Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky
Born: 21st March 1839, Karevo, Russia
Died: 28th March 1881, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Nationality: Russian
Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky was a Russian composer, one of the group known as "The Five." He was an innovator of Russian music in the Romantic period and strove to achieve a uniquely Russian musical identity, often in deliberate defiance of the established conventions of Western music.
Many of Mussorgsky's works were inspired by Russian history, Russian folklore, and other national themes. Such works include the opera Boris Godunov, the orchestral tone poem Night on Bald Mountain and the piano suite Pictures at an Exhibition.
For many years, Mussorgsky's works were mainly known in versions revised or completed by other composers. Many of his most important compositions have posthumously come into their own in their original forms, and some of the original scores are now also available.
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Further Reading: Mussorgsky
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Brindley Sherratt on Fear No More
25th Apr 2024
Ahead of the release of his debut solo recording (due out on Delphian tomorrow), the veteran British bass discusses his 'upside-down' singing career, overcoming his anxieties about song-recitals, and being told to give up the trumpet by Janet Baker...
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Claire Booth on Mussorgsky
8th Dec 2021
The British soprano talks to Katherine about her new album with pianist Christopher Glynn, which intersperses some of the composer's lesser-known songs with a selection of his piano pieces.
Popular Genres: Mussorgsky
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Popular Works: Mussorgsky
- A Night on the Bare Mountain (272)
- A Night on the Bare Mountain (piano version) (12)
- Boris Godunov (27)
- Boris Godunov: Coronation Scene (13)
- Dance of the Persian Slaves (from Khovanshchina) (25)
- Darling Savishna (15)
- Dawn on the Moscow River (from Khovanshchina) (22)
- Dostig Ya Vyshey Vlasti (from Boris Godunov) (11)
- Duma - Rêverie (on a theme of V. A. Loginov) (10)
- Ein Kinderscherz (14)
- Forgotten (13)
- Gopak (from Sorochintsy Fair) (80)
- Hebrew Song (10)
- Impromptu passionné (15)
- In the Village (16)
- Intermezzo in modo classico (21)
- Khovanshchina (17)
- Khovanshchina: Act Four Intermezzo (10)
- Khovanshchina: Prelude (22)
- La Caprisieuse on a theme of Count L Heyden (11)
- Meditation (Album Leaf) (17)
- Mephistopheles' Song of the Flea (38)
- Near the southern shore of the Crimea (Capriccio) (10)
- Noch' (15)
- Pictures at an Exhibition (577)
- Pictures at an Exhibition (piano version) (158)
- Pictures at an Exhibition: Great Gate of Kiev (16)
- Pictures at an Exhibition: The Old Castle (17)
- Rêverie (10)
- Scherzo (11)
- Scherzo in B flat major (10)
- Scherzo in C Sharp minor (11)
- Songs and Dances of Death (70)
- Sunless (15)
- The He-Goat (10)
- The Nursery (36)
- The Seamstress (13)
- The Seminarist (14)
- Une Larme (A Tear) (39)
- Where are you, little star? (13)
Recent Best Sellers: Mussorgsky
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Special offer. Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 & Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
London Symphony Orchestra, Gianandrea Noseda
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2019, Orchestral Choice
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Musorgsky & Prokofiev: Pictures, Sarcasms & Visions
Steven Osborne (piano)
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Presto Recording of the Week, 21st January 2013
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2013, Disc of the month
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2013, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2013, Winner - Instrumental
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Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov (1869 Version)
Alexander Tsymbalyuk (Boris), Maxim Paster (Shuisky), Mika Kares (Pimen), Sergei Skorokhodov (Grigory), Okka von der Damerau (The Innkeeper), Alexey Tikhomirov (Varlaam), Hanna Husáhr (Xenia), Johanna Rudström (Feodor) Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Kent Nagano
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Record Review, 28th September 2019, Disc of the Week
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Opera
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Sergei Rachmaninoff – Transcriptions
Marek Kozák (piano)
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New Releases: Mussorgsky
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New. Thomas Jensen vol. 25
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New. Modest Mussorgski Bilder Einer Ausstellung
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New. Viola Fascination
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Future Releases: Mussorgsky
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Coming soon. Alexis Weissenberg: The Complete Warner Classics Edition
Alexis Weissenberg (piano)
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Coming soon. Mussorgsky: Pictures From An Exhibition | Prokofiev: Visions Fugitives
Steven Osborne (piano)
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Presto Recording of the Week, 21st January 2013
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2013, Recording of the Month
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2013, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2013, Winner - Instrumental
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Coming soon. André Cluytens Conducts Franck & Khachaturian - Lucerne Festival Historic Performances, Vol. 22
Igor Oistrakh (violin), Philharmonia Orchestra, André Cluytens
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Coming soon. Pictures at One's Exhibition
Konstantyn Napolov, Ralph van Raat (piano), Merel Vercammen
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