I have always liked the
piano playing of Khatia Buniatishvili; her latest CD featuring
Mussorgsky's familiar Pictures at an Exhibition, Ravel's La
Valse, plus three movements from Stravinsky's Petrushka,
proves no exception. I have no idea how her rendition of Pictures
compares with others — including Richter's famous 1958 recording
from Sofia. All I know is that I love sitting back and listening to
this music under Buniatishvili's fingers. The Mussorgsky is
particularly good; I much prefer Petrushka in its orchestral
original, but if anyone is going to please me with the piano version
of the dances, it is Khatia. A CD for frequent replays. The liner notes are pretty bad: a bizarre mixture of pseudo-philosophy and psycho-babble. Well you can't have it all, all the time.
In between listening to Mussorgsky, I have to find a way to eat the 1.6 kilo ox tongue I have just cooked and pressed. It looks pretty daunting sitting waiting on its plate.
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