Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Ravel) & A Night on the Bare Mountain

Modest Mussorgsky

Recordings

Top Choice

Fritz Reiner / Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Top recommendation. A famous orchestral spectacular. They just play lights out. Colorful, exciting. Reiner lets the instruments play away. The Gate of Kiev is exciting, and Night on the Bare Mountain is riveting.

Label: RCA Living Stereo

Also Worth Hearing

Lorin Maazel / Cleveland Orchestra

Pioneering digital recording.

Another recommendation for the same coupling. A pioneering Telarc digital recording. Still has that Cleveland virtuosity and clarity. Very exciting, crisp sound.

Label: Telarc