Pictures At An Exhibition CD


Does anyone know the best recording of Pictures? I've got an old Leonard Slatkin CD on MFSL and either the disk has poor sound quality or the AR9's crossovers are getting pretty bad.
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For the orchestrated version, I agree that the Reiner/Chicago version is one of the best and the standard all others are compared to. For the piano version, I prefer the version by Byron Janis on Mercury. The recording is a little thin sounding but very listenable. This disc also has the orchestrated version by Dorati and the Minnesota Orchestra so you get both for one price. I have the Richter/Sofia version and I find the recording is almost unlistenable although the performance is fine. I also have the piano version by Evgeny Kissin. This is a much more modern sounding recording but a slightly different interpretation of the piece.