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It can yield a masterpiece; it can lead to a train wreck; it can produce some promising components that never quite work together (the Leif Ove Andsnes/Robin Rhode project "Pictures Reframed," created for New Visions, might be an example of this latter category).

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I wish I had that same gut feeling about how classical music critics will react to "Pictures Reframed."

Albert Imperato: The Art of Collaboration and the Meaning of "Pictures Reframed" 2009

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Albert Imperato: The Art of Collaboration and the Meaning of "Pictures Reframed" 2009

So why did Leif Ove decide to tour "Pictures Reframed" around the world instead of just playing Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition in a standard recital and recording it as he had done with so many of his other favorite works in the past?

Albert Imperato: The Art of Collaboration and the Meaning of "Pictures Reframed" 2009

And having watched Leif Ove and Robin interact even briefly together this afternoon, I realize that the bond they have forged has already made "Picture Reframed" an undeniable success.

Albert Imperato: The Art of Collaboration and the Meaning of "Pictures Reframed" 2009

To summarize the project quickly, "Pictures Reframed" unites artists from two entirely different worlds.

Albert Imperato: The Art of Collaboration and the Meaning of "Pictures Reframed" 2009

Thankfully, a drink I had this evening with Robin Rhode, Leif Ove's collaborator in "Pictures Reframed," the multi-media work that receives its world premiere on Friday, November 13 at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall, got my head back in the right place.

Albert Imperato: The Art of Collaboration and the Meaning of "Pictures Reframed" 2009

EMI Classics has just issued Andsnes's studio recording of the Mussorgsky and Schumann works on CD, as well as a deluxe CD+DVD coffee-table art book (the DVD contains a live preview performance of "Pictures Reframed" that was filmed this summer in Risor, Norway, along with a "making of" documentary by Norwegian TV).

Albert Imperato: The Art of Collaboration and the Meaning of "Pictures Reframed" 2009

"Pictures Reframed" is their collaborative interpretation of Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition, the monumental piano work -- known to many in the famous orchestration by Ravel and by interpretations by several pop musicians including Emerson, Lake and Palmer.

Albert Imperato: The Art of Collaboration and the Meaning of "Pictures Reframed" 2009