Pictures At An Exhibition

Pictures at an Exhibition is a famous suite of 15 musical pieces, composed by Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky in 1874. Mussorgsky wrote the work for piano, but it is better known in the form of various orchestrations and arrangements that have been produced by other musicians and composers. The version by Maurice Ravel (from 1922) is a virtuoso effort by a master colourist, and has proved the most popular in the concert hall and on record.

A fabulous non-classical interpretation comes from the British progressive rock band Emerson, Lake & Palmer and was released in 1972 as a live album. ELP play their own arrangements of the original piece, adding some new parts and some “pictures” of their own. It is one of my all time favourite albums.

















EMERSON LAKE & PALMER "Pictures at an Exhibition"

- Keith Emerson / keyboards
- Greg Lake / vocals, bass, guitar
- Carl Palmer / drums, percussion
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- Promenade {Mussorgsky}
- The Gnome {Mussorgsky/Palmer}
- Promenade {Mussorgsky/Lake}
- The Sage {Lake}
- The Old Castle {Mussorgsky/Emerson}
- Blues Variations {Emerson/Lake/Palmer}
- Promenade {Mussorgsky}
- The Hut Of Baba Yaga {Mussorgsky}
- The Curse Of Baba Yaga {Emerson/Lake/Palmer}
- The Hut Of Baba Yaga {Mussorgsky}
- The Great Gates Of Kiev {Mussorgsky/Lake}
- The End - Nutrocker {Kim Fowley, arranged by Emerson/Lake/Palmer}