Modern String Quartet - Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (2024) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

A remake of a special kind. 2024 marks 150 years since the premiere of „Pictures at an Exhibition“. On this anniversary the quartet now presents an extraordinary and progressive interpretation of this timeless masterpiece by Mussorgsky, having always explored innovative possibilities to transform the different genres of classical music, The Modern String Quartet hereby exhibits pictures within the framework of a fascinating contemporary tonal language— so very abstract and modern. A crouched Gnomus scurries through the disharmonious paint blobs of a Jackson Pollock, Baba Jaga skitters through the wild, expressionistic brush strokes of a Wassily Kandinsky. New pictures are hung up, being uncompromising in expression and enhanced by unrestrained imagination.

Framed in Jazz
The quartet’s enrapturing music remakes listeners’ perception of well-known paintings while the music pieces themselves become new works of art by means of inspiring jazz improvisation. This exhibition turns into a splendid promenade through wonderfully diverse styles of music. The Modern String Quartet is well-known for its forty years of uncomfortably persevering and fearless exploration of unknown paths.

Tracklist:
01 - Pictures at an Exhibition_ Promenade I (Arr. for String Quartet by Joerg Widmoser)
02 - Pictures at an Exhibition_ I. Gnomus (Arr. for String Quartet by Andreas Höricht)
03 - One More Picture
04 - Pictures at an Exhibition (Arr. for String Quartet by Andreas Höricht)_ Promenade II
05 - Pictures at an Exhibition (Arr. for String Quartet by Andreas Höricht)_ II. Il vecchio castello
06 - Pictures at an Exhibition (Arr. for String Quartet by Andreas Höricht)_ IX. The Hut on Fowl's Legs (Baba-Yagá)
07 - Pictures at an Exhibition (Arr. for String Quartet by Andreas Höricht)_ Promenade III
08 - Pictures at an Exhibition (Arr. for String Quartet by Andreas Höricht)_ VI. Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuÿle)
09 - Lucky Man (Arr. for String Quartet by Joerg Widmoser)
10 - Pictures at an Exhibition_ Promenade IV (Arr. for String Quartet by Andreas Höricht)
11 - El Anatsui
12 - Modest Moves
13 - Pictures at an Exhibition (Arr. for String Quartet by Andreas Höricht)_ Promenade V
14 - Pictures at an Exhibition (Arr. for String Quartet by Andreas Höricht)_ IV. Bydło
15 - Pictures at an Exhibition_ X. The Great Gate of Kiev (Arr. for String Quartet by Joerg Widmoser)


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