Retrospection: Pianoworks by Ravel, 1899-1917 [SACD] [Hybrid SACD] [SACD]

On this CD:

1. Prélude, for piano Version 1: Assez lent et très expressif
Composed by Maurice Ravel
Performed by Dejan Lazic

2. Menuet sur le nom d'Haydn, for piano
Composed by Maurice Ravel
Performed by Dejan Lazic

3. Pavane pour une infante défunte, for piano (or orchestra)
Composed by Maurice Ravel
Performed by Dejan Lazic

4. Sonatine for piano
Composed by Maurice Ravel
Performed by Dejan Lazic

5. Le tombeau de Couperin, for piano
Composed by Maurice Ravel
Performed by Dejan Lazic

6. Valses nobles et sentimentales for piano (or orchestra)
Composed by Maurice Ravel
Performed by Dejan Lazic

7. À la manière de. . . , for piano
Composed by Maurice Ravel
Performed by Dejan Lazic

8. Prélude, for piano Version 2: d'un rythme libre (Postlude)
Composed by Maurice Ravel
Performed by Dejan Lazic

Retrospection: Pianoworks by Ravel, 1899-1917 [SACD], Music, Maurice Ravel, Dejan Lazic, 20th/21st Century Sonata/Sonatina for Keyboard, Chamber Music & Recitals, Character/Single-Movement/Miscellaneous Work for Keyboard, Classical, Classical Composers, Keyboard, Keyboard Work with Descriptive or Unclassified Title, Minuet for Keyboard, Music for Keyboard, Pavane for Keyboard, Prelude for Keyboard

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Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition, A Night on Bald Mountain, and Other Russian Showpieces [Hybrid SACD] Modest Mussorgsky , Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky , Alexander Borodin , Dmitry Kabalevsky , Mikhail Glinka , and Fritz Reiner Manufacturer: RCA ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Borodin | Borodin, Alexander | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Glinka | Glinka, Mikhail | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Kabalevsky | Kabalevsky, Dmitri | ( K ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Mussorgsky | Mussorgsky, Modest | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Tchaikovsky | Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich | ( T ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Marches | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Overtures | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Tone Poems | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Romances | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Russian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music $7.99 and Under | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music All Classical Music Blowout | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Borodin, Alexander | ( B ) | Composers, A-Z | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Glinka, Mikhail | ( G ) | Composers, A-Z | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Kabalevsky, Dmitri | ( K ) | Composers, A-Z | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Mussorgsky, Modest | ( M ) | Composers, A-Z | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich | ( T ) | Composers, A-Z | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Opera & Vocal | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Classical Music | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Opera & Vocal | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade; Stravinsky: Song of the Nightingale [Hybrid SACD] Richard Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra; Ein Heldenleben [Hybrid SACD] Brahms, Tchaikovsky: Violin Concertos [Hybrid SACD] Dvorák's New World Symphony and Other Orchestral Masterworks [Hybrid SACD] The Chopin Ballades & Scherzos [Hybrid SACD] ASIN: B0002TKFRM Release Date: 2004-09-14

Tracks:

1. Promenade
2. Gnomus
3. Promenade
4. Il Vecchio Castello
5. Promenade
6. Tuileries
7. Bydlo
8. Promenade
9. Ballet Of The Chicks In Their Shells
10. Samuel Goldenburg And Schmuyle
11. The Marketplace At Limoges
12. Catacombae, Sepulchrum Romanum
13. Con Mortuis In Lingua Mortua
14. The Hut On Fowl's Legs
15. The Great Gate At Kiev
16. Marche Miniature (From Suite No. 1 In D-Minor, Op. 43)
17. A Night On Bald Mountain - Chicago Symphony Orchestra
18. Prince Igor: Polovtsian March
19. Marche Slave
20. Colas Breugnon, Op. 24: Overture
21. Russian And Ludmilla: Overture - Chicago Symphony Orchestra

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SACD: The Classics Sampler [Hybrid SACD] Manufacturer: Deutsche Grammophon ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Dances | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Waltzes | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Beethoven | Beethoven, Ludwig van | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Bellini, Vincenzo | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Biber | Biber, Heinrich Ignaz | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Chopin | Chopin, Frédéric | ( C ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Donizetti | Donizetti, Gaetano | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Dvorák, Antonín | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Mahler | Mahler, Gustav | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Messiaen | Messiaen, Olivier | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Mussorgsky | Mussorgsky, Modest | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Puccini | Puccini, Giacomo | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Wagner | Wagner, Richard | ( W ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Piano | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Violin | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra | ( B ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music New York Philharmonic Orchestra | ( N ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra | ( V ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Compilations | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Czech | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Italian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Masses | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Deutsche Grammophon: Music | Specialty Stores | Music Similar Items: Concord Records SACD Sampler 1 (Multichannel Hybrid SACD) Telarc SACD Sampler: Sound and Vision Vivaldi: Four Seasons [Hybrid SACD] Telarc SACD Sampler: The Absolute Sound Super Artists on Super Audio, Vol. 3 [Hybrid SACD] ASIN: B0001BPPNK Release Date: 2004-06-15

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Mussorgsky-Stokowski: Pictures at an Exhibiton [Hybrid SACD] Manufacturer: Naxos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Mussorgsky | Mussorgsky, Modest | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Tchaikovsky | Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich | ( T ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Tone Poems | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Romances | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Russian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Greensleeves; Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis [Hybrid SACD] Respighi: Pines of Rome; Fountains of Rome; Debussy: La mer [Hybrid SACD] Stravinsky: The Firebird; Petrushka [Hybrid SACD] Appalachian Spring (Multichannel/Stereo) Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3; Poulenc: Organ Concerto; Barber: Toccata Festiva ASIN: B000AMMSG2 Release Date: 2005-09-20

Average customer rating: Mackerras, New Phil, Mussorgsky: Sheer Magic: Fireworks

Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition; Prelude to Khovanshchina [Hybrid SACD] Manufacturer: Vanguard Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Mussorgsky | Mussorgsky, Modest | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Romances | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Russian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: Stravinsky: Petrouchka; Firebird Suite [Hybrid SACD] Frederic Chopin: Polonaises [Hybrid SACD] Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé Suites; Ma Mère l'Oye; Valses nobles et sentimentales [Hybrid SACD] Holst: The Planets [Hybrid SACD] Handel: Royal Fireworks Music; Water Music [Hybrid SACD] ASIN: B0001IN0EE Release Date: 2004-05-11

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Mackerras, New Phil, Mussorgsky: Sheer Magic: Fireworks.......2004-07-05

That regular CD still sits on the fav shelf; but the moment I encountered a SuperAudio version of the Petrouchka, I began to look for an SACD version of the Mussorgsky. My particular treasure hunt ended at a local Border's Store; but yours may take you along other paths. No matter, look for this wherever you can obtain it.

The SACD provides a surround remix of the original 8-track master tapes, and the result is simply stunning as music, and as high resolution system display piece. Of course, Ravel's orchestration is oddly quirky in a French genius sort of way, along with being both extremely refined and brilliant. The New Philharmonia play it to the absolute tens, and thanks to the multi-track master, every harmonic nuance and virtuosic soloist is present and then some. In the surround SACD, the percussion have been allocated to the back channels, which isn't anything at all like a live auditorium performance would be. It took some getting used to, every time the snare drums or the other percussion kicked in. Even the odd triangle ting was suddenly shining from one of the back corners, where of course it was not originally in the previous stereo remixes.

That said, if any music in the classical repertoire can take this sort of sonic treatment and still come out music, the Ravel-Mussorgsky piece is it. Since the SACD comes in a hybrid version with a regular CD layer, you get value either way, depending on what kind of player you have at the moment. Also it may serve consumers to recall that Silverline Classics is releasing the Vanguard/Artemis catalogue in DVD Audio 5.1 remixes, too. You may eventually get this outstanding performance in that high-resolution format.

In any case, grab this one. It appears in the catalogue, but disappears rather more quickly than its excellence might suggest. Also, right up there, is a new release of the Mussorgky Pictures on Naxos SACD with Kuchar and the Ukraine Symphony. It's budget, but this is still mid-price, and I bet the Naxos will be available for a longer period of time.

Truly five stars, and very highly recommended.

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Moussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition [Hybrid SACD] Manufacturer: Philips ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Waltzes | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Chopin | Chopin, Frédéric | ( C ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Mussorgsky | Mussorgsky, Modest | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Etudes | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra | ( M ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Similar Items: Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3; Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 1 [Hybrid SACD] Stravinsky: The Firebird (Complete Ballet); Fireworks [Hybrid SACD] Rachmaninoff: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 3 [Hybrid SACD] Hanson Conducts Hanson [Hybrid SACD] Rachmaninoff: Piano concerto No. 3; Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3 [Hybrid SACD] ASIN: B000AC5AZI Release Date: 2005-10-11

Tracks:

1. Promenade
2. Gnomus
3. Promenade
4. Il Vecchio Castello
5. Promenade
6. Tuileries
7. Bydlo
8. Promenade
9. Ballet Of The Chicks In Their Shells
10. Two Polish Jews, One Rich, The Other Poor
11. Limoges, The Market Place
12. Catacombae (Sepulcrum Romanum)
13. Cum Mortuis In Lingua Mortua
14. The Hut On Fowl's Legs (Baba-Yaga)
15. The Great Gate Of Kiev
16. Etude In F Major
17. Waltz In A Minor
18. Promenade
19. Gnomus
20. Promenade
21. Il Vecchio Castello
22. Promenade
23. Tuileries
24. Bydlo
25. Promenade
26. Ballet Des Poussins Dans Leurs Coques
27. Samuel Goldenberg And Schmuyle
28. Limoges-Le Marche
29. Catacombae (Sepulcrum Romanum)
30. Cum Mortuis In Lingua Mortua
31. La Cabane Sur Des Pattes De Poule
32. La Grande Porte De Kiev

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Moussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition; Night on the Bare Mountain [Hybrid SACD] Manufacturer: Umvd Labels ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Dances | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Mussorgsky | Mussorgsky, Modest | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Tone Poems | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra | ( V ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Romances | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Russian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B000089CG9 Release Date: 2003-08-12

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Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 ("Organ"); Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition [Hybrid SACD] Manufacturer: Pentatone ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Mussorgsky | Mussorgsky, Modest | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Saint-Saëns, Camille | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Romantic | Symphonies | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Similar Items: Beethoven: The 9 Symphonies [Hybrid SACD] Rossini: Famous Overtures / Beruhmte Ouverturen Respighi: Pines of Rome; Fountains of Rome; Debussy: La mer [Hybrid SACD] Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Greensleeves; Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis [Hybrid SACD] Midnight at Notre-Dame [Hybrid SACD] ASIN: B0000AINGC Release Date: 2003-09-23

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Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition; Night on the Bare Mountain [Hybrid SACD] Manufacturer: Naxos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Dances | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Mussorgsky | Mussorgsky, Modest | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Romantic | Symphonies | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Tone Poems | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Similar Items: Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake [Hybrid SACD] Dvorák's New World Symphony and Other Orchestral Masterworks [Hybrid SACD] Dvorak Symphony No. 7 & Carnival Overture & Smetana Die Moldau / Szell, Cleveland Orchestra (SACD) Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1; Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 [Hybrid SACD] Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Greensleeves; Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis [Hybrid SACD] ASIN: B0001XP1OQ Release Date: 2004-06-15

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Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition; Night on Bald Mountain [Hybrid SACD] Manufacturer: Telarc ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Mussorgsky | Mussorgsky, Modest | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Tone Poems | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Cleveland Orchestra | ( C ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Maazel, Lorin | ( M ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Similar Items: Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring; Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 Saint-Saens Symphony No. 3 "Organ" / Encores a la Francaise / Ormandy, Murray, Philadelphia Orchestra (Stereo Hybrid SACD) Orff: Carmina Burana [Hybrid SACD] Bruckner: Symphony No. 9 (with the Documentation of the Finale Fragment) [Hybrid SACD] Tchaikovsky 1812 Overture etc. / Kunzel, Cincinnati Pops (Multichannel Hybrid SACD) ASIN: B00005O82F Release Date: 2001-02-28

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Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition; Night on Bald Mountain; Khovanshchina [Hybrid SACD] Manufacturer: Mobile Fidelity Koch ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Borodin | Borodin, Alexander | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Mussorgsky | Mussorgsky, Modest | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Romantic | Symphonies | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Tone Poems | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music St. Louis Symphony Orchestra | ( S ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Romances | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Russian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé Suites; Ma Mère l'Oye; Valses nobles et sentimentales [Hybrid SACD] Holst: The Planets [Hybrid SACD] Smetana: Má Vlast [Hybrid SACD] Ravel: Bolero; La Valse; etc. [Hybrid SACD] Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky; Lieutenant Kijé [Hybrid SACD] ASIN: B00018D59E Release Date: 2004-02-24

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