0132-1 LP-180g
Modest Mussorgsky
Pictures at an Exhibition
Bilder einer Ausstellung
Tableaux d’une exposition
Markus Schirmer, piano
Half-Speed Mastered,
Side 2 play backwards!
Inspiring Tube Sound
EAN/barcode: 4009850013211
It’s been quite a while since Markus Schirmer visited Modest Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition. Despite the considerable competition, the recording has received excellent reviews. Schirmer impresses with well-thought-out, succinct and precisely-measured effects, which are shown off to their best advantage on the Fazioli piano in the List Halle in Graz, Austria. In the process, he never lapses into cheap showmanship: he simply conveys the impressions triggered by the pictures themselves.
Actually, the recording should have appeared a while ago on LP. However, the delay has also had its advantages: we can now offer it in TACET’s famous reverse playback, which, with suitable music, offers a greater listening experience than was hitherto possible on vinyl.
Tracks
Nr. No. N° |
Werk - Satz Composition - movement Oeuvre - mouvement |
Komponist Composer Compositeur |
Künstler Artist Interprète |
Dauer Duration Durée |
|
1 | Pictures at an Exhibition | Promenade | Modest Mussorgsky (1839 - 1881) | Markus Schirmer | 1:28 |
2 | Gnomus | Modest Mussorgsky (1839 - 1881) | Markus Schirmer | 2:38 | |
3 | Promenade | Modest Mussorgsky (1839 - 1881) | Markus Schirmer | 0:51 | |
4 | Il vecchio castello – The Old Castle | Modest Mussorgsky (1839 - 1881) | Markus Schirmer | 5:10 | |
5 | Promenade | Modest Mussorgsky (1839 - 1881) | Markus Schirmer | 0:29 | |
6 | Tuileries | Modest Mussorgsky (1839 - 1881) | Markus Schirmer | 1:06 | |
7 | Bydlo | Modest Mussorgsky (1839 - 1881) | Markus Schirmer | 3:01 | |
8 | Promenade | Modest Mussorgsky (1839 - 1881) | Markus Schirmer | 0:47 | |
9 | Ballet of the Chickens in their Shells | Modest Mussorgsky (1839 - 1881) | Markus Schirmer | 1:14 | |
10 | Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuyle | Modest Mussorgsky (1839 - 1881) | Markus Schirmer | 2:24 | |
11 | Promenade | Modest Mussorgsky (1839 - 1881) | Markus Schirmer | 1:24 | |
12 | The Market-place at Limoges | Modest Mussorgsky (1839 - 1881) | Markus Schirmer | 1:28 | |
13 | Catacombae ( Sepulcrum romanum ) | Modest Mussorgsky (1839 - 1881) | Markus Schirmer | 1:55 | |
14 | Cum mortuis in lingua mortua | Modest Mussorgsky (1839 - 1881) | Markus Schirmer | 2:11 | |
15 | Baba Yaga – The Hut on Fowl’s Legs | Modest Mussorgsky (1839 - 1881) | Markus Schirmer | 3:19 | |
16 | The Great Gate at Kiev | Modest Mussorgsky (1839 - 1881) | Markus Schirmer | 5:54 |
total playing time: 35:22
See reviews for this production
Piano News 4/18 (07/01/2018):
Bereits aus dem Jahr 2005 stammt die Einspielung von Mussorgskys "Bildern einer Ausstellung" des österreichischen Pianisten Markus Schirmer. Und nun kommt sie bei dem Label TACET, das bekannt ist für eine grandiose Klangtechnik auch als LP auf den Markt. more...
Stereo 4/2018 (04/01/2018):
(...) Die (...) Einspielung hat klanglich das Zeug zur Referenzaufnahme. (...) Rundum gelungen.Matthias Böde. more...
Stereoplay 04/18 (04/01/2018):
(...) Pianist Markus Schirmer holt aus seinem Fazioli F-278 eine Dynamik und orchestrale Klangfülle heraus, die in den engeren Innenrillen einer LP doch gelitten hätten. Andreas Spreer ließ die zweite Seite kurzerhand rückwärts schneiden, sodass das Große Tor die Außenrillen füllt. more...analog 1/2018 (01/01/2018):
(...) [Es gelingt] Andreas Spreer diese Bandbreite des emotionalen musikalischen Ausdrucks, die alle Wäreme und alle Feinnervigkeit des Spiels genauso einfängt wie die wuchtigen Abstiege in den Keller des Fazioli, wie sie Pianist Markus Schirmer zelebriert, absolut authentisch einzufangen. more...