oyajiken (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

fantastic!

rushfloydzeppelin (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

im 15 and i love this, but to be honest i prefer Emerson, Lake & Palmer's interpretations.

Killinbr (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

ok can anybody please reply to this and help me. I am a college student doing a project on Mussorgsky. I dont really understand this piece though. I think I get "Night on Bald Mountain" but this ones harder for me. can anyone please help? thanks

BugaDotCom (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Thank you!!

rabengeraun (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Almost every pianist who has played this piece "tampers" with it to some extent; Richter was one of the few who played it "straight".

lourak (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Brilliant - but full of thoroughly unmusical mannerisms from beginning to end. A most affected performance.

Belamus (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

in response to some people's objections to pletnev's "tampering" with the score, i believe there is a reworked version by rimsky-korsakov of mussorgsky's original score. i'm not really familiar with that version, but it might be that pletnev is playing bits and pieces from that version. then again, pletnev is known for his originality. so some of the alterations might be his own.

GreggaryPeccary (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Interpretation, lots of it! Many notes of his are not in the score. I prefer the original

fald33 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Ravel's orchestrated version for this is absolutely great, but nothing can be compared to the original piano score.

chumptochamp1 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

ah yeah method man's song tical sampled this, it really is pleasent