Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition

by Tomita

Overview

Isao Tomita has a real talent for transcribing classical music on the synthesizer. He adds much of his own personality to the new arrangements so they are not straight technical knockoffs. Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition takes on new meanings under Tomita's sensitive and sensible rendering. He is not re-inventing the wheel so all of the original drama and humor is there but the new hooks and riffs have moxy and their own senses of drama and humor. The ambient atmospheres and sci-fi textures give this version an outer space persona. It has become a stroll through an art gallery deep in the Milky Way. This is not quite Tomita's best work but it is close. ~ Jim Brenholts

Product Details

Release Date:	07/09/1991
Label:	Rca
UPC:	0090266057627
Rank:	135843

Tracks

1. Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s v¿¿stavski), for piano~Promenade
2. Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s v¿¿stavski), for piano~The Gnome
3. Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s v¿¿stavski), for piano~Promenade
4. Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s v¿¿stavski), for piano~The Old Castle
5. Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s v¿¿stavski), for piano~Promenade
6. Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s v¿¿stavski), for piano~Tuileries
7. Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s v¿¿stavski), for piano~Bydio
8. Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s v¿¿stavski), for piano~Promenade
9. Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s v¿¿stavski), for piano~Ballet of the Chicks in their Shells
10. Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s v¿¿stavski), for piano~The Two Jews
11. Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s v¿¿stavski), for piano~Cum Mortuis in Lingua Mortua
12. Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s v¿¿stavski), for piano~Baba Yaga (Hut On Fowl's Legs)
13. Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s v¿¿stavski), for piano~Great Gate of Kiev
14. Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s v¿¿stavski), for piano~Lomiges/Catacombs

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Tomita   Primary Artist,Electronics

Technical Credits

Marian Conaty   Remastering
Edwin Begley   Digital Transfers
Kevin Voecks   Design
Joseph J. Stelmach   Artwork
Nathaniel S. Johnson   Digital Mastering
Modest Mussorgsky   Composer