion, I can hardly keep my heart in my chest. It’s a finale that shares a special majesty with four others- * the last measures of the last movement of Mozart’s last symphony-The Jupiter; * the skip-flip-vaulting race of grace in the closing minutes of Schumann’s Piano Concerto in A minor; * the heart-stealing denouement of Smetana’s “Moldau;” birthing the first famous 11th on the super-tonic-xi over II-in Common Practice history; * and then, the finial most daringly chromatic as Smetana's was diatonic, after which a glimmering tonic resolution settles Stravinsky’s “Firebird.” If I missed an epic coda, I’d love to be amended!

[@chrismcdonald9120]

I'm not sure if this is the same vibe you're going for but the coda of the first movement of Brahms symphony 4 always gives me goosebumps

[@androo4036]

This is the longest beautiful ad I've ever seen.

[@melissalemoine859]

I hated it

[@charlietian9843]

How is it an ad?

[@mithramusic5909]

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[@charlietian9843]

@@mithramusic5909 I know but this is basically the whole product lol

[@mithramusic5909]

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[@johnchessant3012]

31:03 my favourite part :)

[@moulinproductionstm]

the only ad i want to see

[@andrewfortmusic]

5:34 Whenever I hear a saxophone in an orchestral setting, I can only think of the soundtrack to Poirot! What excellent judgement Ravel had in giving that melody to alto sax!

[@censorshipisreal9370]

Or "The Gadfly" by shostakovich

[@prototropo]

The more I listen carefully to Brahms, Dvorak, Strauss, Mahler, Ravel and Holst, the more impressed I am with the profound power of their orchestration. And by contrast, the exquisite melodic genius of Chopin, Mendelssohn, Schumann, Liszt, Grieg and Verdi are so underserved by their less-dimensional orchestration. Even Beethoven and Schubert missed opportunities to animate some of their best works by tending toward unadventurous instrumentation.

[@TheModicaLiszt]

@@prototropo Liszt’s orchestration is better than people think!

[@Dylonely42]

Indeed !

[@yoongoboongo231]

the bit at 31:10 sounds absolutely magical, especially at 31:30 almost brought me to tears

[@lorenzomus9652]

Ravel is the best orchestrator

[@KingfisherLtd]

Agree. You can even imagine the opening gate hearing it

[@adambascal]

Yes, I love this section. It reminds me of Holst's Saturn

[@brooklynnwhidden]

not a fan of this conductor's overall choice of pacing, but the timbres they're getting out of the instruments are perrrfect

[@somebody9033]

26:05 😂😂😂😂

[@Mahlerweber]

33:14 I've always heard [both orchestral version and original piano version] with stringendo, but he dives right into the 'big tune', so I get your point.

[@sebastianboeddinghaus3505]

I used to think that orchestration was a formulaic, methodical task. Ravel makes it clear that is is an exquisite art!

[@paolo6219]

I cant tell who I should be commending more, mussorgsky for composing this, or ravel for arranging it

[@prototropo]

Good observation; I’ve often wondered that, too. But then when I finally heard the original piano composition, all the wonderful, powerful, surprising harmonies are right there, not waiting for Ravel to “rescue” an uninspired work.

[@censorshipisreal9370]

Both. The original is amazing, and the orchestrated version is phenomenal

[@solarMusics]

The real question is, how do you play a cymbal with a baguette? (33:39)

[@franciscogarcia4244]

The old castle for alto sax players is at 5:18

[@manikmaharjan9258]

I was lucky to get to play this in an orchestra. I loved the Bydlo so much that I wanted it to never stop....

[@nyancs7098]

Were you on euphonium

[@lyly9886]

Yeah Byflo is so good

[@Passingman_]

26:06 aWEsOmE

[@unoriginal422]

Rest in peace ears

[@GJYYNGII]

I never knew that Boosey & Hawkes has a KZbin channel.

[@shin-i-chikozima]

This masterpiece touched my late beloved mother's heartstrings , and she deeply impressed with and shed tears . The season of blooming cherry blossoms , which my late beloved mother said she wanted to show to her favorite Mussorgsky , who died in poverty at the young age of 42, has come again , Mussorgsky sublimated regret , sorrow , suffering and a friend's memories into this masterpiece From Tokyo of the Land of the Rising Sun 🇯🇵

[@prototropo]

Thank you for sharing your story-I feel like I was allowed to meet your mother. 💝

[@shin-i-chikozima]

@@prototropo Thank-you so much to your comments Take care of yourself Good luck ！ Be on the alert for Covid - １９

[@bendurbin9585]

Ravel. My favorite composer. Pictures at an exhibition. One of my favorite piano suites. Ravel x Pictures at an Exhibition. Absolute heaven. This is my favorite orchestral piece (pieces? suite?) by far.

[@benflint]

Actually written by Mussorgsky! Arranged by Ravel for orchestra

[@prototropo]

Ravel, like Rimsky-Korsakov, was a genius orchestrator. I also love this work without end-but Mussorgsky’s piano iteration was also powerful. Elgar and Holst were also amazing orchestrators.

[@theduckypianist3109]

@@prototropo Ravel, Tchaikovsky, Mahler, and Korsakov were such gods at orchestration

[@prototropo]

@@theduckypianist3109 Yes! And you know, when I listen to Mozart very carefully, it’s not just his miraculous melodic invention, contrapuntal rigor and harmonic innovations that amaze me-his orchestration judgment is flawless, too.

[@ruperttmls7985]

Que opinas de la suite “Le Tombeau de Couperin”? También para piano y luego transcrita también por Ravel. Es mi suite favorita del francés. Me recuerda también el caso de la hermosa suite Holberg Op. 40 de Grieg 🙂

[@Ab-vw2sg]

This version is much more adequate to the original. The promenade is a...promenade, gentle and slow. Thanks

[@mischag]

Those trumpets only know one dynamic I swear :)

[@littlemarmoset]

I agree. They were often too prominent--too brassy--for my tastes. Even with mutes.

[@thecorknicehero3073]

10:02 I love the trumpet promenade here especially the rising scale from the bass clarinet, bassoons, contrabassoon, cellos and double basses ❤️❤️❤️

[@unoriginal422]

My favorite pieces in these were Old Castle Tuileries Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks Baba Yaga Great Gate of Kiev Edit: I absolutely forgot about Bydlo, I'm sorry

[@muehlie73]

And Bydlo!

[@bendurbin9585]

Bydlo is amazing also!

[@OuwenH101]

Bydlo is epic

[@nilsfrederking62]

At minute 32:00 here in Barcelona a spanish ambulance passed by, they have quite an ample glissando up and down sirene, I thought no no Ravel that is a little too much, but couldn't´t believe it, so I paused the video, luckily it was not in the score.......

[@doyeondykim492]

12:30 13:19 25:15 26:30 26:40 27:00 27:25 31:10 32:09 33:00

[@camerontescher361]

31:03 HOW CAN YOU CREATE A MUSICAL MOMENT THIS GOOD?????

[@pianist12]

Did the principle trumpet player just wanna sabotage everything ?

[@MonoIce350s]

17:30 Is the trumpeter drunk?

[@somebody9033]

Sounds free as it should - I don't really enjoy the precise and short playing most western trumpet players do in this excerpt... also I'm pretty sure this trumpeter is using a Bb trumpet, not a piccolo for this excerpt.

[@bmjessep]

A hundred good recordings and they choose this one. Can't even hear the strings half the time.

[@officaldungeons]

Anyone else feeling a bit spooked by gnomes listening to this?

[@asdfasdf6791]

That flute single part at 17:50 is worst version ever

[@somebody9033]

*trumpet. Personally I quite like it. I think most Western trumpet players play too short and too precise... the improvisatory feel this trumpeter gives sounds better to my ears.

[@AlecSievern]

The chord at 24:43 is honestly one of the most beautiful things I have ever heard

[@LorenDeFilippo]

I agree. This section is absolutely gorgeous.

[@NoahtheEpicGuy]

This has to be my favorite orchestral song of all time. It speaks volumes worth of stories. The orchestration is mesmerizing (although I'm not too qualified on that yet). ESPECIALLY that finale. Simply beautiful. I do wish there was a lot more percussion usage, but that's because I'm a big fan of ELP, and Carl Palmer is a fiend with his mix of rock and classical percussion. Actually, it's also one of my top prog rock songs, thanks to the aforementioned Emerson, Lake & Palmer.

[@DarianClarkMusic]

Beautiful music! The visual score going with the music is a nice touch too!

[@andreantony5017]

two genius met, plus unrivalled execution of the orkest,

[@aldoringo439]

What is this orchestra? No one them no how to play music. No dynamics, no attempt at rubato

[@paulmasgalajian8102]

Well, the person promenading must be 100 years old and using a walker. That's the slowest tempo of the first movement I've ever heard.

[@OuwenH101]

Well I mean Mussorgsky was like really fat

[@n.isobel2367]

Thats how its sposed to be. They aren't running thru the exhibition

[@michaelmcclary3154]

"Pictures" is the 1st Trumpet excerpt in Volume 1 of the Trumpet Excerpt International series! Promenade is part of every Trumpet audition.--Michael McClary

[@mumorini]

It's Sunday 2/27/2022 20.53 CET, this is peculiar moment to listen to this masterpiece. Culture, not violence.

[@Mahlerweber]

❤Someone once, long ago, told me he didn't like Mussorgsky. I told him to listen to Ravel's orchestration of PaaE and then get back to me. He changed his mind about Mussorgsky after. Ravel's orchestration [as are most of Ravel's essays] is phenomenal. Thank you for score.

[@legendschant1194]

19:12 the trumpet made a mistake 😂

[@somebody9033]

They all played the same notes. I think it's a difference in scores. They all played C Db Bb Bb instead of C Db C Bb. I wonder why.

[@aaliyahmiller1382]

It's so beautiful!!

[@andrewproctor2004]

19:13 last sixteenth note triplet ends with a concert C. The orchestra played a concert Bb instead. Rimsky-Korsakoff may have written it that way.

[@julesamico5374]

in the original piano version it is a Bb

[@TriaPlaysGames_Official]

Pictures at an Exhibition - Mussorgsky❌ Cathedral Picture - Wayne Lytle ✅

[@marty3888]

Love this. I wonder what some people would think nof Emerson, Lake & Palmer's version. Without them, I would have never eard this.

[@1954kaos]

me too ✌

[@Mattcai2004]

10:28 i always though this came from the smurfs

[@big2642]

11:30

[@jakelolzhaha]

What are all the instruments required for this piece?

[@yoymate6316]

this song gives me an irresistible urge to build a pipeline connecting moscow to tokyo

[@somebody9033]

And one to Europe please! And to America. I want cheap gas!!

[@michaelmcclary3154]

Tom Crown made a Straight Mute SPECIFICALLY for the Selmer Model #59 Piccolo Trumpet used in the "Ba-yaga" mvt. In Pictures.--Michael McClary

[@somebody9033]

Samuel Goldenberg und Schmuÿle* not Baba Yaga

[@defox5019]

Amazing. Remember being in the Hall of Glory in Sid Mier's Civilizations Revolution

[@shin-i-chikozima]

Without Mussorgsky and his great performers, the classical music world would have been very lonely and insipid Mussorgsky's masterpiece is an integral part of my life

[@ultimawerewolfbluephoenix9670]

I'm not worthy to listen to such fine music

[@censorshipisreal9370]

Oh but you are...take it in!!!

[@Mascas123]

13:23 I think I would add this to a cartoon when a villain is going down. Do you get it?

[@cooleslaw]

Nice ad.

[@paelie]

The only piece in which the remix could be better than the original

[@Mattcai2004]

(Since "Austin Smith the classical music fan" doesn't have this, i'm writing this here) Little Einsteins and Courage too episode: 1) *the mask* Art: "haystack at Giverny" and "the train in the snow" by Claude Monet Music: "pictures at an exhibition" by Modest Mussorgsky Mad Dog: **to Bunny, threateningly** If I even smell Kitty, I'll bury the two of ya!

[@삑삑이-b3p]

4:07

[@hakeemmatthias2619]

Bhdlo 11:30 sorry this timestamp is only for UNI purposes

[@Dylonely42]

25:00 Brutal

[@Mayonnaise-l3c]

4:14-5:18 is the prettiest part in the whole song in my opinion

[@michaelmcclary3154]

Precious Memories of this piece! Michael McClary

[@FRCO2.0]

La musique, C'EST LA VIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Longue vie à la Musique et vive les instruments! François COLIN

[@dawlims1334]

32:36

[@Gaming_Tiger3343]

10:27 Rusty And Rosy Part!

[@edwardnewell467]

The holy bible is truth and love

[@EMPRRKTMNE]

This was a motif in super metroid, in mother brains lair, apperently...

[@Ivan_Preobragenskiy]

Well, Fedoseev's interpretation is quite interesting, but it isn't canonic. I think, he makes an accest on the common sound, so, it isn't the best performance to go with score, where you try to find the instruments' parts.

[@nicksm7980]

It seems that the orchestra players (especially brass, especially first trumpet, whose lips were completely tired off) were tired during the recording, probably it had been a long day.

[@somebody9033]

​@@nicksm7980i think everyone's being too harsh on first trumpet here. It's a very different style of playing to the one most in the West are used to.

[@brettbw1]

What orchestra??? Beautiful

[@edwardnewell467]

God created the. Universe

[@clintonholenstein9348]

Well they ran through the gates all right... should probably slow down next time.

[@mentaaloke]

my schools marching band show is based off this and it sounds so cool

[@user-ob9zo9cr4c]

best thx

[@AndewMole]

17:19 mouse click sound??

[@somebody9033]

LOLOLOL heard that too

[@nan2kaye]

Thank you so much, B & H, for posting these fabulous pieces! ❤️💕

[@BooseyHawkes]

We're so glad you're enjoying the videos!

[@mrduck2514]

🎉I GET TO PLAY GREAT GATE IN HIGHSCHOOL YAY🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@helpfuldrawing9510]

Hmm.. yes. this is quite poggers indeed, my good sir.

[@geospider]

I have it for a quiz, I hope I pass

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[@ChrisTong-vr1qq]

This is my favorite classical masterpieces

[@OrKestrAlan]

Love this opus it is wonderful thanks, so much good music.

[@phamvo5666]

It’s so nostalgic listening to promenade

[@chainz983]

huh... origin of the SS Anne theme

[@yuehchopin]

schöne Sendung

[@santiagoandresnietoguevara6214]

20:37, this remember me little nigthmares 1

[@애기-s7q]

7:34

[@pagorami5253]

amazing!!

[@kjrich8264]

31:01

[@GregoravAasgard]

Horrible brasssection😂😢

[@LeaPar4]

16:42 19:16 25:29

[@pengu2951]

19:30 violin rehearsal 65

[@joseph3592]

11:29 32:36 favorite

[@jerkface69]

Bruh anuone remember this from animusic

[@danminhsonlangdu]

f

[@faithyoun]

84 25:29

[@wawawa-s3m]

6:50

[@omaosi]

20:10