Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition

Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition

Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition
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Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Composer: Mikhail Glinka
Composer: Modest Mussorgsky
Performer: Evgeny Kissin
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language)
CD Release Date: 2002-02-05
Music Label: RCA
Soundtracks:
  1. J.S. Bach: Toccata, Adagio & Fugue in C: Prelude
  2. J.S. Bach: Toccata, Adagio & Fugue in C: Intermezzo: Adagio
  3. J.S. Bach: Toccata, Adagio & Fugue in C: Fugue
  4. Glinka: The Lark
  5. Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition: Promenade
  6. Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition: Gnomus
  7. Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition: Promenade
  8. Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition: Il vecchio castello
  9. Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition: Promenade
  10. Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition: Tuileries
  11. Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition: Bydlo
  12. Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition: Promenade
  13. Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition: Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks
  14. Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition: Samuel Goldenberg & Schmuyle
  15. Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition: Promenade
  16. Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition: Limoges marche
  17. Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition: Catacombae (Sepulcrum romanum)
  18. Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition: Con mortuis in lingua mortua
  19. Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition: The Hut On Fowl's Legs (Baba-Yaga)
  20. Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition: The Great Gate of Kiev

Music reviews of Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition

Music Review: Genius!!
Rating: 5 Stars

I have spent the latest week listening to Kissin's newest CD. And here are my thoughts:

Bach/Busoni:
Kissin's clear tone suits the work perfectly. His tone is sharp and the pedalling is held to moderation. The toccata is virtuosic at times and Kissin rses to sound as a whole organ. The adagio is slow and beautifuly colored by Kissin. Each phrase has weight and you sink in your chair listening to it. But the best is yet to come, the fugue. I wish Kissin would play more poliphonic music like fugues because he is a master at dragging forward inner voices. His fingers seem to have individual life and the lines eash gain their own existance. Listen to the beginning of the fugue, such clarity, focus and calm. The breath of tone in this work displayed by Kissin shows clearly his capability to make the piano sound like any other instrument he likes, organ, orchestra or what ever.

Glinka/Balakirev:
Small work I haven't heard elsewhere. Melancolic, slow and beautiful. An ok break between the two major works on the disc.

Mussorgsky:
Listening to Kissin led me into yet one Pictures-mania. So, there has been a lot of comparisons this week. I must say it straight out: genius! This is what I call a high class performance. In his last CD (Chopin: 2nd sonata, preludes) his tone got a bit to hard at times, and I was curious is he would try the power-path of Horowitz or the poeticism of Richter. I am glad he choose the latter, although I love Horowitz's version(s). Take for exaple the Bydlo. Yes, Horowitz is funny and exiting when he unleashes a thunderous left in the high climax. But such a force makes the bydlo more of a crasy bull than a slow, fat and lumpish ox, making heavy steps. Kissin hold back the banging and portraies the bydlo as slow but powerful force. The fast sections, like the market or the ballet of the chickens, sparkle with life. The grand gate of Kiev is magnificent, truly grand and noble.

Conclusion: A CD to treasure as it contains a stunnig Bach/Busoni and one of the very best pictures ever, arguably the best pictures for a long long time. Kissin is the successor to Richter and Horowitz in Mussorgsky, no doubt in my mind.

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