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...
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... broad ... Encores", the ... Yes,still here.Glad you liked the Cello Concerto.You will also love the piano concerti.listen as well to the symphonies 7,8,and...
... are extraodinary, yet ... ON Bartok,may I earnestly suggest (I,too,love the Quartets) the 3rd Piano Concerto written right at the time of his death,very ...
I was just listening to his first piano concerto an hour ago. It's very uplifting. Of everything I've heard so far, I'm still enthralled by the second movement...
While Richter premiered several Prokofieff piano works,I'm unclear Richter's relationship to Shostakovich.Anyone here have any info to share? Thanks....
Hello Friends, a new edition "old" recording ! Shostakovich Quartets (1-13) by Borodin String Quartet in old lineup. Good technical quality and true as...
Hi. I haven't posted here in a while, but I'd like to mention two exhibits being held in the Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center, New York City....
Whatever became of Maxim Shostakovich? Is he alive? If so, where does he live? What does he do? Another question: I assumed Dmitri Dmitriovich died of heart...
... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you are a member of the BMG Music Service club, this CD is available there as their item # 1432749D, at...
Yes, last night I voted on your great review. I compared prices at BMG, which I do belong to, and Amazon, where I also have an account. I chose to order from...
Would anyone care to share their favourite recordings of the VC 1? This is one of my favourite pieces by Shostakovich and of the recordings I've heard so far...
Arts & Leisure (April 4, 2004) Was Dmitri Shostakovich a faithful servant or a secret dissident? The debate is about to flare up again. The Composer and the...
... 1? ... anyone ... The Vengerov/Rostropovich cd is arguably the most dramatic,but perhaps over the top,perhaps more angry than the saddness intended,but...
... dissident? The ... Wonderful piece;thanks for posting it. We should recall that while Beethoven may have changed the dedication to the Eroica, he changed...
Regarding the famous D--S--C--H (or D--E-flat--C--B-natural) motif, I don't read music and don't know what it sounds like, despite having no doubt heard it...
It is the first four notes of the 8th quartets. Of course the motif is everywhere in many of the works you mention, but the first four notes of the 8th quartet...
Bard College has announced the second season of its diverse SummerScape festival, featuring an astonishing array of opera, music, theater, dance and film, and...
Does anyone know a source for the transliterated Russian texts for "The Ballad of Cordelia" and "The Fool's Songs"? I have the English translations but need...
erselking, A simple yet costly option: sheet music, which can be procured thro' a plethora of classical publishers all over the country. A more circumventous...
Greetings from your friendly neighbourhood Canadianbucko. CB has recently (and perhaps unwisely from a financial standpoint) indulged in a bout of CD and...
