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CD Philharmonia Orchestra/Vladimir Ashkenazy
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By M. J. Perry
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
This is a superb performance of the piano version of 'Pictures at an Exhibition' (I've yet to listen to Ashkenazy's orchestration which is the second piece on the disc; I can't stop listening to the first one!). In fact, I think it's the best I've heard either live or on record, including Richter who has always set the benchmark for me with this work. What Vladimir Ashkenazy brings out brilliantly is the character of each of the individual 'pictures', and his touch is not to be faulted. There is a tendency among some pianists to attack this work with every big gun they have in their arsenal; with Ashkenazy there is delicacy when appropriate, and power when it's needed: everything is subordinated to the music and is shaped and coloured accordingly. There are many 'magic moments' (and this from a reviewer who has heard a fair few performances of this work and wondered what Ashkenazy could possibly bring to it that was new): 'Tuileries-Bydlo' is one; and the transition from 'The Hut on Hen's Legs' into 'The Great Gates of Kiev' is spine-tingling; but it is the overall effect which in my opinion makes this an essential recording. He is a great, great pianist!
By Liam O'Brien
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
A superb orchestral performance together with the solo piano version (as it was originally written before Ravel worked his magic) by a genuine master. You can't go wrong with this (although I've still got a soft spot for ELP's version).
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By Roz
Format:Audio CD
Like so many people I have been familiar with Pictures at an Exhibition by Mussorgsky since childhood but sadly I had never heard the original piano version until the other night when Sky Arts broadcast the performance by Vladimir Ashkenazy. I found the orchestral version stirring as always but I was captured by the intensity of his interpretation of the original piano work. I almost expected to open my eyes and find myself in St Petersburg. :)Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition, Original Piano Version & Orchestral Version I wish a dvd of the above performance was available.
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