Sa Chen - Plays Rachmaninov & Mussorgsky (2009) [SACD]

At present, Modest Mussorgsky’s reputation is based principally on three works: his opera Boris Godunov, his orchestral work A Night on the Bare Mountain and his piano cycle Pictures at an Exhibition. Certainly, it must be mentioned that these pieces did not set out on their triumphant journey throughout the world of music in their original form. In fact, they made their appearance in revisions carried out by other composers: Boris and A Night on the Bare Mountain in versions by Rimsky-Korsakov, and the Pictures in the orchestral version by Ravel. On this SACD, the Pictures are performed in their original piano version and the Night in Rimsky-Korsakov’s version, but transcribed for piano by Konstantin N. Chernov.

Tracks:

Sergei Rachmaninov - 6 Etudes Tableaux
1 6 Etudes Tableaux - Op. 33 No. 2 in C major
2 Op. 39 No. 4 in B minor
3 Op. 33 No. 5 (originally No. 8) in G minor
4 Op. 39 No. 6 in A minor
5 Op. 39 No. 5 in E flat minor
6 Op. 33 No. 3 (originally No. 6) in E flat minor

Modest Mussorgsky - A Night On Cold Mountain
7. A Night on Bald Mountain

Modest Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition - Suite for Piano
8 Pictures at an Exhibition - Promenade
9 Gnomus
10 Promenade
11 Il vecchio Castello
12 Promenade
13 Tuileries (Dispute d'enfants apres jeux)
14 Bydlo
15 Promenade
16 Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks
17 Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuyle
18 Promenade
19 Limoges. Le marché (La grande nouvelle)
20 Catacombae (Sepulcrum romanum)
21 Promenade Con mortuis in lingua mortua
22 The Hut on Chicken's Legs (Baba-yaga)
23 The Heroic Gate (in the Old Capital of Kiev)

Personnel:

Sa Chen (piano)