M. Mussorgsky - Pictures at An Exhibition / Piano Pieces - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Brigitte Engerer recorded several albums for harmonia mundi that stand as benchmarks today. This box set brings together her complete recordings for solo piano - and what a pleasure it is to listen once again to these performances - so powerful, so colorful, and so absolutely right. From Beethoven to Mussorgsky via Schumann, and including her unmissable Chopin Nocturnes, this is a tremendous panorama of the artistry of this great pianist, lost to us far too soon. Album Tracks 1. Tableaux d'une exposition (Pictures at an Exhibittion)~Promenade I 2. Tableaux d'une exposition (Pictures at an Exhibittion)~I. Gnomus (The Gnome) 3. Tableaux d'une exposition (Pictures at an Exhibittion)~Promenade II 4. Tableaux d'une exposition (Pictures at an Exhibittion)~II. Il vecchio castello (The Old Castle) 5. Tableaux d'une exposition (Pictures at an Exhibittion)~Promenade III 6. Tableaux d'une exposition (Pictures at an Exhibittion)~III. Tuileries. Dispute d'enfants après jeux (Tuileries. Dispute of playmates) 7. Tableaux d'une exposition (Pictures at an Exhibittion)~IV. Bydlo 8. Tableaux d'une exposition (Pictures at an Exhibittion)~Promenade IV 9. Tableaux d'une exposition (Pictures at an Exhibittion)~V. Ballet de poussins dans leur coque (Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks) 10. Tableaux d'une exposition (Pictures at an Exhibittion)~VI. Samuel Goldenberg & Schmuyle 11. Tableaux d'une exposition (Pictures at an Exhibittion)~Promenade V 12. Tableaux d'une exposition (Pictures at an Exhibittion)~VII. Limoges. Le Marché (The Marketplace in Limoges) 13. Tableaux d'une exposition (Pictures at an Exhibittion)~VIII. Catacombes (The Catacombs) 14. Tableaux d'une exposition (Pictures at an Exhibittion)~Cum mortuis in lingua mortua 15. Tableaux d'une exposition (Pictures at an Exhibittion)~IX. La Cabane sur des pattes de poule (Baba Yaga) (The Hut on Fowl's L

Album Tracks 1. Bilder Einer Ausstellung 2. In Der Nähe Des Südufers Der Krim 3. Pavane Pour Une Infante Défunte 4. Vocalise Op. 34, No. 14 5. Der Jahrmarkt Von Sorotschinzy Gopak

It is no understatement to say that the accordion is one of the most underrated instruments in the world of music. This exciting instrument is often reduced to the stereotype squeeze box employed by itinerant musicians to play old favorites on crowded streets, or the frequently derided oompapa music of Alpine legend. Nikola Djoric is not an artist who wants to shatter such preconceptions. He has no need to do that; it happens quite automatically. The world lies in his hands, as it were, whenever he straps the instrument with it's host of buttons to his chest. The two buttonboards on each side have a similar range to that of a piano. By using a swaying movement of the bellows the tone can be varied much as it can on the cello. This is augmented by the metal reeds set in motion by the circulation of air from the bellows and the various registers for bass and treble. Nikola Djoric is fascinated by the fact that the accordion combines the characteristics of keyboard, string and wind instruments. A fact which he exploits to paint the tonal pictures of his performance programmes. He has dedicated his debut album for Berlin Classics to two of the great Russian masters Modest Mussorgsky and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. His approach is very simple. InchI play exactly what is in the original score.Inch No arrangements, just everything as Mussorgsky and Tchaikovsky wrote it. It is this interplay - original score played on a new instrument - that informs Nikola Djoric's performance and which astounds the purists and experimenters alike. He applies his personal view to the images and to the music. At the same time, it is his aim to provide every listener with a personal sense of access to the music. Djoric is sure that Inchif Mussorgksy and Tchaikovsky had been more familiar with this instrument, they would have been fascinated by it.Inch Album Tracks 1. Bilder Einer Ausstellu