In Reply to: A Note on Modernism in Music posted by Amphissa on July 6, 2016 at 20:20:19:
Might I suggest just ONE performance of Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich?
Neither am I whistling Schoenberg in the shower but have been humming the Third Movement Passacaglia: Andante for the last few days.
First they came for the dumb-asses
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a dumb-ass
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- RE: "I am not a fan of Shostakovich" - Ivan303 20:47:49 07/06/16 (8)
- Agreed on VC, esp. 1st movt. However, Oistrakh's earlier recording with Leningrad Phil is infinitely more - jdaniel@jps.net 08:36:46 07/09/16 (3)
- Not earlier, though. - rbolaw 08:50:16 07/10/16 (2)
- Thanks for correction. Unfortunately sounds like it was recorded 10 years earlier. Nt - jdaniel@jps.net 22:29:13 07/10/16 (1)
- All too true, alas. Nt - rbolaw 06:27:14 07/11/16 (0)
- Actually, regarding Shostakovich ... - Amphissa 08:40:56 07/07/16 (0)
- RE: "I am not a fan of Shostakovich" - hesson11 21:40:38 07/06/16 (2)
- RE: "I am not a fan of Shostakovich" - Tom B. 13:43:49 07/07/16 (1)
- RE: "I am not a fan of Shostakovich" - Ivan303 15:07:51 07/07/16 (0)