Mussorgsky was one of the five Russian nationalist composers roughly grouped under the influence of the unreliable Balakirev. Initially an army officer and later, intermittently, a civil servant, Mussorgsky left much unfinished at his death in 1881. Nevertheless, his influence on composers such as Janáček was considerable, not least in the association he found between speech intonations and rhythms and melody.
Rimsky-Korsakov, a musician who had acquired a more conventional technique of orchestration and composition, revised and completed a number of Mussorgsky’s works, versions which now may seem inferior to the innovative original compositions as Mussorgsky conceived them.
Operas
The greatest of Mussorgsky’s creations was...
Title | |
ALL-STAR ORCHESTRA (THE): Program 13: Russian Treasures / Program 14: Northern Lights (G. Schwarz) | |
![]() |
ALL-STAR ORCHESTRA (THE): Program 13: Russian Treasures / Program 14: Northern Lights (G. Schwarz)
Composers:
Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich -- Prokofiev, Sergey -- Sibelius, Jean
Artists:
All-Star Orchestra, The -- Schwarz, Gerard
Label/Producer: Naxos |
BEETHOVEN, L. van: Triple Concerto / MUSSORGSKY, M. P.: Pictures at an Exhibiton (Dudamel) | |
![]() |
BEETHOVEN, L. van: Triple Concerto / MUSSORGSKY, M. P.: Pictures at an Exhibiton (Dudamel)
Composers:
Beethoven, Ludwig van -- Ginastera, Alberto -- Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich -- Strauss I, Johann
Artists:
Argerich, Martha -- Capucon, Gautier -- Capucon, Renaud -- Dudamel, Gustavo -- Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela
Label/Producer: UNITEL |
BORODIN, A.: Symphony No. 2 / MUSSORGSKY, M.P.: Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. by Ravel) (Berlin Philharmonic, Rattle) | |
![]() |
BORODIN, A.: Symphony No. 2 / MUSSORGSKY, M.P.: Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. by Ravel) (Berlin Philharmonic, Rattle)
Composers:
Borodin, Alexander Porfir'yevich -- Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich -- Shostakovich, Dmitry
Artists:
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra -- Rattle, Simon
Label/Producer: EuroArts |
COLOMBARA, Carlo: Art of the Bass (The) | |
![]() |
COLOMBARA, Carlo: Art of the Bass (The)
Composers:
Bizet, Georges -- Boito, Arrigo -- Gounod, Charles-Francois -- Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich -- Rachmaninov, Sergei -- Rossini, Gioachino -- Verdi, Giuseppe
Artists:
Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra -- Colombara, Carlo -- Ghiaurov, Vladimir -- Gyorivanyi-Rath, Gyorgy -- Milani, Fabrizio -- Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana -- Prague Tchaikovsky Orchestra -- Sofia National Opera Chorus
Label/Producer: Naxos |
GILTBURG, Boris: Five Minute Library (The) (Classical Documentary, 2021) | |
![]() |
GILTBURG, Boris: Five Minute Library (The) (Classical Documentary, 2021)
Composers:
Beethoven, Ludwig van -- Liszt, Franz -- Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich -- Rachmaninov, Sergei -- Schumann, Robert -- Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich
Artists:
Giltburg, Boris -- Glemser, Bernd -- Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra -- Wit, Antoni
Label/Producer: EuroArts |
MUSSORGSKY, M.: Boris Godunov (Sofia National Opera, 2014) | |
![]() |
MUSSORGSKY, M.: Boris Godunov (Sofia National Opera, 2014)
Composer:
Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich
Artists:
Alexiev, Stoyan -- Andreev, Kostadin -- Buchkov, Petar -- Chudovsky, Konstantin -- Damyanov, Hrisimir -- Drobishevsky, Sergei -- Georgiev, Biser -- Hristov, Angel -- Krastev, Mario -- Nevenkin, Orlin -- Papazikov, Plamen -- Petrov, Nikolay -- Petrova, Rumyana -- Radev, Anton -- Sarambelieva, Tsveta -- Sofia National Opera Ballet -- Sofia National Opera Chorus -- Sofia National Opera Orchestra -- Stanchev, Dimiter -- Tsonev, Martin -- Zhekova, Irina
Label/Producer: Dynamic |
MUSSORGSKY, M.: Boris Godunov (Teatro Regio Torino, 2010) | |
![]() |
MUSSORGSKY, M.: Boris Godunov (Teatro Regio Torino, 2010)
Composer:
Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich
Artists:
Akimov, Evgeny -- Anastassov, Orlin -- Bronder, Peter -- Casalin, Luca -- Children's Chorus of the Teatro Regio and the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory of Torino -- Dimasi, Alessandro -- Ferrari, Riccardo -- Giorgiutti, Oliviero -- Huckle, John Paul -- Ladyuk, Vasily -- Marianelli, Alessandra -- Matorin, Vladimir -- Noseda, Gianandrea -- Pestarino, Bruno -- Serdyuk, Nadezhda -- Sommer, Elena -- Stier, Matthias -- Storey, Ian -- Torino Teatro Regio Chorus -- Torino Teatro Regio Orchestra -- Vaneev, Vladimir -- Zubov, Pavel
Label/Producer: Opus Arte |
MUSSORGSKY, M.: Boris Godunov [Opera] (Bavarian State Opera, 2013) | |
![]() |
MUSSORGSKY, M.: Boris Godunov [Opera] (Bavarian State Opera, 2013)
Composer:
Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich
Artists:
Bavarian State Opera Chorus -- Bavarian State Orchestra -- Conners, Kevin -- Damerau, Okka von der -- Eiche, Markus -- Grotzinger, Heike -- Juric, Goran -- Kotscherga, Anatoli -- Matorin, Vladimir -- Nagano, Kent -- Nakamura, Eri -- Nazmi, Tareq -- Power, Dean -- Ress, Ulrich -- Rieger, Christian -- Siegel, Gerhard -- Skorokhodov, Sergei -- Sokolik, Yulia -- Tsymbalyuk, Alexander
Label/Producer: Bel Air Classiques |
MUSSORGSKY, M.: Pictures at an Exhibition (arr. M. Ravel) / RAVEL, M.: Ma mere l'oye [Ballets] (Royal Ballet of Flanders, 2016) | |
![]() |
MUSSORGSKY, M.: Pictures at an Exhibition (arr. M. Ravel) / RAVEL, M.: Ma mere l'oye [Ballets] (Royal Ballet of Flanders, 2016)
Composers:
Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich -- Ravel, Maurice
Artists:
Ballet Vlaanderen -- Flanders Opera Symphony Orchestra -- Pouspourikas, Yannis
Label/Producer: EuroArts |
MUSSORGSKY, M.: Pictures at an Exhibition (Kissin) | |
![]() |
MUSSORGSKY, M.: Pictures at an Exhibition (Kissin)
Composers:
Balakirev, Mily Alexeyevich -- Grunfeld, Alfred -- Liszt, Franz -- Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich -- Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay Andreyevich -- Scriabin, Alexander
Artist:
Kissin, Evgeny
Label/Producer: Christopher Nupen Film |
MUSSORGSKY, M.P.: Pictures at an Exhibition (arr. L. Stokowski) / SEREBRIER, J.: Symphony No. 3, "Symphonie mystique" | |
![]() |
MUSSORGSKY, M.P.: Pictures at an Exhibition (arr. L. Stokowski) / SEREBRIER, J.: Symphony No. 3, "Symphonie mystique"
Composers:
Bizet, Georges -- Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich -- Serebrier, Jose -- Wagner, Richard
Artists:
Farley, Carole -- National Youth Orchestra of Spain -- Serebrier, Jose
Label/Producer: Naxos |
Orchestral Music - MUSSORGSKY, M.P. / SHOSTAKOVICH, D. / TCHAIKOVSKY, P.I. (Claudio Abbado in Japan) (Berlin Philharmonic, Abbado) | |
![]() |
Orchestral Music - MUSSORGSKY, M.P. / SHOSTAKOVICH, D. / TCHAIKOVSKY, P.I. (Claudio Abbado in Japan) (Berlin Philharmonic, Abbado)
Composers:
Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich -- Stravinsky, Igor -- Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich
Artists:
Abbado, Claudio -- Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Label/Producer: EuroArts |
SPRING MOODS | |
![]() |
SPRING MOODS
Composers:
Beethoven, Ludwig van -- Brahms, Johannes -- Dvorak, Antonin -- Eyck, Jacob van -- Glinka, Mikhail Ivanovich -- Grieg, Edvard -- Haydn, Franz Joseph -- Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich -- Scarlatti, Domenico -- Schumann, Robert -- Vivaldi, Antonio
Artists:
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Orchestra -- Brown, Iona -- Eden-Stell Guitar Duo -- Fey, Thomas -- Hahn, Klaus-Peter -- Heidelberg Symphony Orchestra -- Kokott, Marion -- Marriner, Neville -- Moravec, Ivan -- Moscow State Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra -- Schultz, Gordon -- Silvestra, Sebastian
Label/Producer: Hänssler Classic |
TSUJII, Nobuyuki: Live at Carnegie Hall (2011) | |
![]() |
TSUJII, Nobuyuki: Live at Carnegie Hall (2011)
Composers:
Beethoven, Ludwig van -- Chopin, Fryderyk -- Foster, Stephen C. -- Liszt, Franz -- Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich -- Musto, John -- Tsujii, Nobuyuki
Artist:
Tsujii, Nobuyuki
Label/Producer: EuroArts |
VENEZUELAN BRASS ENSEMBLE - GRAN FANFARIA | |
![]() |
VENEZUELAN BRASS ENSEMBLE - GRAN FANFARIA
Composers:
Abreu, Zequinha de -- Bernstein, Leonard -- Caldarella, Juan -- Castro, Giancarlo -- Gershwin, George -- Gutierrez, Pedro Elias -- Mendoza, Felix -- Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich -- Scarpino, Alejandro
Artists:
Clamor, Thomas -- Medina, Tomas -- Venezuelan Brass Ensemble
Label/Producer: EuroArts |
Vocal Recital: Christoff, Boris - MOZART, W.A. / MUSSORGSY, M. / ROSSINI, G. / VERDI, G. (Live in Lugano, 1976) | |
![]() |
Vocal Recital: Christoff, Boris - MOZART, W.A. / MUSSORGSY, M. / ROSSINI, G. / VERDI, G. (Live in Lugano, 1976)
Composers:
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus -- Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich -- Rossini, Gioachino -- Verdi, Giuseppe
Artists:
Amaducci, Bruno -- Christoff, Boris -- Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana
Label/Producer: Dynamic |
WALDBUHNE IN BERLIN 2010 - An Evening with Renee Fleming (Marin) | |
![]() |
WALDBUHNE IN BERLIN 2010 - An Evening with Renee Fleming (Marin)
Composers:
Dinicu, Grigoras -- Dvorak, Antonin -- Elgar, Edward -- Khachaturian, Aram Il'yich -- Korngold, Erich Wolfgang -- Leoncavallo, Ruggero -- Lincke, Paul -- Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich -- Puccini, Giacomo -- Strauss, Richard -- Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich -- Wagner, Richard
Artists:
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra -- Fleming, Renee -- Marin, Ion
Label/Producer: EuroArts |