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In the Thread: The "new" Shostakovich 10th symphony
Post Subject: It is no different than Bach worshiping God.Posted by Romy the Cat on: 10/25/2007
 JANDL100 wrote:
I agree that a lot of the orchestral/choral music is pro-Soviet propaganda crap pumped out by a good, card carrying servant of the regime who is eager to please his political masters.
I have no problems with it if it was done at a seirtain level. Sergey Prokofiev composed in 1939 an ode dedicated to Stalin’s 60th birthday. If you know Russian and might understand the words then you will see that it is more than repellent. However, it is phenomenal musical piece; in fact I feel the ingenious piece…

http://www.goodsoundclub.com/Audio_Files/Prokofiev_Stalin.mp3

Rgs, the caT

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