Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition; Night on Bald Mountain [Hybrid SACD] [Hybrid SACD - DSD]

Modest Mussorgsky (Composer), Lorin Maazel (Conductor), Cleveland Orchestra (Orchestra) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Orchestra: Cleveland Orchestra
• Conductor: Lorin Maazel
• Composer: Modest Mussorgsky
• Audio CD (February 28, 2001)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Hybrid SACD - DSD
• Label: Telarc
• ASIN: B00005O82F
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #183,972 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Night on Bald Mountain (Noch' na Lďsoy gore), symphonic poem, edited by Rimsky-Korsakov: Night on Bald Mountain

2. Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s vďstavski), for orchestra, orchestrated by Ravel: Promenade

3. Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s vďstavski), for orchestra, orchestrated by Ravel: I. Gnomus

4. Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s vďstavski), for orchestra, orchestrated by Ravel: Promenade

5. Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s vďstavski), for orchestra, orchestrated by Ravel: II. Il Vecchio Castello (The Old Castle)

6. Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s vďstavski), for orchestra, orchestrated by Ravel: Promenade

7. Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s vďstavski), for orchestra, orchestrated by Ravel: III. Tuileries

8. Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s vďstavski), for orchestra, orchestrated by Ravel: IV. Bydlo

9. Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s vďstavski), for orchestra, orchestrated by Ravel: Promenade

10. Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s vďstavski), for orchestra, orchestrated by Ravel: V. Ballet of the Chicks in Their Shells

11. Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s vďstavski), for orchestra, orchestrated by Ravel: VI. Samuel Goldenberg et Schmuyle

12. Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s vďstavski), for orchestra, orchestrated by Ravel: VII. Limoges. Le Marché

13. Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s vďstavski), for orchestra, orchestrated by Ravel: VIII. Catacombae. Sepulchrum Romanum

14. Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s vďstavski), for orchestra, orchestrated by Ravel: Cum Mortuis in Lingua Mortua

15. Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s vďstavski), for orchestra, orchestrated by Ravel: IX. The Hut on Fowl's Legs

16. Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s vďstavski), for orchestra, orchestrated by Ravel: X. The Great Gate of Kiev

Customer Reviews

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0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A very good SACD-CD, July 30, 2010

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El Chaman (Mexico) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition; Night on Bald Mountain [Hybrid SACD] (Audio CD)

I will not make an argue about the performance from Maazel about this recording, which in my opinion is really good (there are many versions out there to enjoy off course) but this version in particular is spectacular and one of the finest versions I've listened. Thanks to SACD technology we have this recordings (Soundstream original recording) at all the splendor from the original 50 KHz sampling rate Digital process, the original LP's sounded incredibly (I still have my copy) and this SACD make justice to those Soudstream recordings

This SACD is a sure bet, either you have a SACD player or not because this is an Hybrid disc so you can listen to it in the CD layer, and there is a plus, the CD layer has been made from the DSD remaster to produce the SACD layer, so there's an improvement in the audio quality compared to the older conventional CD, and if your player is capable to display cd text this disc contains that info...

It would probably be a bit pricey, the entire program lasts 40 min. but it worth it (I remember the LP cost me more than 20 bucks by 1981!)

Don't spect to find SURROUND in any of the Soundstream recordings all are stereo only!!

0 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Big Sound, Big Price, November 21, 2009

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This review is from: Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition; Night on Bald Mountain [Hybrid SACD] (Audio CD)

Lorin Maazel produces a big, pompous rendition of this Moussorgsky classic, presumably for the "Sound Surround" audience. Sounds good, but the price of the CD is twice what a technically more conventional recording would be. Is it worth it? Only the buyer can tell, but beware! Unless you own the special equipment, stick with another recording.

3 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Uninspiring!, February 28, 2007

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Danny L. Griffin (Okemos, MI) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition; Night on Bald Mountain [Hybrid SACD] (Audio CD)

Great music! However this CD is particularly uninspiring. Apparently there's a reason there are jokes about Cleveland.

I must own six or eight albums of Pictures (orchestral and piano) and this is the second to the worst. All my others are on vinyl and this is my only CD. As for Horowitz's version, stay away at all costs. As someone has previously stated, he sprayed graffitti all over the score. His treatment of the Great Gate of Kiev would have made a second year piano student blush with embarrassment for the craft. I've heard house rock bands improvise better music than that.