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In Reply to: RE: Boulez calls Shostakovich a "second-rate composer" posted by Chris from Lafayette on January 20, 2016 at 10:44:30
But when he is good, he is very good-so good that it is impossible to deny him a place with the greatest composers of our time". From Milton Cross's Encyclopedia of Great Composers (ca. 1953,1969).
C'mon Chris; wouldn't you say that his 5th and 10th symphonies, his piano quintet, his best string quartets and his preludes and fugues would warrant calling him at least second-rate? :-)
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When I hear the beginning of the Fifth Symphony finale, I can't help but think of a gorilla pounding his chest in rhythm to the timpani! ;-)One of my favorite Shostakovich symphony movements is the long, slow first movement of the Eleventh, the calm before the storm, so to speak. Actually, I really do like that movement. Still. . .
I'd rather be listening to Glazunov! ;-)
BTW, I've got to get out my Shostakovich Cello Sonata and get it back up to snuff, since I'm playing it again in less than two weeks. If only people would play the Myaskovsky First Sonata instead! ;-)
Edits: 01/20/16
B: Yes, but like asses, some opinions are better formed than others."
When I was a kid, I had a recording of the Preludes and Fugues performed by Emil Gilels (I think) that was wonderful.
A classic, old-school non-musician (at least, non-professional musician) critic and author. He was really just a radio man from the earliest days of radio. But I sure miss his sort. Harold Schonberg too, he was another amateur musician. Sometimes I think professional musicians should be banned from writing music criticism or reviews, despite their superior knowledge in many contexts. Too many axes to grind, too much skin in the game.
Hope I can find the recording if it's out of print. Thanks.
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