Heard Before Classical Hits: MUSSORGSKY Vol. 1 (Audio)

Includes Pictures at an Exhibition and Dance of Persian Girls



Classical Music for Everyone by Modest Mussorgsky!

Ever wonder who composed that tune you've heard before? Even if we were not aware of it, all of us grew up listening to classical music in cartoons, movies, and other settings. With the new series, Heard Before Classical Hits, you'll be sure to recognize the relaxing, uplifting, and beautiful classical music we're all familiar with.

Whether you are a music aficionado with highly refined tastes, or you simply take pleasure in listening to good music, you'll find that the selection contains great quality recordings of classical pieces for this CD. Enjoy!

Pictures at an Exhibition
Minsk Festival Orchestra
Valentin Mischenko, Conductor
Maurice Ravel, Orchestral Version

• Promenade · Gnomus 4:40
• Promenade · Il vecchio castello 5:51
• Promenade · Tuileries 1:49
• Bydlo 3:37
• Promenade · Ballet des poussins dans leurs coques 1:54
• Samuel Goldenberg et Shmuyle 3:33
• Limoges · Le marche · Catacombae (Sepulchrum Romanum) 3:17
• Cum mortuis in lingua mortua 3:08
• La cabane sur des pattes de poule (Baba-Ïaga) · Le grande porte de Kiev 8:53

Dance of Persian Girls
Irkutsk Festival Orchestra
Ivan Schwarts, Conductor, 1976 7:17

Daybreak on the Moskva River
Irkutsk Festival Orchestra
Ivan Schwarts, Conductor, 1976 6:35

Gopak
Irkutsk Festival Orchestra
Ivan Schwarts, Conductor, 1976 1:41

Introduction to the Opera Sorochinsky Fair
Irkutsk Festival Orchestra
Ivan Schwarts, Conductor, 1976 6:05

Walpurgis Night (Night on Bald Mountain)
Irkutsk Festival Orchestra
Ivan Schwarts, Conductor, 1976 10:16

Total Time: 68:36

Included with the Heard Before Classical Hits are MP3 Tracks as an added bonus!