Credits:

Ravel / Mussorgsky / Ensemble Berlin

Description:

Arranged by Wolfgang Lenz, this piece showcases the virtuosity of each sections musicians.The Pictures at an Exhibition begins with a fanfare for clarinet.Ensemble Berlin performs Le Tombeau de Couperin and The Pictures at an Exhibition. The arrangements tailored to this ensembles instrumentation were created by Wolfgang Lenz, oboist with the Augsburg Philharmonic Orchestra. Drawing on his many years of experience as a performer, he arranged these works specifically for Ensemble Berlin. He has also arranged works such as Schuberts song cycles and Schumanns piano pieces for various other instrumental combinations.A key feature of Le Tombeau de Couperin is that it includes the Fugue and Toccata movements, which were omitted from Ravels own orchestral arrangement. The timbres of each instrument and the transitions between parts are superb; in the rapid Toccata, the articula