RE: New Thread: "Classical" Music In

[CarlJacobson@cakewalk.com]

I'm not that big a fan of Shostakovich, other than the humanitarian side of
his story. Composing under a comunist regime. Stalin wanted him dead, but
his 5th symphony was so well received that it basically saved his life, 
etc.

This opinion is only based on what I've heard: some Piano music and
symphonic works. Is there anything special about the String Quartets?

There was a question yesterday about people using electronics with 
Classical
instrumentation. The Kronos Quartet have a couple of CDs where they delve
into that area: Night Prayers features eastern european composers w/ some
electronics; Short Stories has a piece by Elliot Sharp.



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All this talk of string quartets and noone's mentioned the Schostakovich.
Probably as good as the Bartok in their own way, there's 15 of them, some 
of

them major works.