Excerpt(s): 1. PROLOGUE - To whom are you abandoning us; Mityukha, what are we bawling about?; True Believers; The Angel of the Lord sp 2. Like to the red sun; I am sick at heart (Coronation Scene) 3. ACT 1 - Yet one last tale (Pimen); You have been writing 4. I caught a dove-coloured drake; For the building of a church; Once in the town of Kazan; How he rides...Hostess, where d 5. Who are you? Eh? 6. ACT 2 - Where are you, my bridegroom?; Once a gnat was sawing wood; A tale of this and that 7. And you, my son, what are you busy with?; I have attained the highest power; Our poll parrot was sitting with the nannie 8. ACT 3 - On the banks of the azure Vistula; Enough! The beauteous lady is grateful; Marina's bored; Oh, it's you, father 9. At midnight in the garden; Tsarevich!...At my heels again; I don't believe in your passion (Polonaise and Chorus); The c 10. ACT 4 - Is the mass over, then?; Trrrr Tin hat; The moon is going; What is he crying for?; Gush forth, bitter tears 11. Well, let's put it to the vote; Your pardon, my lords; One day at the hour of vespers (Pimen); Farewell, my son, I am dy 12. Bring him down here; No falcon flies across the skies; The sun and moon have gone dark; Unleashed, raging our might has 13. Symphonic Synthesis (arr/orch Stokowski)
Advantages: A great recording of popular and familiar works with excellent sound and performance values Disadvantages: Absolutely none whatsoever
...Romanticism and forging a daringly original style, very raw and often dissonant. Also his vocal and operatic works employ a radical declamatory style based on everyday speech patterns.
Mussorgsky was never a truly prolific composer. He wrote three song cycles, a set of musical pictures for piano called Pictures at an Exhibition, two operas, BorisGodunov and the unfinished Khovanshchina, the incomplete play Sorochintsy Fair and the orchestral fantasia St.John's Night on the Bare Mountain for the play The Witch. In 1867 he left the civil service, meaning to earn a living as teacher and accompanist, but took a position in the government's Forestry Department the following year due to financial difficulties. His continuing lapses into alcoholism, drawn from his mixing with wild intellectuals, finally caused his health to deteriorate and forced him...
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Advantages: Contrasting programme music unified by a recurring theme Disadvantages: None
...Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky, born in 1839, was one of a group of Russian composers known as The Five, who were dedicated to producing a distinctive Russian style of music.
Among Mussorgsky’s closest friends was the archietect and painter, Victor Hartmann. Hartmann died suddenly at the age of only 39. Mussorgsky was devasted by the news of his death. The following year of 1874, he attended an exhibition of his friend’s work. Walking around the exhibition, stopping and gazing at each of the pictures was to inspire Mussorgsky to compose an evocative and masterful tribute to his friend and his aristry.
Mussorgsky composed Pictures at Exhibtition as a cycle of Piano pieces illustrating ten of Hartmann’s pictures linked by a recurring theme to show the viewer moving from one painting to another.
It was later arranged for the orchestra...
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Advantages: Fantastic live album Disadvantages: none
...This live double album is both a fantastic introduction to Boris for the new listener and a treat for the longtime fans. CD1 opens with the drone classic, 'Feedbacker', which effortlessly segues into the rest of the first cd. CD2 contains a number of more recent Boris songs, as well as the epic 'The evilone which sobs', a menacing slab of noise taken from the Dronevil double album. The presence of Merzbow on this release only serves to highlight the power of Boris and the magnificent noise they make. I really cannot recommend this double album highly enough, the sound quality is excellent (which is more than can be said for some live albums) and the selection of songs is varied enough to keep the listener's attention throughout....
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somewhat helpful 15.06.2008
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