Pictures at an Exhibition


For someone who studied music in college, I somehow managed to miss Moussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition until now. I admit I’m not a fan of large-scale orchestral works, so I avoided it not knowing that it was originally written for solo piano. I picked up both CD and vinyl copies of the solo piano version and I think it is fabulous. A wonderful mix of simplicity and virtuosity and I can’t recommend it highly enough. I’m definitely tempted to pick up another version.

Plese let me know if you are aware of any outstanding performances of this piece. Thanks 

chayro

I have a friend who plays guitar that will probably like to fool around with it. A lesson to read carefully. 

I play guitar as well, but never learned to sight read despite knowing the notes, the musical staff, etc.  

I wish your friend ALL the luck in the world with his pages of flyshit.  Even if I COULD sight read, I expect it would drive me BATshit.  

I played the Byron Janis recording from the RCA Living Stereo reissue box.  It’s really a great performance and recording.

  I was wondering when the OP said he ordered a guitar version.  I can’t imagine a single guitar handling this.  Perhaps a duo or quartet 

@mahler123 - Yamashita transcribed it for guitar and recorded it as well. BTW, I retuned it. Nobody I know could come remotely close to playing it.