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"Pictures at an Exhibition"

I'd love a recommendation for a really great sounding recording of the Ravel orchestration of "Pictures at an Exhibition." I have several recordings of this work, but none of them are recorded particularly well in terms of sound stage and dynamics, and now that my new system is up and running, I'd love something that can really show it off. Anything in a standard audio CD or easily accessible LP would be fine. Thanks in advance! :-)
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guidocorona
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At RMAF 2007 I heard an incredible transcription for pipe organ of the Pictures At An Exhibition. . . unfortunately I remember neither the label nor the organist. Particularly, The Great Gates Of Kiev was overwhelming both sonically and musically. . . I may have heard it in the Nordost suite amongst other places. If anyone heard it please post the release info. G.
guidocorona
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Spank, the piano version is not a transcription. . . Modesto Mussorgsky scored the Pictures for piano. Later composers and conductors applied their talents to transcribing the work for orchestra, organ and. . . rock band (although the ELP version is strictly speaking a derivative pastiche and not a transcription per se). G.
guidocorona
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Thank you Goldorak. not surprised the transcription is also by Jean Guillou. He is an amazing artist that I have had the fortune of hearing live in Milano when I was in my early teens. . . he is also a fantastic improviser of impromptu organ symphonies on themes provided by the live audience. GFunny thing is that I heard him at the concert season organize for young audiences by that very Jeunesses musicales that you mention in the Hetu recording.
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