Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition analysis: how average pictures inspired amazing music

No shade, Viktor Hartmann's paintings are nice, but HAVE YOU HEARD Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition!? Ultimately it was their relationship that inspired Mussorgsky to compose such an amazing piano piece, which later inspired many musicians to arrange it for orchestra.
In this video I look at the composition history and compare the different orchestra arrangements of Sir Henry Wood, Leopold Stokowski and Maurice Ravel to show why Ravel ultimately won the battle of orchestrations.

ALSO 70’S BAND EMERSON, LAKE AND PALMER HAVE A WHOLE COVER ALBUM OF PICTURES OF AN EXHIBITION WHY DIDNT I KNOW THIS BEFORE
00:00 Intro
01:03 Mussorgsky’s biography
02:13 Viktor Hartmann
02:42 Structure of Pictures at an Exhibition and analysis of Promenade
04:30 Orchestration history
05:28 Henry Woods's arrangement vs Ravel's arrangement of "Gnomus"
07:24 Stokowski's arrangement vs Ravel's arrangement of " Il Vecchio Castello"
If you wanna hear the complete piece, here are some links
ORCHESTRA VERSION
Modest Mussorgski: Bilder einer Ausstellung (Gergiev, Münchner Philharmoniker)
https://youtu.be/ADTJ3sr3-5c
PIANO VERSION
Evgeny Kissin: Mussorgski - Pictures at an Exhibition
https://youtu.be/rH_Rsl7fjok

If you want another video on Pictures at an Exhibition here is a great one by Classics Explained https://youtu.be/MXnfWxkm2Ls

This video uses small clips of the following performances for educational purposes:
Alice Ott (pianist) / Orquesta Simon Bolivar (conductor Gustavo Dudamel)/ National Youth Orchestra of Spain ( conductor Serebrier)
/National Orchestra of Wales (conductor Francois-Xavier Roth) / ELP Pictures at an Exhibition

MORE VIDEOS!!
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CONDUCTING
Same piece, different conductor https://youtu.be/A4HQn9jSJj0
Flipping through my conducting scores https://youtu.be/HN4v_PiEvFQ
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OPERA
Opera Antiheroes ep1: Wozzeck https://youtu.be/bs1yw7soQ8Y
Tosca vs Game of Thrones https://youtu.be/uegjLTYGzmA

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