- Artist:
- Byron Janis
Pictures At An Exhibition
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This LP is part of the second Mercury Living Presence line, which includes a total of five vinyls. Long hailed as the audiophile's label, Mercury Living Presence represents an important milestone in the history of classical recording. Since they were first released, Mercury Living Presence LP records have been collected and coveted and 70 years after the label’s first release: all celebrated for their sheer vividness of sound. Janis's virtuoso recording, originally released on CD in 1994, finally gets its vinyl due. Recorded in Fine Recording Ballroom Studio A, September 25-29, 1961 with three Schoeps M201 microphones.
Tracklist:
1 Mussorgsky: Promenade. Allegro giusto, nel modo rustico, senza allegrezza, ma poco sostenuto
 2 Mussorgsky: Gnomus. Sempre vivo
 3 Mussorgsky: Promenade. Moderato commodo assai e con delicatezza
 4 Mussorgsky: The Old Castle
 5 Mussorgsky: Promenade. Moderato non tanto, pesamente
 6 Mussorgsky: The Tuileries Gardens
 7 Mussorgsky: Bydlo. Sempre moderato, pesante
 8 Mussorgsky: Promenade. Tranquillo 
 9 Mussorgsky: Ballet of the Chickens in their Shells
 10 Mussorgsky: Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuyle
 11 Mussorgsky: The Market-Place at Limoges
 12 Mussorgsky: The Catacombs (Sepulchrum romanum)
 13 Mussorgsky: Con mortuis in lingua mortua
 14 Mussorgsky: The Hut on Fowl's Legs
 15 Mussorgsky: The Great Gate of Kiev
 16 Chopin: 12 Etudes, Op. 25 - No. 3 in F
 17 Chopin: Waltz No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 34 No. 2
 18 Mussorgsky: Promenade I 
 19 Mussorgsky: Gnomus
 20 Mussorgsky: Promenade II
 21 Mussorgsky: The Old Castle
 22 Mussorgsky: Promenade III
 23 Mussorgsky: The Tuileries Gardens
 24 Mussorgsky: Bydlo
 25 Mussorgsky: Promenade IV
 26 Mussorgsky: Ballet Of The Chickens In Their Shells
 27 Mussorgsky: Samuel Goldenberg And Schmuyle
 28 Mussorgsky: The Market-Place At Limoges
 29 Mussorgsky: The Catacombs (Sepulchrum romanum)
 30 Mussorgsky: Cum mortuis in lingua mortua
 31 Mussorgsky: The Hut On Fowl's Legs (Baba-Yaga)
 32 Mussorgsky: The Great Gate Of Kiev
