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Originally Posted by Baby Lee
That's the one. I was just listing a few of my favorites I put ALS on par with.
In case you are confused, the last line is a list of other albums, NOT tracks on ALS.
Arne Domnerus, Jennifer Warnes, Pink Floyd, Modest Mussorgsky, and Coltrane.
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Have you heard the piano version of Pictures? That's actually what Mussorgsky wrote-- even if he did intend to orchestrate the piece, he never had a chance to. The version most orchestras play was done by Ravel.
Ravel did a fine job with the orchestration but to me, the orchestra takes away from the deeply personal impact that each picture is supposed to have on you. Kind of a too many cooks in the kitchen sort of thing. I totally prefer it the way Mussorgsky intended.