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| Pianist Byron Janis recorded this work on solo piano and in Ravel’s orchestral version with Antal Dorati. Plus two Chopin encores. |
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| 1 Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s vïstavski), for piano: Promenade |
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| 2 Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s vïstavski), for piano: Gnomus |
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| 3 Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s vïstavski), for piano: Promenade |
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| 4 Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s vïstavski), for piano: Il Vecchio Castello |
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| 5 Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s vïstavski), for piano: Promenade |
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| 6 Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s vïstavski), for piano: Tuileries |
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| 7 Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s vïstavski), for piano: Bydlo |
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| 8 Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s vïstavski), for piano: Promenade |
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| 9 Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s vïstavski), for piano: Ballet of the Chicks in Their Shells |
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| 10 Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s vïstavski), for piano: Two Polish Jews, One Rich, the Other Poor |
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| 11 Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s vïstavski), for piano: Limoges, The Market Place |
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| 12 Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s vïstavski), for piano: Catacombac (Sepulcrum Romanum) |
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| 13 Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s vïstavski), for piano: Cum Mortuis in Lingua Mortua |
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| 14 Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s vïstavski), for piano: The Hut on Fowl's Legs (Baba-Yaga) |
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| 15 Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s vïstavski), for piano: The Great Gate of Kiev |
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| 16 Etude for piano No. 15 in F major, Op. 25/3, CT 28. |
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| 17 Waltz for piano No. 3 in A minor, Op. 34/2, CT. 209 |
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| 18 Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s vïstavski), for orchestra, orchestrated by Ravel: Promenade |
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| 19 Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s vïstavski), for orchestra, orchestrated by Ravel: Gnomus |
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| 20 Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s vïstavski), for orchestra, orchestrated by Ravel: Promenade |
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| 21 Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s vïstavski), for orchestra, orchestrated by Ravel: Il Vecchio Castello |
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| 22 Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s vïstavski), for orchestra, orchestrated by Ravel: Promenade |
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| 23 Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s vïstavski), for orchestra, orchestrated by Ravel: Tuileries |
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| 24 Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s vïstavski), for orchestra, orchestrated by Ravel: Bydlo |
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| 25 Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s vïstavski), for orchestra, orchestrated by Ravel: Promenade |
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Album Review
It is possible that there may be better recorded performances of Mussorgsky's original piano version of Pictures At An Exhibition -- the coruscating Horowitz and the colossal Richter leap to mind -- and it's certain that there are recorded performances as good or better of Ravel's orchestral transcription of Pictures -- the mighty Reiner and the magnificent Szell among many others -- but there is now no finer coupling of Mussorgsky's original and Ravel's transcription than this one with Byron Janis for the original and Antal Dorati and the Minneapolis Symphony for the transcription. At the time the recording was made in 1961, Janis was at the peak of his career as an American super-virtuoso and his performance of the original is awe-inspiring. Every picture is brilliantly projected through Janis' combination of astounding technique, subtle sensibility, and love of grand gestures. When Dorati recorded the transcription, he was at his own peak as ballet conductor turned symphonic conductor and he was at his best in the color, drama, and vigor of eastern European and Russian music. Even with the less than flawless playing of the Minneapolis Symphony, Dorati's interpretation of Pictures is direct, powerful, and very exciting if not always what could be called understated. As a bonus, the disc separates the two Pictures with two encores from Janis' Moscow performance in June 1962, an astounding F Major Etude and a lovely A Minor Waltz. Mercury is clean, clear, loud, sometimes a little gimmicky -- listen to the percussion in the "Great Gates of Kiev" -- but always thrilling. ~ James Leonard, All Music Guide
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