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...
If you're referring to the "Festive Overture," I can tell you that I have played the piece. It is very famous, having served as a theme for the 1980 Olympics...
thanks to those who suggested the string quartets 3,5,7,9. i have now listened to 5,7,9.5 and 8 must be two of his most profound works,7 and 9 also striking. ...
I recently bought a CD with Shostakovich's 24 preludes and fugues. I plan to go through them all, but was wondering which ones you guys liked the most...
i like them all, but for some reason find the first 12 the strongest,eg 2,3,4,5,7.of course, there is the 24th!! the are two sets,a much smaller scaled op.33,...
The Festive, or Festival, Overture, Opus 96, for full orchestra, was originally intended for a celebration of the 40th anniversary of the 1917 Russian ...
The *intent* behind the Festive Overture was nothing more than a plea from a musical director at the Bolshoi theatre who needed a bolstering piece for the 40th...
Almost every composer has written a piece of "fluff" to satisfy the public. Sometimes, that "fluff" becomes the composer's trademark. Both Ravel ("Bolero") and...
