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Solti's Pictures came at the first year of the digital era (still in LP format, coupled with Ravel's Tombeau de Couperin) and immediately won the favours of the music magazines like Gramophone. The clear recording and Sir George's fine treatment of the suite made it a big hit. Next year, another great recording (again a Koussevizsky commission) appeared, that of Bartok's Concerto for Orchestra coupled with the Music for Strings. It was yet another big success for Solti and his orchestra.

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MODEST MUSSORGSKY (1839-1881)
Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Maurice Ravel)
Promenade - Gnomus (4.09)
Promenade – Il vecchio castello (5.40)
Promenade - Tuileries (1.32)
Bydlo - Promenade (3.28)
Ballet des poussins dans leurs coques (1.12)
Samuel Goldenberg und Schmuyle (2.16)
Limoges: le marché (1.21)
Catacombae - Cum mortuis in lingua mortua (4.09)
La Cabane sur des pattes de poule (3.23)
La grande porte de Kiev (6.24)


BÉLA BARTÓK (1881-1945)
Concerto for Orchestra
Introduzione(9.03)
Presentando le coppie (6.09)
Elegia (6.33)
Intermezzo interroto (4.04)
Finale (9.35)

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
SIR GEORG SOLTI