Pictures at an Exhibition - Modeste Mussorgsky

Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881) composed the Pictures at an Exhibition in 1874 as a suite of ten piano pieces.The suite is generally acknowledged to be Mussorgsky's greatest solo piano composition, and has become a showpiece for virtuoso pianists. It has also become known through various orchestrations and arrangements produced by other musicians and, with Ravel's arrangement being the most recorded and performed. José Schyns made a wonderful new transcription (orch. Ravel) for Symphonic Windorchestra.