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| ARTIST: | Modest Mussorgsky, Mily Balakirev, Jeno Jando |
| CATEGORY: | Music |
| MANUFACTURER: | Naxos |
| MEDIA: | Audio CD |
| TRACKS: | Pictures At An Exhibition, Islamey, Sorochintsy Fair: Hopak, On The Southern Shore Of The Crimea: No.1 Gurzuf, On The Southern Shore Of The Crimea: No.2 Capriccio, Une Larme |
| UPC: | 730099504423 |
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Customer Reviews of Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition/Balakirev: Islamey
An unexciting promenade. Naxos provides warm, natural sounding 1988 piano recording for this collection of Russian music. Jando provides a plain account of the exhibition pictures themselves and the spectator's response to them. He also provides some additional short piano pieces by Mussorgsky - mildly evocative but very minor indeed - and Mussorgsky's own piano version of the Gopak from his unfinished comic opera "Sorochintsy Fair". Balakirev's oriental fantasy "Islamey" makes major technical demands on a pianist, but it too receives plain treatment here.
Those new to these works are advised, if they like them, to shop around for other recorded versions, bearing in mind that none will be as inexpensive as this. Of Victor Hartmann's pictures, which inspired Mussorgsky's "Pictures at an Exhibition", only three survive. Has any record company shown them in their enclosed liner notes?
Jando's "Pictures" Divides The Critics
BBC Music rates this CD as one of the "Top 1000", yet the Penquin Guide considers it worthy of only one "Star" (undistinquished at best). The gulf is probably best explained by the fact that this a very straightforward, unaffected version of the piece. If you prefer grand gestures in your romantic piano playing, you will do well to steer towards Horowitz or Pletnev. If you prefer more composer and less performer, Jando's version will suit you fine, as it has me. The recorded sound is good, rather than outstanding. All in all, a fine bargain from the Naxos label.