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Mussorgsky

Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881) was a Russian composer and member of the group known as The Five. Born into a landowning family, he served briefly in the military before devoting himself increasingly to music.

His works include the opera Boris Godunov, the piano suite Pictures at an Exhibition, the orchestral tone poem Night on Bald Mountain and the song cycles Songs and Dances of Death and The Nu...

14 albums
ANSERMET conducts Debussy, Ravel and Mussorgsky (1951/53) - PASC289
ANSERMET conducts Debussy, Ravel and Mussorgsky (1951/53) - PASC289
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DEBUSSY La Mer
RAVEL La Valse
MUSSORGSKY/RAVEL Pictures at an Exhibition
Recorded in 1951 & 1953
Total duration: 67:41 

L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Paris Conservatoire Orchestra
conductor Ernest Ansermet

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CANTELLI in Boston: Frescobaldi, Schumann, Busoni, Mussorgsky (1953) - PASC086
CANTELLI in Boston: Frescobaldi, Schumann, Busoni, Mussorgsky (1953) - PASC086
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FRESCOBALDI Four Pieces
SCHUMANNSymphony No. 4
BUSONIBerceuse élégiaque
MUSSORGSKY Pictures at an Exhibition

Recorded live in 1953
Total duration: 75:55

Boston Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Guido Cantelli

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COATES conducts Rimsky, Mussorgsky, Borodin & Stravinsky (1926-30) - PASC304
COATES conducts Rimsky, Mussorgsky, Borodin & Stravinsky (1926-30) - PASC304
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STRAVINSKY Petrushka Ballet
BORODIN Prince Igor - excerpts
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Czar Sultan - Suite
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV May Night - Overture
MUSSORGSKY Khovanshchina: Persian Dances

Electric HMV recordings 1926-30
Total duration: 73:15

Albert Coates, conductor

London Symphony Orchestra

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COATES The Pristine Collection - transfers by Ward Marston (1921-30) - PABX024
COATES The Pristine Collection - transfers by Ward Marston (1921-30) - PABX024
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BACH (arr Elgar) - Fantasia and Fugue in C minor
BEETHOVEN - Gratulations-Menuett
BEETHOVEN The Creatures of Prometheus - Overture
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9 'Choral'
TCHAIKOVSKY - Symphony No. 5
TCHAIKOVSKY - Francesca da Rimini
BORODIN - Prince Igor - Ballet
MOZART - Symphony No. 41, 'Jupiter'
MOZART - Der Schauspieldirektor - Overture
BEETHOVEN - Symphony No. 7
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6, "Pathétique"
TCHAIKOVSKY March Slave
TCHAIKOVSKY Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
GLINKA Ruslan and Lyudmila Overture
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Coq d'Or - suite
STRAVINSKY Firebird Suite
RAVEL Ma Mère l'Oye - Suite
Music by Glinka, Liadov, Debussy
STRAVINSKY Petrushka Ballet
BORODIN Prince Igor - excerpts
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Czar Sultan - Suite
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV May Night - Overture
MUSSORGSKY Khovanshchina: Persian Dances

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GOODALL Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov (1961, Covent Garden) - PACO123
GOODALL Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov (1961, Covent Garden) - PACO123
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MUSSORGSKY Boris Godunov

Recorded live in London, 1961
Total duration: 2hr 34:04

Boris - Boris Christoff
Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Covent Garden Opera
Reginald Goodall, conductor
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HEIFETZ & HOROWITZ Mozart, Korngold and Mussorgsky (1947) - PASC513
HEIFETZ & HOROWITZ Mozart, Korngold and Mussorgsky (1947) - PASC513
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MUSSORGSKY Pictures at an Exhibition
MOZART Violin Concerto No. 5, K.219 'Turkish'
KORNGOLD Violin Concerto in D

Studio and Live recordings, 1947
Total duration: 77:27

Vladimir Horowitz, piano
Jascha Heifetz, violin
New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Efrem Kurtz

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