Boris Giltburg is no Horowitz or Richter, but in his extraordinary debut recording, Giltburg proves he is a magnificent Giltburg, and in the end that's all that matters. Certainly longtime listeners who already know Horowitz or Richter's recordings of Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition will not find in Giltburg's recording a serious rival for their affections, but surely even the older pianists' most ardent fans will not deny that, taken on its own merits, Giltburg's Pictures is an amazing performance. He has the ...
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Boris Giltburg is no Horowitz or Richter, but in his extraordinary debut recording, Giltburg proves he is a magnificent Giltburg, and in the end that's all that matters. Certainly longtime listeners who already know Horowitz or Richter's recordings of Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition will not find in Giltburg's recording a serious rival for their affections, but surely even the older pianists' most ardent fans will not deny that, taken on its own merits, Giltburg's Pictures is an amazing performance. He has the technique -- listen to his blazing virtuosity in "The Hut on Fowl's Legs" -- he has the tone -- listen to his fuliginous colors in "Cum mortuis in lingua mortua" -- he has the sensitivity -- listen to the radiant delicacy of his "The Tuileries" -- and he has the strength -- listen to his massive sonorities in "The Great Gates of Kiev." This isn't Horowitz or Richter's Pictures, but it is a great Pictures. Giltburg follows his Pictures with a bodice-ripping performance of Scriabin's...
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