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Originally Posted by SNR
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.
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I have the Reiner version with CSO [which I edited into my post above] because, . . . Chicago Brass!!! and Guillou's Pipe Organ rendition on the Dorian label, which is my preferred listening medium as it's simply a masterpiece of recording and mastering.
But this is Coltraine's big day.