Byron Janis plays Moussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition (2005)

Janis is a brilliant pianist, and he manages to capture the essence of Mussorgsky's work in his performance in one foul swoop. He varies the mood of each Promenade to link pictures together, and he can characterise the pictures well, making you see them jumping out at you. The Gnomus and Catacomba pictures have never sounded threatening, and the Old Castle forboding. The remaining pictures are all well done and are worth half the price of this CD alone. Janis definitely leaves you on the edge of your seat, and the excellent vintage remastering enables the vintage Mercury quality to shine through excellently. In short, this is one of the best recorded piano versions of Pictures.

The disc is appropriately coupled to the orchestral version of the score, brilliantly played by Antal Dorati and the Minesota Orchestra. The tempi feel just right, except in Limoges: The Market Place where it is slightly slower than what we expect. Anyway, each picture, as in Janis' coupled piano version, can spring out at you with majestic force, as in the Great Gate at Kiev. Ravel's masterly orchestration is able to shine here, and at times echoes of his other orchestral masterworks can remain in the memory of the listener, to remind us of his brilliant orchestral writing. The orchestra plays sumptuously with feeling, and it feels that the music is in its blood. – Amazon





Tracklisting

01. Moussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition (for the piano) - I. Promenade /1:33/
02. Moussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition (for the piano) - II. Gnomus /2:26/
03. Moussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition (for the piano) - III. Promenade /0:56/
04. Moussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition (for the piano) - IV. Il Vecchio Castello /4:27/
05. Moussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition (for the piano) - V. Promenade /0:29/
06. Moussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition (for the piano) - VI. Tuileries /1:01/
07. Moussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition (for the piano) - VII. Bydlo /2:52/
08. Moussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition (for the piano) - VIII. Promenade /0:44/
09. Moussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition (for the piano) - IX. Ballet of the Chi… /1:13/
10. Moussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition (for the piano) - X. Two Polish Jews, O… /1:51/
11. Moussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition (for the piano) - XI. Limoges, The Mark… /1:21/
12. Moussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition (for the piano) - XII. Catacombae (Sepu… /1:48/
13. Moussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition (for the piano) - XIII. Cum Mortuis in … /2:00/
14. Moussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition (for the piano) - XIV. The Hut on Fowl'… /2:59/
15. Moussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition (for the piano) - XV. The Great Gate of… /4:20/
16. Chopin Etude in F major /1:42/
17. Chopin Waltz in A minor /5:00/
18. Moussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition (orchestral version) - I. Promenade /1:35/
19. Moussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition (orchestral version) - II. Gnomus /2:20/
20. Moussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition (orchestral version) - III. Promenade /0:46/
21. Moussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition (orchestral version) - IV. Il Vecchio C… /3:49/
22. Moussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition (orchestral version) - V. Promenade /0:31/
23. Moussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition (orchestral version) - VI. Tuileries /0:59/
24. Moussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition (orchestral version) - VII. Bydlo /2:25/
25. Moussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition (orchestral version) - VIII. Promenade /0:35/
26. Moussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition (orchestral version) - IX. Ballet des P… /1:12/
27. Moussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition (orchestral version) - X. Samuel Golden… /1:53/
28. Moussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition (orchestral version) - XI. Limoges - Le… /1:27/
29. Moussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition (orchestral version) - XII. Catacombae … /1:55/
30. Moussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition (orchestral version) - XIII. Cum Mortui… /1:44/
31. Moussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition (orchestral version) - XIV. La Cabane s… /3:15/
32. Moussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition (orchestral version) - XV. La Grande Po… /5:01/



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