Modest Mussorgsky - Pictures at An Exhibition / Night on Bald Mountain - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

The Lucerne Festival Orchestra brass players perform a broad spectrum of brass music. The ensemble's repertoire includes early polyphonic and Venetian antiphonal masterpieces, Classical and Romantic works, and pieces from the 20th and 21st centuries by composers such as Sofia Gubaidulina, Wolfgang Rihm, Galina Ustwolskaja, and Einojuhani Rautavaara. The group also performs arrangements of well-known piano or orchestral works, often transcribed especially for them. The forces of the ensemble vary according to the demands of the pieces, ranging from solos and duets to a full wind ensemble. The group is also regularly augmented by other members of the festival orchestra, particularly the percussionists. The concerts of the Brass Ensemble of the Lucerne Festival Orchestra are a popular and indispensable element of the festival's summer programs. Album Tracks 1. A Night on Bald Mountain 2. Kalybel'naja (Lullaby) 3. Serenada 4. Trepak 5. Palkavodets (The Field Marshal) 6. Promenade 1 7. The Gnome 8. Promenade 2 9. The Old Castle 10. Promenade 3 11. Tuileries Gardens (Children's Quarrelling at Play) 12. Bydlo 13. Promenade 4 14. Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks 15. Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuyle 16. Promenade 5 17. The Market at Limoges (The Big News) 18. Catacombs (The Roman Tomb) 19. With the Dead in a Dead Language 20. The Hut on Chicken's Legs (Baba-Yaga) 21. The Great Gate of Kiev