It’s been quite a while since Markus Schirmer visited Modest Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition. Despite the considerable competition, the recording has received excellent reviews. Schirmer impresses with well-thought-out, succinct and precisely-measured effects, which are shown off to their best advantage on the Fazioli piano in the List Halle in Graz, Austria. In the process, he never lapses into cheap showmanship: he simply conveys the impressions triggered by the pictures themselves.
Actually, the recording should have appeared a while ago on LP. However, the delay has also had its advantages: we can now offer it in TACET’s famous reverse playback, which, with suitable music, offers a greater listening experience than was hitherto possible on vinyl.
| 1 | Promenade |
| 2 | Gnomus |
| 3 | Promenade |
| 4 | Il vecchio castello |
| 5 | Promenade |
| 6 | Tuileries |
| 7 | Bydlo |
| 8 | Promenade |
| 9 | Ballet of the Chikens in their Shells |
| 10 | Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuyle |
| 11 | Promenade |
| 12 | The Market – place at Limoges |
| 13 | Catacombae (Sepulcrum romanum) |
| 14 | Com mortuis in lingua mortua |
| 15 | Baba Yaga – The Hut on Fowl’s Legs |
| 16 | The Great Gate at Kiev |
