Well I'm glad I tried to help you out.<br>This relativist nonsense is the bane of my life. Person A says that X is or is not a good work of art, person B says ...
(North American viewers only)<br>A&E network is going to show the War symphonies next Sunday from 8:30am to 11am. If you have not seen it before, it is a must...
I'll recommend some recordings for you which will be low in price, but high in quality - all these are three star recommendations (ie the highest rating)in the...
Does anyone know how to approach his 6th symphony? I simply don't get it. It was originally supposed to be a tribute to Lenin and then later Shosty changed his...
I am the sixty-seventh member of this club. I have also joined another Shostakovich club called dmitrievichshostakovich. Mainly I am interested to know what...
Hello!<br>According to some, the 6th symphony is another picture of life in 1930's Soviet Russia. According to study by Ian McDonald and others, Shostakovich ...
I hear all good things about Kondrashin and Mravinsky. I have a Mravinsky DS#7 and DS#5 from the '50s, on the Omega label, and they are hot. (although the ...
Even though the Brodin Quartet was often criticized with the heart-warming, romantic, and slow interpretation of Dsch's quartets, i still think that to play ...
Does anyone know who Marina Lomazov is and if she's recorded anything? She blew through here an hour an a half ago like a tornado, with our local orchestra,...
Where do you find the Melodiya Borodin recordings for an inexpensive price? I have heard the Borodin quartet perform Shostakovich and have found them to be a ...
I have a recording of both Violin concertos with Oistrakh and Russian performers and it is very good, though I think the disc is no longer available. Should I ...
I tend to like the Borodin interpretations because they bring out the Russian element in Shostakovich's string quartets. Shostakovich's string quartets are...
I have two questions:<br>1) several years ago while I was in Russia I purchased Shostakovich's violin and viola sonata on one Melodiya disc with Yuri Bashmet,...
Hi<br>I´ve just logged in this club. I´d like to ask why are there so few women on it. <br>In Rachmaninoff club, which I am a member too, the proportion...
Maybe because Rachmaninov is more sentimental? I know several female fans of Shostakovich, including my sister, but I would expect Rachmaninov to be more ...
Well, there are also some women who like Shostakovich, I love him, in fact he is one of my favourites composers. But I suppose Rachmaninov is more popular...
Here is Gramaphone's response to my second question:<br>Shostakovich [Suite] Suites – The Gadfly, Op. 97a; Five Days, Five Nights, Op. 111a. National...
Do you really think Rostropovich is a bad conductor?<br><br>I have the 8th conducted by Semyon Bychkov (Berlin philharmonic) on Phillips. I love it, but I...
Among my favorites of Shostakovich's great works are the 24 Preludes and Fugues Op 87 for piano. They are a cyclic work, after Bach's "The Well-Tempered ...
I recommend, as many others do (look at www.shostakovich.org recommended recordings)one live recording by Mravinsky and the Lenningrad Philarmonic Orchestra. ...
