Music Appreciation

Dash87

(3,220 posts) Sun Jan 20, 2013, 08:53 PM Jan 2013

I first heard this at ~ 5 years old on Disney's Fantasia (the original version, split into multiple VCR tapes

). The Disney animation for this was absolutely spectacular, but even better was the music.

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Night on Bald Mountain - Mussorgsky (Original Post) Dash87 Jan 2013 OP

My favorite piece from Mussorgsky TexasTowelie Jan 2013 #1

Incredible composition. klook Jan 2013 #2

Culture time ! dipsydoodle Jan 2013 #3

The choral version is kinda fun too. johnp3907 Feb 2013 #4

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1. My favorite piece from Mussorgsky

Mon Jan 21, 2013, 07:40 PM

Jan 2013

is the majestic "The Great Gates of Kiev" in "Pictures at an Exhibition".

It's a shame that he isn't held in wide regard as some of the other Russian composers.

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2. Incredible composition.

Mon Jan 28, 2013, 03:26 PM

Jan 2013

This is one of the pieces I used to turn my kids on to classical music. This and Holst's "The Planets" suite got a lot of airplay in our house.

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3. Culture time !

Mon Jan 28, 2013, 04:40 PM

Jan 2013

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4. The choral version is kinda fun too.

Sun Feb 24, 2013, 03:56 PM

Feb 2013

A bit mellower though.