Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition [Japan LP Sleeve] [Limited Edition] [Remastered] [Japan]

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Japanese 24bit K2 remastered reissue of the pioneering Japanese composer's 1975 album, packaged in a limited edition miniature LP sleeve. RCA. 2004.

Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition [Japan LP Sleeve] [Limited Edition] [Remastered] [Japan] Reviews

Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition [Japan LP Sleeve] [Limited Edition] [Remastered] [Japan] Reviews

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a feast for the ear, returning the original impact of Mussorgsky's Pictures, October 21, 2011 By  Discophage (France) - See all my reviews    This review is from: Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition [Japan LP Sleeve] [Limited Edition] [Remastered] [Japan] (Audio CD) Although many others (including Stokowski) had tried their hand at it, Ravel's orchestration of Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition is so universally famous and popular that you'd easily think the composition had been originally written as an orchestral piece by a composer called Mussorgsky-Ravel (a cousin of Rimsky-Korsakov, no doubt). But of course it ain't so. Pictures at an Exhibition are first a piano cycle composed by Mussorgsky in 1874, a series of paintings in music really, so colorful and evocative that it is difficult to resist the urge of adding orchestral colors to them, as Ravel did (but he wasn't the first) in 1922, on a commission from conductor Serge Koussevitzky. All that to say that Tomita's arrangement is as legitimate as anybody's. In fact, it is even more, because it is so good, fun and even funny, entertaining, inventive to the point of being outlandish. One of the nice aspects of Tomita's arrangement is that, unlike many of... Read more Help other customers find the most helpful reviews  Was this review helpful to you?  Report abuse | Permalink   Comment Complete List of All Classical Tomita Albums with Reviews, December 30, 2008 By  Jeff N (Oakdale, CA) - See all my reviews    This review is from: Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition [Japan LP Sleeve] [Limited Edition] [Remastered] [Japan] (Audio CD) In Tomita's music I have found serene beauty, relaxation, landscapes of wonder, mysterious spaces, thrilling excitement, inspiration, and some fun. He creates his music with more depth, color, imagery, feeling, and thought than any other synthesized music I have ever heard. The big box set of all 11 CDs has finally been released! The current price is expensive. But considering that a number of Tomita CDs are over $30, and all the CDs in the box (and only the box) have been remastered, it is almost a bargain! Well, almost. So here is my list, improved and updated for accuracy (April 2008)... As a person who started collecting Tomita and lots of other electronic music when I was 19 in 1979, plus the original symphony orchestra versions of the classical music that Tomita used, I hope you consider me qualified to create the following list of Tomita albums and review them as well. Note on the 1991 Surround Sound CDs: For some reason, the rear channel... Read more Help other customers find the most helpful reviews  Was this review helpful to you?  Report abuse | Permalink   Comment

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