What do you think of the sweet, Romantic-style lyricism of Prelude 23 (op.87)? This is a particular favourite of mine - not least because I can play it...
... Prelude 23 ... Wonderful piece, peace before the storm of the titanic 24th . Op. 87 is where I suggest anyone not familiar with Shostakovich start. Then,...
... This is a ... I am so pleased that you share my enthusiasm for this haunting little gem. Do you think that it is necessary to hear the Preludes and Fugues...
... Fugues in sequence? No, I do not,anymore than the Bach WTC or Chopin Preludes/Etudes,or Rachmaninoff's. There are so many gems, Shostakovich brings such...
I joined this group just recently. It seems pretty quiet these days. I'm a diehard Shostakovich lover and I'm interested in any kind of musicological...
Welcome aboard! I happen to be an avid Shostakovich and Mahler fan myself. I plan on getting Rozhdestvensky's recording of the Shostakovich 4th Symphony ...
When I joined last year the group was quiet too. Luckily, the archives contain many years of messages filled with just about every question and answer you can...
Thanks Eric. I've read Ian MacDonald's book, and have reread several parts of it many times. It's available at my local library. I've tried to purchase it...
Thanks Larry. I have read just a handful of posts, but at some point I will go all the way back to the very beginning and read all the way forward. I don't...
I am currently listening frequently to the 15 th Symphony. It still tickles me when you hear the obvious quotation from the "William Tell" overture. Does any...
I used to own a copy of Ian MacDonald's marvelous book The New Shostakovich and, alas, lost that when I moved from California out here to Michigan. I tried...
From "Pages from the Life of Dmitri Shostakovich" by Dnitri and Ludmilla Sollertinsky I quote: "The end of the year (1930) was frantic: he had to hand in the...
To round out my collection,need the Symphonies 8 and 15. Have heard 8th cd by Solti/CSO; 15th live broadcast only,forgot whom. Reccomended recordings of these...
In a message dated 3/18/2005 4:43:57 PM Eastern Standard Time, no_reply@yahoogroups.com writes: To round out my collection,need the Symphonies 8 and 15. Have...
I have the boxed set of the complete symphonies conducted by Rostropovich (Teldec) which I picked up for a snip. They are all of excellent quality in my view...
I have my own thoughts on the 15th. First of all, there's that William Tell motive. That motive is used in various forms, over and over again, all throughout...
That's really so interesting......but I have to admit that I haven't picked up the references to the William Tell theme in the other works......are they ...
It's not that there are references to the William Tell theme in other works, it's that the rhythmic motive that Shostakovich uses over and over again in...
Thanks for the responses on the William Tell theme. I have to say that I don't find either quite plausible. The G-C-D-E theory has been exemplified by its...
In a message dated 3/22/2005 7:10:45 AM Eastern Standard Time, krisjon40@... writes: The rhythmical significance also fails to grab me. I can see he...
Earlier this week I acquired a couple of Shostakovich CDs. One was extremely hard to locate and had to be ordered through a used dealer via Amazon.com, and I...
Hello everyone, Thursday I lost my AOL so I am using this Yahoo! account instead. Just so you won't be confused by messages coming from this address. Thanks. ...
Hi, folks. I ran across this Chandos disc while searching for something else. It sounds intriguing. Shosty wrote the arrangement, so it's not some cheap...
I would say it's worth the purchase if you want it because (1) it's the composer's own arrangement and (2) the recording was made by Chandos which more or less...
