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еще один, ну просто блестящий на мой взгляд альбом из коллекции runo! СПАСИБО! и всем друзьям за постоянную помощь! :D:
cue & log tagged within, scans are inside
Double Your Pleasure!, December 1, 2000
Reviewer: J Keistler "johnr@beamans.com" (Lake Jackson, Texas USA)
I waited years for these recordings to be released on CD. My favorite "Pictures" was this Dorati recording, and this recording by Janis is pure pleasure.
We all know that superlative performance can be compromised so very easily by poor production. The restoration of the Living Presence sound reinforces the vision of its creators. As with the other Mercury recordings, this CD places the listener in the audience, in the hall, to an uncanny degree. How many recordings have we all purchased that placed us somewhere in the orchestra rather than the audience!
This is indeed rosette-level listening and a must-have for anyone's shelf!
On this CD:
1. Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s vïstavski), for piano
Composed by Modest Mussorgsky
with Byron Janis
2. Etude for piano No. 15 in F major, Op. 25/3, CT 28.
Composed by Fryderyk Chopin
with Byron Janis
3. Waltz for piano No. 3 in A minor, Op. 34/2, CT. 209
Composed by Fryderyk Chopin
with Byron Janis
4. Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s vïstavski), for orchestra, orchestrated by Ravel
Composed by Modest Mussorgsky
Performed by Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
with Byron Janis
Conducted by Antal Dorati
Why own anything else???, September 7, 2001
Reviewer: "tchaikjp" (Houston, TX United States)
There is little to say about this recording, becuase you will most likely love it or hate it- and regardless, you should own it if not for the individuality of style in an overdone work, but for the fact that this CD is a great deal- both a great Piano performance and a great Orchestral performance on the same disk! Pictures has been recorded buy almost everyone, so there are of course a MULTITUDE of good recordings, as well as a great many mediocre ones, I'm sure. However this one is neither good, nor mediocre- it is GREAT: great in its uniqueness, it is never commonplace, and the sound of the orchestra is beautiful in that you can hear every instrument. Though this may be against some tastes, it is truly remarkable.
Byron Janis is phenomenal, his interpretation brings forth life in the "pictures", and mercury's sound enhances his piano's power! It is like your head is in the piano. Dorati is a master in controlling the orchestra's dynamics, its amazing how powerful it can be, both soft and loud. Mercury's sound of course brings Dorati's wonderful artistry to us in the clearest, most immediate sound. BAM!-In-your-face sound.
Also tempting is the wonderful "FAT" liner notes that Mercury always lavishly provides. Just reading these liner notes can put a listener on his right foot into the world of musicology, and the wonderful influences behind the power of the work. For me, I'd pay the price of the entire CD for just the notes if I had to.
In short, in owning this you are opening yourself up to great music, great interpretation (in what to do with a played-to-death work), and... you might evev learn something.
