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Modest Mussorgsky, Alexander Scriabin, Vladimir Horowitz
Horowitz Plays Mussorgsky, Scriabin, Prokofiev, and others
Genres: Special Interest, Soundtracks, Classical

Track Listings (27) - Disc #1
1. Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s vïstavski), for piano: Promenade
2. Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s vïstavski), for piano: The Gnome
3. Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s vïstavski), for piano: Promenade
4. Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s vïstavski), for piano: Il vecchio castello
5. Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s vïstavski), for piano: Promenade
6. Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s vïstavski), for piano: Tuileries
7. Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s vïstavski), for piano: Bydlo
8. Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s vïstavski), for piano: Promenade
9. Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s vïstavski), for piano: Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks
10. Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s vïstavski), for piano: Samuel Goldenberg & Schmuyle
11. Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s vïstavski), for piano: Limoges - The Market
12. Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s vïstavski), for piano: Catacombs
13. Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s vïstavski), for piano: Con mortuis in lingua mortua
14. Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s vïstavski), for piano: The Hut on Fowl's Legs
15. Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s vïstavski), for piano: The Great Gate at Kiev
16. Etude for piano in C sharp minor, Op. 2/1
17. Prelude for piano in D major, Op. 11/5
18. Prelude for piano in G sharp minor, Op. 22/1
19. Moment Exotique (Danse Excentrique), for piano
20. Piano Sonata No. 9 ('Black Mass'), Op. 68
21. Dumka, for piano in C minor, Op. 59
22. Variations on a Theme from Bizet's 'Carmen', for piano
23. Piano Sonata No. 7 in B flat major ('War Sonata 2/Stalingrad'), Op. 83: 3. Precipitato
24. Morceaux de salon, for piano, Op. 10: No. 5, Humoresque
25. Morceaux de salon, for piano, Op. 10: No. 3, Barcarolle
26. Serenade for the doll, for piano (Children's Corner No. 3), L. 113/3
27. Piano transcription of Sousa's 'Stars and Stripes Forever'

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All Artists: Modest Mussorgsky, Alexander Scriabin, Vladimir Horowitz, Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Sergey Prokofiev, Sergey Rachmaninov, Claude Debussy, John Philip Sousa
Title: Horowitz Plays Mussorgsky, Scriabin, Prokofiev, and others
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: RCA
Release Date: 3/10/1992
Genres: Special Interest, Soundtracks, Classical
Styles: Marches, Forms & Genres, Short Forms, Sonatas, Suites, Historical Periods, Modern, 20th, & 21st Century
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 090266052622

Synopsis

Amazon.com essential recording

Horowitz's Pictures is one of his most controversial recordings. In true Romantic tradition, he made changes in Mussorgsky's much-maligned score. Ignore those strict constructionists who hold that the composer's word is law, and you'll revel in the sheer high spirits and unabashed virtuosity of this electrifying performance. Few make this piece as exciting as Horowitz. The fillers offer his inimitable versions of various Russian favorites along with his not-to-be-missed transcriptions of Carmen highlights and a Sousa Stars and Stripes Forever as you've never heard it. --Dan Davis

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CD Reviews

Incredible performance, scratchy sound.

Ryan P. Murphy | Pittsburgh, PA | 12/17/2000

(5 out of 5 stars)

"A very good CD, but some of the titles are also on the Encores CD, and all the titles except the Rachmaninoff (recorded in 1979) are in mono. Besides the Rachmaninoff, the recording dates range from 1928 (whew!) to 1956. That said, this is Horowitz! It's great! I'd pay the money for the Prokofiev and Danse Excentrique alone. I just want to warn you that this is not the crystal-clear CD sound we're used to."

Horowitz is amazing as usual, BUT...

Ryan P. Murphy | 09/27/1998

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Horowitz is amazing as we have all come to expect, but at the time that Mussorgsky's PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION was recorded, recording techiniques had not been perfected as they have today. The rest of the CD is outstanding. If you are a Horowitz fan, I highly recommend this recording."

Horowitz at his most daring & dazzling

Scriabinmahler | UK | 11/07/2009

(5 out of 5 stars)

"'Pictures', recorded in 1947, suffers from heavy surface noise, but the performance itself is Titanic, extremely exciting and inspiring.

Scriabin Etude Op.2, No.2, Preludes Op.11-5 and Op.22-1 (recorded in 1950/1956 in very good mono) are played with incomparable depth of feeling and tonal subtlety. Sonata No.9 'Black Mass', beautifully recorded live at Carnegie Hall in 1953, is played with the magical delicacy and the real demonic edge, displaying the pianist as a supreme Scriabin interpretor.

Danse excentrique, composed by the pianist at the age of 18, is a jazzy little piece which sounds half Gershwin and half Prokofiev. Tchaikovsky's Dumka (recorded in 1942) is the only Tchaikovsky piece Horowitz ever recorded aside from Piano Concerto and is played with dazzling dexterity and deep poetry.

Bizet/Horowitz Carmen Variations (recorded in 1928) and the third movement of Prokofiev's 7th Sonata (played as an encore piece at Carnegie Hall in 1953 and much better recorded than the complete version recorded earlier) display Horowitz's most daring, risk-taking pianism.

Rachmaninov's Humoresque and Barcarolle, recorded in 1979, played in the typically grand and electrifying style. A lovely performance of Debussy's Serenade to the Doll from 'Children's Corner' suffers from background noise. A flamboyant performance of his own arrangement of 'Stars and Stripes Forever' closes this collection.

If you love Horowitz, this is a must-buy, as it contains many of the most dazzling and deeply felt performances in entire Horowitz discography, despite the varying sound quality.

Total playing time 75:53"