John Smyth wrote:

>Mussorgsky:
>Pictures at an Exhibition, (orch. Ravel)
>Night on Bald Mountain, original and Rimsky's
>Golitsin's Exile from Khovanchina
>Hopak from Sorochinsky Fair
>Naxos SACD $11.99 USD
>(did you notice?  $11.99?)
>
>Wow.  I didn't think I could get excited while listening to Pics at an
>Ex ever again, but the National Symphony Orchestra of the Ukraine turns
>in a vivid performance.

I reviewed the plain-vanilla version at amazon.com at

   http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00008IHVZ/classicalnetA/

The non-SACD version is the usual Amazon price, $6.99 in the US.  I've
been very impressed with both Kuchar and his orchestra.

I liked it, too.:-)

Scott Morrison