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Mussorgsky, Pictures at an Exhibition

Sticky Notes: The Classical Music Podcast

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Morsorksky's Babayaga

There is a driving quality in this picture that hasn't been presented to any of the other movements. I don't think it hurts the piece, but it again shows Morsorksky's independence from his much more structurally minded peers. The excitement in this Babayaga dances off the charts, especially in Ravel's registration. There does seem to be a randomness to these pictures as if you were passing through a not so carefully curated museum,. which haphazardly threw together great art by great artists.

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