Pictures At An Exhibition - Emerson Lake & Palmer

Combining classical and electronic instruments was still something of an innovation in 1971. Pink Floyd’s 20-minute symphonic extravaganza ‘Atom Heart Mother’ had built on the Moody Blues’ efforts in the late sixties, then Emerson, Lake and Palmer, at the time a fresh and original presence in the musical world, took this idea a little further. Their live performance of ‘Pictures at an Exhibition’ takes Mussorgsky’s famous composition – specifically the popular orchestral arrangement by Ravel (Mussorgsky’s original was written for piano) – and adds the keyboard talents of Keith Emerson, the vocals and guitars of Greg Lake and percussion by Carl ...  Read the complete review