I have not read about this anywhere... or maybe i have just not been reading the right material... but if anyone is familiar with the prelude and fuge in E ...
Is DSCH quoted in the third movement of the first violin concerto? Through the cellos? I hear it... i hope :) Again, i hope that i am not going crazy......
i am a new member so i apologize if i repeat topics.<br><br>any thought why piano concerto 2 is not played in concert today?<br><br>did rachmaninoff have any...
>which string quartets should i next explore if i have heard only #8?<br><br>Probably 3 and 7.<br><br>>are there symphonies after 4 thru 10 i should...
my view,these pieces may be the best glimpse inside the man,even more so than the quartets,but i have heard too few of the quartets and not thhe symphony 15 ...
I wouldn't say that the Second Piano Concerto is being neglected. I think, as a matter of fact, the New York Philharmonic has recently played it. It would be a...
i agree the 2nd piano concerto deserves playing;glad to hear is being done as i was of a different,hopefully erroneous,impression.<br><br>prokofieff, a ...
I think it was the social background of Prokofiev and his aristocratic attitude that annoyed Shostakovich. DSCH, as we know, was from a working-class family,...
Here (3rd aragraph) <a href=http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/Strasse/6080/oct.htm, target=new>http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/Strasse/6080/oct.htm,</a> it says...
paul johnr,thank you for your insights.i have always admired prokofieffs music, consider him one of the greats,his romeo juliet score perhaps his best work,and...
Of course, as far as symphonic work, you should listen to the 5th and 7th (cause it kinda goes along with the 8th quartet as far as sending a message to ...
Since i have only listened to and read the translation for lady macbeth.. in the version that i have, at the end, when she pushes her off the bridge, i hear ...
Because today happens to be the birthday of Hitler, i think everyone should listen to the wonderful 8th quartet which is dedicated to those who died in WW2......
not really, prokofiev's last dates was lived in proverty as Stalin's example of musician that opposed to him. At the time prokofiev had some new idea for his ...
visited this club. Hmmm... Hitler's birthday? Most people agree that the 8th quartet wasn't really about W.W.II at all. I personally don't think Hitler's ...
Hi everyone! This is my first time on the site, and I have a couple of questions that I'd love some help with... thanks! I'm studying the music of DSCH at ...
anachronomus, you make good points.hard to explain mine briefly,but ill try: berlioz, prokofieff,mahler,bruckner,wagner,liszt are to me(i certainly may be...
Sorry I can't help you with questions 1 and 3, but in regards to the second item, I don't think Shostakovich wrote anything about football. Bohuslav Martinu ...
DSCH didn't write a ballet solely about football. He did write a ballet about sports, The Golden Age. A satire of the American professional sporting life....
The reason i posted about that was that i happened to notice that it was his birthday... also, the reason i posted about the 8th quartet was that it was ...
I have recently bought a Le Chante du Monde recording of the Suite on Verses of Michelangelo with Naumenko as soloist. It is a version for organ set by Hans ...
A special radio celebration will broadcast on Canadian CBC Radio 2 on Shostakovich's 95th birthday Tuesday Sep 25. They also broadcast live on the Internet at...
Hey Michie,<br><br>If you want the 2 P Con, all you need to do is go to the library. If your local (or regional) one doesn't have it, interlibrary loaning is...
Thanks Dave.<br><br>It would be great if I could find a free version. I tried the site of the Library of Congress, but they don't seem to have sheet music. Any...
Hey all, I'm new to this club. Just wondering if anyone can recommend me some shostakovich music...I love his 5th, 7th, 10th, and 13th symphonies, as well as ...
Try the string quartets: No. 3, 7, 8<br>2nd Piano Concerto(very romantic 2nd mvt)<br>1st violin concerto(vengerov on teldec is a safe bet)<br>It will be a...
