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MUSSORGSKY: Pictures at an Exhibition; Songs and Dances of Death; The Nursery – New Zealand Sym. Orch./ Peter Breiner – Naxos Pure Audio Blu-ray

MUSSORGSKY: Pictures at an Exhibition; Songs and Dances of Death; The Nursery – New Zealand Sym. Orch./ Peter Breiner – Naxos Pure Audio Blu-ray

by John Sunier | Jan 3, 2014 | SACD & Other Hi-Res Reviews

New orchestrations of three important works by Mussorgsky, in Blu-ray hi-res.

JANACEK: Suites – Jenufa and The Excursions of Mr. Broucek – Vesa-Matti Leppanen, v./New Zealand Sym. Orch./Peter Breier – Naxos

JANACEK: Suites – Jenufa and The Excursions of Mr. Broucek – Vesa-Matti Leppanen, v./New Zealand Sym. Orch./Peter Breier – Naxos

by John Sunier | Dec 23, 2011 | Classical CD Reviews

Orchestral arrangements of early Janacek operas demonstrate his skill at writing tuneful and dramatic music.