Mussorgsky/Tchaikovsky: Orchestra Works

On this CD:

1. Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s vďstavski), for orchestra, orchestrated by Ravel
Composed by Modest Mussorgsky
Performed by Russian Federal Orchestra
Conducted by Vakhtang Jordania

2. Nutcracker, suite from the ballet, Op. 71a
Composed by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Performed by Russian Federal Orchestra
Conducted by Vakhtang Jordania

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Mussorgsky-Stokowski: Pictures at an Exhibiton [Hybrid SACD]
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Exceptional sound and knowing interpretation
  • Pictures, as a Revelation
 Mussorgsky-Stokowski: Pictures at an Exhibiton [Hybrid SACD]

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ASIN: B000AMMSG2
Release Date: 2005-09-20

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Exceptional sound and knowing interpretation.......2006-03-01

Jose Serebrier assisted Stokowski in their days with the American Symphony Orchestra, the memory and motivation for the coductor to record his mentor's version of "Pictures At An Exhibition" in up to date 21st century sound, coupled with a number of other Stoki specialties.

Aside from the more Russian sounding "Pictures", what I enjoyed most here were "Night on Bald Mountain", the "Khovanshchina" conglomeration and the symphonic synthesis on "Boris Godunov". This adds up to about 40 minutes of exciting Russian music delivered with gusto in great sound.

The Bournemouth Symphony hardly play like understated Englishmen in this recording, which will tear a hole in your speaker or knock some dishes off the shelves if you aren't careful with your volume or subwoofer controls when you first play this thing.

This 5.0 SACD is the real thing right from the first few notes of "Night On Bald Mountain" that begin the program. On my 5.1 surround sound system it about knocked down the walls of my house. It brings new definition to the term "demonstration recording"!

Not long ago I wrote a review of Stoki's last remaining CD of his version of "Pictures At An Exhibition" in his own orchestration and scoring. Stoki dropped two of the French paintings and made everything else sound Russian by emphasizing low strings and deemphasizing brilliant brass. Serebrier carried the memory of his mentor's work forward in this recroding, which is destined to wind up on some "best sounding CD of the year" lists.

4 out of 5 stars Pictures, as a Revelation.......2005-11-12

This recording of "Pictures at an Exhibition" came on the radio today as I was waking up. I had not heard the Stokowski orchestration before (is it true that the principal clarinet of the Philadelphia Orchestra was his ghost orchestrator?) and it was a revelation. The tried-and-true Ravel instrumentation will never be replaced, but this is a "Pictures" from a distinctly different corner of the hall, and a welcome departure. Serebrier and Bournemouth perform with exemplary precision and freshness, digging in where Stokowski's excesses can withstand some enthusiastic wrangling. If you love this Mussorgsky and want to hear it with new ears, here's your chance.
Mussorgsky-Stokowski: Pictures at an Exhibition
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • FOR A HIGH CHOLESTEROL ORCHESTRAL DIET
  • Not much Stokowski there.
  • A Naxos Triumph!
  • Leopold, Leopold, Leopold
  • Extraordinary recording by the Bournemouth Symphony and José Serebrier
 Mussorgsky-Stokowski: Pictures at an Exhibition

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ASIN: B0009JVOKM
Release Date: 2005-06-21

Tracks:

  1. A Night On Bare Mountain
  2. Entr'Acte To Act IV Of Khovanshchina
  3. Symphonic Synthesis Of Boris Godunov
  4. Promenade
  5. Gnomus
  6. Promenade
  7. Il Vecchio Castello
  8. Bydlo
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  10. Ballet De Poussins Dans Leurs Coques
  11. Samuel Goldberg And Schmuyle
  12. Catacombs - Sepulchrum Romanum; Con Mortuis In Lingua Mortua
  13. La Cabane Sur Des Pattes De Poule
  14. La Grande Porte De Kiev
  15. Solitude, Op.73, No.6
  16. Humoresque, Op.10, No.2
  17. Traditional Slavic Christmas Music

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars FOR A HIGH CHOLESTEROL ORCHESTRAL DIET.......2006-11-17

Comparing the arrangements of Pictures at an Exhibition by Ravel and Stokowski is a fascinating exercise. They both seem so characteristic of the two arrangers. The cool French aesthete (though with his own hidden daemons just like Mussorgsky) paints with precision but with impressionist or even post-impressionist hues. Here is Monet, Cezanne or, in the bolder pieces, even van Gogh. The Londoner who liked to assume the persona of some sort of Slavic shaman/maestro is given to bolder, brasher colours - Kandinsky perhaps? Both are masters of the orchestra. Both remain true to the essentially Russian spirit of Mussorgsky - perhaps even more so in the case of Stokowski. Which perhaps explains why he developed the bizarre suspicion that the two 'French' pieces in the Suite - Tuileries and the Limoges Marketplace - were by Rimsky Korsakov and therefore left them out altogether. Maybe it was because Ravel had, naturally, succeeded in making them sound so French in his earlier version. For the rest, Stokowski is more than up for the grotesqueries of the Gnome, the deep Russian darkness of the catacombs, the wildness of Baba Yaga and the splendours of the Great Gate. But it is Ravel who gets closer to the heart of the old castle and Bydlo.

As for the performance, Serebrier was the Sorcerer's Apprentice, having been Stoky's assistant for some years, and he elicits truly Stokowskian sounds from the Bournemouth Symphony whose strings almost (but not quite) approach the velvety richness of the Master's Philadelphians.

The rest of their programme is equally rich fare. The orchestration of Night on the Bare Mountain, made famous in Disney's Fantasia, seems to me far superior to Rimsky Korsakov's and (un-PC though it is to say it) even to Mussorgksy's own. Serebrier rightly brings out the OTT string glissandi and biting brass. The Symphonic Synthesis of Boris is a cousin to the similar syntheses Stokowski made from Tristan and Parsifal and, like them, provides a rewarding distillation of the opera's music in purely orchestral garb. Here, Stoky seems to stay closer to Mussorgsky's original sound than Rimsky or Shostakovich. The disc ends with a trio of Beechamesque lollipops, all predictably gorgeous, especially Stokowski's own Traditional Slavic Christmas Music where his youthful experience as an organist seems to come through in the tiered orchestration.

Maybe this disc will not tax the listener's intellect overmuch, but it will provide him with enormous dollops of orchestral pleasure. And at a budget price.

3 out of 5 stars Not much Stokowski there........2005-12-28

Compare to Stokowski's own interpretation, I just wonder how Serebrier change these intense transcriptions into dull, flat, and boring experience. His speed is so mechanical, and wash a lot of drama out of the work. If you don't want to be Stokowski, fine, but remember this is Mussorgsky, not Bach-Stokowski.

Although no one can be like Stokowski himself, Bamert still trying hard to sound like Stokowski in these transcriptions. Serebrier, on the other hand, trying to offer his own view. Pitifully, he falls far behind Stokowski.

One good thing about this recording is its wonderful sound. Rozhdestvensky did show us how harsh sound can ruin Stokowski's Pictures at an Exhibition. The good sound quality here makes the Pictures at an Exhibition still a valuable viewpoint. Ironically , it is the superb recording reveal how flat the interpretaions of Boris Godunov, A Night on Bare Mountain, and Entr'acte to ActIV of Khovanshchina are.

If you don't have Stokowski's own interpretion on your collection, I would like to stop you from buying this recording because of lack of the Stoki's excitement here. If you looking for a Stoki-like modern recording of Mussorgsky-Stokowski, I would recommend Bamert on Chandos over this. However, if you already have Stoki's own interpretion, Serebrier can still offer a different viewpoint of these transcriptions.

Some additional information..
A similiar viewpoint of Stokowski's Mussorgsky can also be found in Oliver Knussen's interpretation. The DG issue with a better orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, and probabily better sound effect, too. The sound there is more tense.

5 out of 5 stars A Naxos Triumph!.......2005-10-25

For half the price of at least two competing labels that I know of, you can have this recording of Stokowski's most beloved transciptions. I bought this release mainly for the "Symphonic Synthesis" which Stokowski created to bring more popularity to the massive complete opera. You get 24 minutes of shimmering sound, competing with anything in the symphonic genre. In fact everything sounds great on this disc. Meastro Serebrier,(a protege and life long friend of Stokowski) the Bournemouth Symphony, and the engineers are all in top form and dedicated. It is interesting to compare the differences of the Stokowski arrangements. He comes off more horrific than Rimsky-Korsakov on "Night on Bare Mountain", just have a listen to those exagerated screeches of brass. In "Pictures" Stokowski in his own words stated he wanted to take Ravels French out of the work and give it a more Russian feel. Balance, tempo, and detail in specific passages of each picture may or may not achieve this. I do think his version is more spacious overall, and less congested in the concluding "Great Gate of Kiev". Stokowski eliminates two annoying pictures stating he didn't think the composer wrote them in the score anyway! Recall that Rimsky-Korsakov's original piano version included them. Were they genuine? Three miniature bonus works are included. Most interesting is the Stokowski composition "Tradional Slavic Christmas Music" based on Slavic themes, is brief leaving one wanting for more.

4 out of 5 stars Leopold, Leopold, Leopold.......2005-10-20

One of my favorite episodes of BUGS BUNNY (perhaps my only favorite, I was never a big LOONEY TOONS fan) has Bugs getting in trouble while singing the song "April Showers" in the presence of an opera star. The man finds the rabbit annoying, and Bugs being Bugs decides to get the best of him. On an evening when the buffoon is singing, Bugs dons a wig that resembles the hair style of a great conductor, a caricature of Leopold Stokowski. As soon as Bugs enters the area everyone is all a buzz because Leopold has arrived. Bugs grabs the baton and begins conducting. I was probably twelve or thirteen at the time, and I felt rather sophisticated because I knew who Leopold was other than one of the husbands of Gloria Vanderbilt.

Stokowski was one of the most famous conductors of his day, and he was a well known musical arranger as well. His day was a time when symphony orchestras had regular arrangers who transcribed famous keyboard pieces for orchestra. They somewhat fell out of fashion in the 1970's but today there seems to be a renewed interest in some of transcriptions, recognizing the contributions of the musical arrangers. This release by Naxos has some of Stokowski's arrangements of some of Mussorgsky's music as well as a few pieces by Tchaikovsky and an arrangement of Slavic Christmas music.

Overall, this is an interesting disc. The arrangement of "Night on Bald Mountain" is not as fulsome as the more familiar Rimsky-Korsakov orchestration, but the differences in the two do illustrate the interesting tidbits on the score. The same can be said for his orchestration of "Pictures at an Exhibition." The Ravel orchestration, today's performance standard, has more power, and perhaps because of its familiarity more of an appeal, but some of Stokowski's arrangements have a smoother sound which seems to be in keeping with an art gallery exhibit. His orchestral arrangement of music from BORIS GODUNOV plays like a symphonic poem and does capture the mood of the work.

Listeners will find this recording both interesting, enjoyable, and since the "Bald Mountain" arrangement is the same as the arrangement used in FANTASIA, perhaps a bit nostalgic. It will also give people a new appreciation of Mussorgsky as a composer. Maybe Naxos can release another Stokowski transcription disc with his arrangements of Bach's music.

5 out of 5 stars Extraordinary recording by the Bournemouth Symphony and José Serebrier.......2005-08-28

This is one of the most extraordinary recordings of the decade, as announced by Felipe Marsans in his review in Diario Las Americas. The sound of this demonstration recording is spectacular! The performances are extraordinary, inspired,
magnificent from the opening track (Night on Bold Mountain) to the unexpected final track: an "original" work by Leopold Stokowski, based on a known ancient Christmas tune. The little Tchaikovsky item is something to make the listener cry, as is the Entre'Acte from Mussorgsky's opera Khovantchina. The Boris
is a masterpiece, and the performance is incredible in every sense. The Stokowski orchestration of Pictures at an Exhibition, quite different from Ravel's and more Russian and tru to the original, will blow you off the room. I can't wait for the multy-channel versions to be released, on SACD and DVD Audio.
Extraordinary!
Stephen Bradbury
Oxford, UK
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      18. The Little Ste, No.6: Perpetuo Mobile

      Customer Reviews:

      5 out of 5 stars Enjoy!.......2001-04-24

      I have a number of recordings like this for violin, including those by this artist. Collections like this for viola are a bit more rare. What a treat! ESS.A.Y is apparently a mom and pop recording company, but the sound is superb.
      Rachmaninoff Plays Rachmaninoff: Solo Works and Transcriptions
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      		 Rachmaninoff Plays Rachmaninoff: Solo Works and Transcriptions

      Manufacturer: RCA
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      ASIN: B00000E6ET
      Release Date: 1989-10-19

      Customer Reviews:

      5 out of 5 stars three rooms away sound.......2005-06-10

      sharing lunch with my mother, the CD is playing three rooms away on my computer.
      her commentaires lays on "how precise is the sound from that CD" side of things... i smile and i explain her that actually the CD is a remastering of an old analogic recording, so the sound quality has no reason to be brilliant (though excellent considering when it has been recorded).... moreover, my computer loudpseakers are really bad quality, so that adds up... she looks a bit embarassed and i try to find a way out for her and for me too, because actually what i'm listening is really something great.
      so that's it... it's Rachmaninoff himself playing... if you know what you're doing and meaning, it will go through no matter what.

      always ask for people who know what they're doing deep inside themselves... colors are different, and things just flow.
      i recall reading Physics books from Landau, Von Neumann, Heisenberg.... compared to the mushy physics explained on most reference textbooks, "their" Physics is really tackling things on the core side.

      enjoy this recording
      Mussorgsky, Stravinsky, Balakirev: Works for Cello & Orchestra
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        		Mussorgsky, Stravinsky, Balakirev: Works for Cello & Orchestra

        Manufacturer: Vox (Classical)
        ProductGroup: Music
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        ASIN: B00000E9JU
        Release Date: 1992-11-04

        Tracks:

        1. Pictures At an Exhibition: Promenade
        2. Pictures At an Exhibition: Gnomus
        3. Pictures At an Exhibition: Promenade
        4. Pictures At an Exhibition: The Old Castle
        5. Pictures At an Exhibition: Promenade
        6. Pictures At an Exhibition: Tuileries
        7. Pictures At an Exhibition: Bydlo
        8. Pictures At an Exhibition: Promenade
        9. Pictures At an Exhibition: Ballet Of The Chicks In Their Shells
        10. Pictures At an Exhibition: Samuel Goldenberg And Schmuyle
        11. Pictures At an Exhibition: Promenade
        12. Pictures At an Exhibition: Limoges Market Place
        13. Pictures At an Exhibition: Catacomae
        14. Pictures At an Exhibition: (Con Mortuis In Lingua Mortua)
        15. Pictures At an Exhibition: The Hut On Fowl's Legs
        16. Pictures At an Exhibition: The Great Gate Of Kiev
        17. Petrouchka Ste: Russian Dance
        18. Petrouchka Ste: Petrouchka's Room
        19. Petrouchka Ste: Shrovetide Fair
        20. Islamey (Oriental Fant)
        The Essential Classics Collection
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          		The Essential Classics Collection

          Manufacturer: Sony
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          ASIN: B0000029UK
          Release Date: 1997-03-04

          Tracks:

          1. Symphony No.5: 1st Movement
          2. Symphony No.9 'New World': 2nd Movement
          3. Symphony No.3: 3rd Movement
          4. Symphonie Fantastique (The March to the Scaffold)
          5. Symphony No.9 'The Great': 3rd Movement
          6. The Sorcerrer's Appprentice
          7. Sheherazade: 4th Movement: Festival at Baghdad, The Sea, The Shipwreck
          8. Slavonic Dances Op.46 No.1
          9. Pictures At An Exhibition: A) The Hut On Fowls' Legs B) The Great Gate Of Kiev

          Tracks:

          1. Violin Concerto (3rd Movement) - Brahms
          2. Piano Concerto No. 5 'Emperor' (3rd Movement) - Beethoven
          3. Flute Concerto K. 313 (1st Movement) - Mozart
          4. Piano Concerto No. 2 (3rd Movement) - Rachmaninov
          5. Piano Concerto, No. 21 (2nd Movement) - Mozart
          6. Members Of The Philadelphia Orchestra: Concierto d'Aranjuez (2nd Movement) - Rodrigo
          7. The Beautiful Blue Danube - J. Strauss II
          8. Romeo & Juliet (The Montagues And Capulets) - Prokofiev
          9. Swan Lake (Act II Scene One) - Tchaikovsky

          Tracks:

          1. String Quartet 'Death And The Maiden' (1st Movement)
          2. Violin Sonata 'Spring' (1st Movement)
          3. Gymnopedie No 1.
          4. Piano Sonata No 14. 'Moonlight' (1st Movement)
          5. Claire du Lune
          6. Gregorian Chant Vol. I: Introitus: 'Rorate' - Offertorium: 'Ave Maria' - Communio: 'Ecce Virgo'
          7. Gloria: RV 589 (1st Movement: Gloria)
          8. Messiah ('Hallelujah' Chorus)
          9. Requiem K. 626 (Confutatis)
          10. Mesa da Requiem (Dies Irae)
          11. Carmina Burana: Blanziflor et Helena: 'Ave Formosissima' - Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi: 'O Fortuna'
          12. Symphony No. 9 'Choral' (Last Movement: 'Ode to Joy')
          Sviatoslav Richter Concert Performances And Broadcasts, 1958-1976
          Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
          • A thousand carats album!
          		 Sviatoslav Richter Concert Performances And Broadcasts, 1958-1976

          Manufacturer: Music & Arts Program
          ProductGroup: Music
          Binding: Audio CD

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          ASIN: B000006KG3
          Release Date: 1993-11-01

          Customer Reviews:

          5 out of 5 stars A thousand carats album!.......2006-07-31

          This fabulous set gives us a fabulous and complete selection from Richter's oeuvre that spans the years 1958-1976; it includes a kaleidoscopic variety of composers, a wide range of musical styles. The famed pianist Glenn Gould once affirmed : "There are musicians who try to bypass the whole question of the performing mechanism, to create the illusion, at any rate, of a direct link between themselves and a particular musical score, helping therefore the listener to achieve a sensation of involvement, not with the performance per se, but rather, with the music itself." And that is absolutely valid in the case of Richer.

          For many Beethoven purists, Richer may result quite propulsive and even unaware. But that is just an illusion. It's a question of temperament. Richter uses to explore directly without reflexive pauses the soul of Beethoven. In fact, you may feel Richter plays as a huge mirror that reflects the multiple facets of any composer as a whole. In this superb compilation Beethoven occupies two and a quarter CD' s . His Variations & Fugue for piano Op. 35 are even much more emotive and volcanic respect the famous performance given in Carnegie Hall of 1965. (I just have this recording and have compared them one each other.). The Sonata Op. 10 is extraordinary. The Sonata Op. 4 is an excellent performance that denotes the multiplicity of vision (listen to Benedetti Michelangeli and Schnabel, for instance). The Sonata 32 is memorable although it's far to reach the unbeatable version of Paul Badura Skoda ` s version of 1973.

          Believe or not the impressive performance of Richter around Pictures at exhibition is not so far respect to the well known and best acclaimed version of Sofia. You may realize this recital in Budapest was made just a week after Sofia' s performance and the most notable feature is how different is. If it's true the overall texture is visibly lighter and less dark respect Sophie, in certain passages I find it wildest, aggressive and even volcanic. The Catacombs and the Great Gate of Kiev are to my mind, much reposed analytical and colder but better performed. In my case, I have another additional Pictures of Richter and I use to compare between themselves.

          Tchaikovsky pieces are quite sensitive and beautifully phrased. Scriabin' s Ninth Sonata has always been a personal trademark of this formidable pianist, although I rather his mesmerizing Warsaw live version of 1972. Prokoviev' s Fourth Sonata has constituted for Richter another treasured battle horse in most of his recitals. He possesses that required intensity, black humor and bitter cynicism that nestles along the score, because of the fact nobody like him knew about the nature of the monster and the oppressive atmosphere in those years. In sum, this is a very remarkable musical document for treasure and enjoy it over and over.

          Highly recommended for those Richter' s hard fans and even you don' t.
          Autumn Classics
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            Manufacturer: RCA
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            ASIN: B000009QRT
            Release Date: 1998-08-11

            Tracks:

            1. The Four Seasons - Concerto No.3 In F, 'Autumn': Allegro
            2. The Four Seasons - Concerto No.3 In F, 'Autumn': Adagio
            3. The Four Seasons - Concerto No.3 In F, 'Autumn': Allegro
            4. The Seasons: 'September: Hunting'
            5. The Seasons: 'October: Autumn Songs'
            6. The Seasons: 'November: Troika'
            7. From: Sorochinsky Fair: Gopak No.5
            8. From: Four Seasons: 'Autumn'
            9. 'September Song'
            10. From: Burchfield Gallery: 'Autumn'
            11. Movement 4(Assez vif), Symphony No.1 Op.7 'Le poeme de la foret': 'Faunes et Dryades'
            12. From: Lyric Pieces, Op. 54: 'March Of The Trolls'
            13. From: Lyric Pieces, Op.12: 'Elves' Dance'
            14. From: Lyric Pieces, Op.47: 'Albumleaf'
            15. From: Lyric Pieces, Op.71: 'Gone'
            16. From: Les quartres asisons ballet: 'Lautomne'

            Music Track:

            1. Nature's Symphonies: Mountain's Majesty
            2. Nature's Symphonies: Sunrise in the Bayou
            3. Nature's Symphonies: Tropical Rainforest
            4. Nature's Symphonies: Wilderness
            5. Nicolai Gedda
            6. Niels W. Gade: Works for String Orchestra
            7. Opus 190
            8. Orchestral Music of Meyer Kupferman, Vol. 12
            9. Organ of the Great Hall of Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory
            10. Paolo Tosti: Recital of Songs

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