RE: New Thread: "Classical" Music In

[Jon Southwood <jon@gamutstudio.com>]

While I'm not a huge fan of Shostakovich, either, his 2nd Symphony is a 
must listen for anyone into soundmass pieces (e.g. Penderecki's Threni, 
etc.).  It's quite remarkable.  This came _before_ the political problems 
began stifling him.

Cheers,

Jon Southwood


At 01:48 PM 9/27/01 -0400, you wrote:
>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.
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
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>Subject: Re: New Thread: "Classical" Music In
>
>
>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.