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Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition [Hybrid SACD]

Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition [Hybrid SACD]
From Telarc

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Track Listing

  1. Promenade
  2. 1. Gnomus (The Gnome)
  3. Promenade
  4. 2. Il Vecchio Castello (The Old Castle)
  5. Promenade
  6. 3. Tuileries (Children Quarrelling at Play)
  7. 4. Bydlo
  8. Promenade
  9. 5. Ballet des poussins dans leurs Coques (Ballet of the Chicks in Their Shells)
  10. 6. Samuel Goldenberg and Schmüyle
  11. 7. Limoges. Le Marché (The Marketplace at Limoges)
  12. 8. Catacombae. Sepulcrum Romanum (Catacombs, Roman Tombs)
  13. Cum Mortuis in Lingua Mortua (With the Dead in a Dead Language)
  14. 9. La Cabane sur des pattes de poule (The Hut on Fowl's Legs) (Baba Yaga)
  15. 10. La Grande Porte de Kiev (The Great Gate of Kiev)

Product Details

  • Amazon Sales Rank: #116507 in Music
  • Released on: 2008-09-23
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Format: Super Audio CD

Customer Reviews

Wonderful performances and sound5
I do not write many reviews here but I just had to communicate my thoughts about this recording when I saw that NO ONE had written about it yet.

Simply put, if you love this music, get this NOW! The sound is clear and rich. Paavo Jarvi and the Cincinnati present these warhourses beautifully with freshness, energy, passion and great playing.

I heard things I have not hear before, (maybe I wasn't listening well enough). I did get the sense of being at Carnegie Hall (how I miss going there) and hearing this music live in concert.

Anyway, take it from someone who listens to ALOT of classical music and owns 22 recording of "Pictures", I cannot think of one I have enjoyed more.

demonstration quality sound5
Stunning is the word that first comes to mind after listening to this album. The folks at Telarc (in particular Michael Bishop, the engineer, and Robert Woods, the producer) are showing us how good SACD can be. The detail and dynamics are superb. Combine this with an excellent performance by Paavo Jarvi and the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, a Grammy Nomination for Best Surround Sound Album, great tunes by Mussorgsky (orchestrations by Rimsky-Korsakov and Ravel) and you have in my opinion one of the top classical albums of 2008. A must-have for audiophiles.

Excellent Performance5
This is an excellent performance of one of my favorite pieces! I have enjoyed it on various plane trips...fabulous with noise cancellation head phones.