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Music : Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition; Night on Bald Mountain
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Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition; Night on Bald Mountain from: Sony List Price: $9.98 CD-Charts Price: $8.99 You Save: $0.99 (10%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0074643672627 Label: Sony Manufacturer: Sony Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Sony Release Date: October 25, 1990 Studio: Sony Sales Rank: 35932 MPN: 36726 Disc 1:
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 Rating:  - Mussorgsky's "Pictures"Although I'm happy to have the music, I'm a little disappointed with the quality of the re-mastered CD. The newer recordings have so much more depth. I'll choose more carefully next time. Rating: - Nice production of classic soundI enjoy classical music and this is one of the best produced and directed by the best. Totally great value. Rating: - Gravestones at an ExhibitionBernstein and the New York Philharmonic quite miss the mark on this recording. In addition to consistently ponderous tempi, Bernstein's bass and percussion driven sonorities lead to a severe--at times lifeless--interpretation. This piece wants for light and shade, and Bernstein obsesses over the latter without quite capturing the former. The Promenade gets off to an inauspicious start with decidedly mannered intonation in the brass. Fluttering tone works well in Gershwin, but to my ears it comes off sounding unpolished rather than stylish here. This manner of playing is shed for the "Great Gate of Kiev" which begins quite gloriously, but gets stuck in the mud in the string and woodwind interludes punctuating the main theme. Read More: Rating:  - Another great BernsteinI love Bernstein. Both the Mussorgsky's Pictures at Exhibition and A nigth in the Bald Mountain are masterpieces, and so is Ravel's orchestration of the pictures. I think Bernstein's direction excellent, so beautiful as, for instance, that (famous) by Toscanini. Rating: - Satisfying version of 'Pictures..'; liked album on the wholeI had attended a SF Symphony performance which included "Pictures At An Exhibition" as orchestrated by Ravel. I was pleasantly suprised by how much I liked that piece taken as a whole. I have always thought highly of Bernstein's interpretation, and believed I would hear a nicely played and interpreted version of 'Pictures..' Indeed, the piece is executed as I thought it would. I like Bernstein's interpretation of 'Pictures At An Exhibition', and the album, on the whole, is worth the suggested price. |
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