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Mussorgsky, Pictures at an Exhibition

Sticky Notes: The Classical Music Podcast

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Children's Quoral After Games by Ravel

The entire movement is underpinned by a relentless rocking rhythm, which is probably more easily heard in the piano version. In Ravel's orchestration he couldn't help giving us some truly French colors to highlight the fact that this takes place in his home country. The Coraline is quite playful at worst, and the middle section is apparently meant to be portraying the gossiping nannies.

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