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A Night On Bare Mountain/Mussorgsky/Leibowitz

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Rare and amazing! Rene Leibowitz conducts The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, 1963. Audio only. The idea of a work based on the fantasy of the Witches' Sabbath long fascinated Moussorgsky, and he wrote several versions of the work now known as 'A Night on Bare Mountain'. The first was for piano and orchestra, the second an orchestral setting. He reworked the material for chorus and orchestra and then reworked it again for inclusion in his unfinished opera, 'Sorotchinsk Fair'. After Moussorgsky's death, his friend and colleague Rimsky-Korsakoff felt none of these compositions would be effective in performance, so he wrote an 'orchestral fantasy' based on Moussorgsky's various versions. For this recording, Rene Leibowitz wrote a new version after extensive research of all the available Moussorgsky and Rimsky-Korsakoff material. In a letter dated July 12, 1867, Moussorgsky spoke of the program that inspired him. "If I remember aright, witches used to assemble on that mountain, there to jabber and disport themselves pending Satan's arrival. When he appeared, they formed a circle around his throne and glorified him. When he felt sufficiently stimulated by their praise, he gave the signal for the Sabbath to begin...Well, that's how I've done the thing! (1) the assembling, the jabber and prank; (2) Satan's train; (3) the obscene glorification, and (4) the Sabbath." Rene Leibowitz (1913-1972) was born in Warsaw but moved to Paris in his teens and there began a long, illustrious conducting career. Particularly interested in contemporary music, he studied with Webern and Schoenberg and wrote a detailed analysis of twelve-tone music. A keen ear for instrumental coloration (Ravel was his orchestration teacher) was evident in his kaleidoscopic transcriptions of such works as Bach's 'Passacaglia and Fugue in C (for double orchestra!). But he is best known for his often highly personal renditions of many staples of the Classical and Romantic repertoire. If you liked Rene's sound on this, be sure to listen to the other side of the album, 'Pictures At An Exhibition' for an equally amazing performance. (3-Parts, 30 min. total) Here's the link to Part-1 (Pictures) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v... ------------------ Also, Bach's 'Passacaglia and Fugue in C' (double orchestra) is amazing. Here's the link to Part-1 (of 2) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...

Channel: Music
Uploaded: December 31, 1969 at 4:59 pm
Author: zmov1

Length: 10:35
Rating: 4.867647
Views: 54244

Tags: classical  moussorgsky  rene  leibowitz  night  bare  bald  mountain  mussorgsky  royal  philharmonic  orchestra  conductor  

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YearoftheKitsune (December 31, 1969 at 4:59 pm)
ok, the response to my comment was removed, so allow me to clarify. the literal translation from Russian means bald. in this instance, it's used figuratively to mean a mountain without trees, which you could also say that the mountain, in having no trees, is bare. though the literal translation is the correct, 'A Night on Bare Mountain' is also used because of this. both titles are acceptable, but technically the actual 'correct' title is 'A Night on Bald Mountain' 'Bear' is definitely wrong
TXOrchDork (December 31, 1969 at 4:59 pm)
First two are accepted, the last is off o.0
Erikuzuma (December 31, 1969 at 4:59 pm)
yes its bald
npetrie76 (December 31, 1969 at 4:59 pm)
ha it's funny people are talking about metal on a vid like this. that snare in the begining did remind me of blast beats tho ha.
YearoftheKitsune (December 31, 1969 at 4:59 pm)
Bald
hhhpsmlh (December 31, 1969 at 4:59 pm)
Is it Bald or Bare or Bear
DaftRaptor (December 31, 1969 at 4:59 pm)
A little too fast for my liking - still a great piece nonetheless!
DaftRaptor (December 31, 1969 at 4:59 pm)
Brilliant.
soldierofdragons (December 31, 1969 at 4:59 pm)
it is an amazing piece of work.
Doum92 (December 31, 1969 at 4:59 pm)
Nightwish is so good, this is the best example you could use :)

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