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In the Thread: The "new" Shostakovich 10th symphony
Post Subject: Shostakovich vs. ShostakovichPosted by Romy the Cat on: 10/24/2007
Hmmmmmmm, Jerry I do know Shostakovich very well, and it is not that I do not “get” him. I do “get “him unfortunately. I just I do not like many of his “thighs”, that might have4 to do with many things – my personal heritage and my “admiration” of many aspects of “soviet thinking”. Not the last factor that Shostakovich-like music was play in excess in my childhood as the propaganda-musk and there was countless songs wring in the Shostakovich-style that glorified the Soviet-ways of living… It was not necessary written by Shostakovich but there were a number of composers who in one way or another imitated Shostakovich and all that big Soviet musical crap is something that I do not particularly found attractive. Interesting that Shostakovich’s musk is hardly Russian music and more like “mutant” music – sort of hybrid between Mahler and Mao Dze Dun…
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| The 10th is my fave DSCH symphony - I have 10 recordings in my collection. I don't have the commercial Haitink release, I found it a bit 'tame' and sold it on. My fave is probably by Jarvi (I don't normally have much time for him - he tends to be a bit glitzy and superficial for my tastes - but in this Chandos recording the performance blazes with intensity (great sound quality too). |
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If you so like the 10th then you need to try that Tanglewoon performance. I will send it to you it I when I will send your Nanut’ M7, M8, M9, and M10. BTW, Jarvi very frequently plays very nicely Russian music, even as a guest–conductor, I do like him…| JANDL100 wrote: |
| You should perhaps try DSCH's piano quintet and 2nd piano trio - some of the most deeply felt, tragic & beautiful music I have ever heard. Hey !! - I owe you some music, don't I - I'll include some of my fave DSCH recordings - my best piano quintet recording is on a fairly obscure Italian audiophile label - Real Sounds. I'll get some stuff copied over the next few days! :-) |
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The Shostakovich’s chamber music is very different form his orchestral music. In his chamber music Shostakovich is very personal and not subordinate to the “mass-thinking”. His quintets, his preludes and particularly his quarters are phenomenal and I deeply love them. They are very different from his orchestrations...
BTW, Jerry if you so into Shostakovich then among the CDs that I send you will be 2 CDs that you will find very special. One of them is one absolutely unique performance of Shostakovich symphonies – something that never ever was available beside of that off the air FM recording. Almond dozens and dozens of the best Fifth attempts that know the performance that I sent to you stay above anything else as an 11Km-tall mountain. Another recording that I set to you is a stunning musical satire about Soviet culture, brilliantly composed and absolutely amazingly performed. You will see there it will have some influence of Shostakovich but it not be the Shostakovich style but rather the composer will be referring to the same vulgar cliché as Shostakovich use does. The difference is that for the composer of the “Parody” is was satiric tools to mock the Soviet live, for the Shostakovich however it was the way of thinking and the way of naturally expressing himself…Rgs, Romy the caTRerurn to Romy the Cat's Site