Smith, John Stafford > Nashville Symphony Orchestra

Liszt: Piano Concerto no 1, etc; Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition / Slatkin, Peng, Nashville SO and Chorus

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-09-30

Works: Franz Liszt: Concerto for Piano no 1 in E flat major, S 124; Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an exhibition; John Stafford Smith: The Star-spangled Banner
Performers: Peng Peng
Conductors: Slatkin, Leonard
Ensemble: Nashville Symphony Orchestra

An increasing number of recordings now feature orchestrations of Mussorgsky's 'Pictures' other than Ravel's popular warhorse. Leonard Slatkin's eclectic selection, some more outlandish than others,...continue...