Hello Friends, the best Shostakovich biography is Krzysztof Meyer's: 'Szostakowicz' (original polish-russian notation), in polish by 'PWM - Cracow'. I know...
... Meyer's: 'Szostakowicz' ... Marek, would you by chance know how to get ahold of an English edition? I've known of the ibiography for some time & have not...
Hello Roland, hello Friends, In >>> Photos > Bibliography is list items about Szostakowicz (in English, German, Polish and Russian) with cover Meyer's book. In...
Three days ago, someone broke into my car at night, trying to find something to steal. They just took a pair of sunglasses I kept in the car, LEAVING IN THE ...
(Are these Op.33?)Anyway, can anyone share any historical,and/or musicological, background on these pieces written apparently in Leningrad around 1933-34? My...
My name is justin, and im a professional musician (piano, organ and voice) from north carolina...pic and info on profile...one of the pieces im working on this...
Well, DS uses the Jewish themes in this work very ecovatively, it's one of my favs - especially in the last mvmt, the crescendo mixed with the themes, to me,...
Hello, folks: The Korean classical magazine "auditorium" has given the aforementioned Neeme Jarvi recording of the DSCH Symphonies 13-15 a rating of 5 stars...
Dude, go for it. I'd love to hear about it! The 13th is extraodinary, as well the 14th - both very different in structure. So much, DS considered other...
... Symphonies 13-15 a ... the ... Has Some might feel one could jump from No.10 to No.15,but in any event, No.15 is worth it.Others here can comment on 13,14....
Just heard Ma in concert with the Minnesota Orchestra doing the Cello Concerto No.1. Wow !!on first hearing;reminds one of the 1st Violin Concerto , but more...
Check this out (this is an Ebay auction I just purchased, here's the description): "Description "All fifteen Dimitri Shostakovich symphonies were downloaded ...
It sounds fascinating, though potentially cacophonous... Gareth ... _________________________________________________________________ Use MSN Messenger to send...
Of course 'potential cacophony', Gareth, was inherent w/ this kind of (I suppose you might say) opus, but fascinating nonetheless. I took a risk, I did think...
I'm confused about the actual recording date of the Kondrashin recording on Russian Disc. The booklet notes by Marina A. Ledin states, "The performance on...
Note writers (especially for CDs) do not always check what they write, this I know from reading many covers of classical and various other music. To certify...
The 8th symphony was the only one of the middle set of symphonies (4 to 10) which I didn't like. I had heard it a couple of times and my impression was that...
Yedang now has a cd of both concerti done by Rostropovich (for whom they were written) and David Oistrakh conducting a Russian orchestra,quite tempting. Anyone...
There used to be a 4LP set available of Shostakovich speaking at various functions - on Melodiya 33M40-41705-12. Does anyone know where this might be...
Received the Yedang cd of these with Rostropovich and Oistrakh conducting. These are extraordinary pieces,with the impact of the 1st Violin Concerto. To me a...
Hello I am a new member - 56 years old & from West Yorkshire, England. I've loved Shostakovich's middle and later symphanies for some time. More recently I...
Mike Thanks for the response & cutting from the Welsh newspaper. 'Testimony' is listed for sale on Amazon UK. I don't know where you live, but the film is...
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Hi, does anyone know where on the interent I can find the Russian texts (in cyrrilic alphabet) to Symphonies 13 and 14? I found Babi Yar ages ago but have...
Hi! I'm new to this group.I have been a fan of DDS and his music for quite some years now and I'd love to share my enthusiasm with others. Here's my first...
I'm a lifelong classical music lover with what I thought was a broad knowledge of the reportoire. Then I bought a CD, "Emerson's Encores", and listened to a...
Regarding posting: my belief is since there is squat new material in the past aforementioned year published, and very little music being discovered - save for...
