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Spaded
09-08-2005, 05:26 PM
This 15 second mp3 clip (http://members.cox.net/nh777/classical.mp3) should be enough. I first heard it when playing The Incredible Machine when i was a kid, and it's stuck in my head ever since!
Wingnut
09-08-2005, 05:36 PM
Overture or Intro to "Pictures at an Exhibition" by Mussorgsky (sp?).

Rimsky-Korsakov also did an orchestral version, with a lone trumpet starting the melody.
IQ89
09-08-2005, 05:45 PM
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I first heard it when playing The Incredible Machine when i was a kid

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It's very catchy. So the clip you provide is the intro to a song titled The Incredible Machine?
Spaded
09-08-2005, 05:58 PM
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It's very catchy. So the clip you provide is the intro to a song titled The Incredible Machine?

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No, it was a puzzle-solving video game where you use all these strange pieces to complete a puizzle. Think Rube Goldberg inventions.
Spaded
09-08-2005, 06:00 PM
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Overture or Intro to "Pictures at an Exhibition" by Mussorgsky (sp?).

Rimsky-Korsakov also did an orchestral version, with a lone trumpet starting the melody.

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Cool, thanks!
Allan
09-08-2005, 06:13 PM
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Overture or Intro to "Pictures at an Exhibition" by Mussorgsky (sp?).

Rimsky-Korsakov also did an orchestral version, with a lone trumpet starting the melody.

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There are a few different orchestrations of the piece. I think you are thinking of the one by Ravel not Rimsky-Korsakov.


For the OP, if you're looking for a recording of the original piano version, try and find Sviatoslav Richter's Sofia Recital on the Phillips label.

For the orchestral version look for Reiner and the Chicago Symphony on RCA/Living Stereo.


Allan
offTopic
09-08-2005, 06:29 PM
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Overture or Intro to "Pictures at an Exhibition" by Mussorgsky (sp?).

Rimsky-Korsakov also did an orchestral version, with a lone trumpet starting the melody.

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There are a few different orchestrations of the piece. I think you are thinking of the one by Ravel not Rimsky-Korsakov.


For the OP, if you're looking for a recording of the original piano version, try and find Sviatoslav Richter's Sofia Recital on the Phillips label.

For the orchestral version look for Reiner and the Chicago Symphony on RCA/Living Stereo.


Allan

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