Imaginary Pictures

Both Schumann and Mussorgsky were wildly imaginative composers who found ways of expression that went beyond the conventional. On this recording, pianist Kirill Gerstein offers an unusual yet logical pairing of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition and Schumann’s Carnaval – piano pieces in which the layer of the visual and the illustrative gives way to subtler and more personal meanings.

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Pictures at an Exhibition - I. Promenade
 
01:39
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Pictures at an Exhibition - II. Gnomus
 
02:20
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Pictures at an Exhibition - III. Promenade
 
00:52
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Pictures at an Exhibition - IV.Il vecchio castello
 
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Pictures at an Exhibition - V. Promenade
 
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Pictures at an Exhibition - VI. Tuileries (Dispute d'enfants après jeux)
 
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Pictures at an Exhibition - VII. Bydlo
 
02:38
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Pictures at an Exhibition - VIII. Promenade
 
00:48
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Pictures at an Exhibition - IX. Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks
 
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Pictures at an Exhibition - X. Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuyle
 
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Pictures at an Exhibition - XI. Promenade
 
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Pictures at an Exhibition - XII. Limoges - Le marché (La grande nouvelle)
 
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Pictures at an Exhibition - XIII. Catacombae (Sepulcrum romanum)
 
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Pictures at an Exhibition - XIV. Con mortuis in lingua mortua
 
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Pictures at an Exhibition - XV. The Hut on Hen's Legs (Baba Yaga)
 
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Pictures at an Exhibition - XVI. The Bogatyr Gate (at Kiev, the Ancient Capital)
 
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Carnaval - I. Préambule
 
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Carnaval - II. Pierrot
 
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Carnaval - III. Arlequin
 
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Carnaval - IV. Valse noble
 
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Carnaval - V. Eusebius
 
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Carnaval - VI. Florestan
 
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Carnaval - VII. Coquette
 
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Carnaval - VIII. Réplique
 
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Carnaval - IX. Sphinxes
 
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Carnaval - X. Papillons
 
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Carnaval - XI. A.S.C.H.A.-S.C.H.A. (Lettres dansantes)
 
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Carnaval - XII. Chiarina
 
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Carnaval - XIII. Chopin
 
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Carnaval - XIV. Estrella
 
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Carnaval - XV. Reconnaissance
 
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Carnaval - XVI. Pantalon et Colombine
 
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Carnaval - XVII. Valse allemande
 
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Carnaval - XVIII. Paganini
 
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Carnaval - XIX. Aveu
 
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Carnaval - XX: Promenade
 
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Carnaval - XXI. Pause
 
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Carnaval - XXII. - Marche des 'Davidsbündler' contre les Philistins
 
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