"Pictures at an Exhibition (orchestrations compiled by Slatkin), Liszt : Slatkin / Nashville Symphony Orchestra, Peng Peng"

MUSSORGSKY: Pictures at an Exhibition (orchestrations compiled by L. Slatkin)
LISZT: Piano Concerto No. 1

An increasing number of recordings (Stokowski’s characteristically daring transcription is available on Naxos 8.557645) now feature orchestrations of Mussorgsky’s Pictures other than Ravel’s popular warhorse (Naxos 8.555924). Leonard Slatkin’s eclectic selection, some more outlandish than others, invites us to bask in the high spirits and ingenuity of no fewer than fifteen different composers. The Chinese pianist PENG PENG, who was fourteen at the time of this recording, has won many competitions, including first prize in the 2002 China National Youth Piano Competition. ( NAXOS )

Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1 n E flat major

Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (Orchestrations compiled by Leonard Slatkin)
　Promenade (D. Wilson Ochoa, b.1964)
　Gnomus (Sergey Gorchakov, 1905-1976)
　Promenade (Walter Goehr, 1903-1976)
　Il vecchio castello (Emile Naoumoff, b.1962)
　Promenade (Geert Van Keulen, b.1943)
　Tuileries (Geert Van Keulen)
　Bydlo (Vladimir Ashkenazy, b.1937)
　Promenade (Carl Simpson, b.1955)
　Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks (Lucien Cailliet, 1891?1985)
　Two Polish Jews, one rich, one poor (Sir Henry Wood, 1869?1944)
　Promenade (Lawrence Leonard, b.1926)
　Limoges. Le marche (Leo Funtek,1885-1965)
　Catacombae (John Boyd, b.1944)
　Con mortuis in lingua mortua (Maurice Ravel, 1875-1937)
　The Hut on Fowl’s Legs (Baba Yaga) (Leopold Stokowski, 1882-1977)
　The Bogatyr Gate at Kiev† (Douglas Gamley, 1924-1998)

The Star-Spangled Banner arr. Rob Mathes

Peng Peng, piano
Nashville Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
Leonard Slatkin, conductor

Live Recording: 21/06/2007, Nashville