Ravel's orchestration of Pictures at an Exhibition
1922 · Work
Commissioned by Serge Koussevitzky, Ravel dresses Mussorgsky's piano suite in brilliant orchestral colour — the version, from the trumpet Promenade to the Great Gate of Kiev, the world now knows.
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