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Posted by Richard on February 16, 2001 at 22:06:50:

In Reply to: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Shostakovich's 5th - Triumph or Tragedy? posted by Pete on February 16, 2001 at 21:03:38:

Now we're digressing to other Shostakovich symphonies. We all need to have the 4th by Andre Previn and the Chicago Symphony in one of their best recordings in the post-Reiner period. And in perfectly detailed and balanced AWESOME sound. The 4th is the one Shostakovich repressed until the Stalin chill had thawed. Remember a favorite catch-phrase of Arnold Jacobs? We're story tellers in sound. It's the composers who hand us the stories. Shostakovich's story in the 4th is the real story. It's scary and surreal, and for all the complaints it would have received for it's modernity, it's done with conventional diatonic tonality, and form. Stalin and the party hacks probably were musical morons, but they would have felt the rage and contempt, and as well as the cynical resignation which provides the only moments of consolation in this terrifying work.

It's on EMI. Get it before it becomes extinct. For mature audiences only.


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