Leif Ove leaves much to be desired...
This recording of Mussorgsky's 'Bilder einer Ausstellung', played by Leif Ove Andsnes, leaves much to be desired. Andsnes' piano playing misses all the rich subtilities of this piece. Speed and loudness is more important to him, than showing feelings and creating a musical landscape.
The Schumann piece, also on this cd, is unfortunately not played much better.
But the main problem with this cd is the fact that the recording is TERRIBLE! There are absolutely NO dynamics in the music, it's all flat: the pianissimo pieces have the same loudness as the forte pieces! The EMI producers removed all musicality by compressing the sound. Works well for radio stations and car radio's, but not at home.
If you want a fine AND musical recording of Mussorgsky's masterpiece, buy Evgeny Kissin's recording on BMG.
