Shostakovich cello version
Whilst travelling from Malaysia to Manchester earlier this week on Qatar Airlines I watched a video of Shostakovich's Cello Concerto and would like to identify which version. The soloist was a man with...
View ArticleHelp With The Future Saturday Symphonies
As many of you know, over the last year I have been posting the "Saturday Symphony" (Really the Weekend Symphony because you can listen anytime before the next Symphony is posted) which I took over...
View ArticleFavorite Shostakovich concertos
Yep, Shostakovich wrote some good concertos, three pairs of them over the years. So, a simple poll: Which ones do you like best? Please vote for up to three. discussion: Talk classical All the news...
View ArticleShostakovich symphony no. 15 in A... a hard nut to crack..
My love for Shostakovich's music runs deep but I've always found his last symphony a bit of a puzzle. Particularly for his use of quotations of other composers work and the mixed bag of emotions it...
View ArticleOttawa ChamberFest 2014
The annual Ottawa, Canada ChamberFest, a 2-week marathon of chamber music just finished last night with a performance of Bach's Brandenburg Concertos (mixed in with some Shostakovich) played by the...
View ArticleRomanticism, Subtlety, and Pathos
I'd like to ask you all a question: what comprises "subtlety" in music to you? I ask because, having listened to mostly Romanticism for a long time, I find that I'm beginning to appreciate music that I...
View ArticleContemporary Era Piano Solos
As an orchestra member, both playing and listening, I love the music of composers such as Tchaikovsky, Gershwin, Stravinsky, Mahler, Shostakovich, etc.... Does anyone know of piano solo composers from...
View ArticleShostakovich's film music
I sometimes see dismissive comments about DSCH's film music -- he wrote a lot of it! But somehow I've ended up with quite a bit of it, and much of that is surprisingly good. I'll mention for starters...
View ArticleNeed help deciding which British symphonist's box set to buy.
Through a second hand seller, I have stumbled across several box sets of symphonies from British composers. A field I haven't ventured into until recently. My choices are: 1. Arnold Bax 2. Robert...
View Article"50 Greatest Symphonies" Series - Tom Service, Guardian
Any thoughts on Tom Service's newly finished "50 Greatest Symphonies Guide " for The Guardian? It of course has the predictable choices but he also chose some unexpected symphonies, overall a very good...
View ArticleHello everyone! (Konnichiwa, minasan!)
Hello, every classical music fan and every collab here (and forgive my poor English)! I'm Keishiro (aka DamoXt7942) from Japan (anyway how many Japanese here?). Not listened to classical music for a...
View ArticleWhat is this quartet for piano, two violins and viola
This Youtube video mainly displays Shostakovich's 1st violin concerto, but between each movement there are clips displaying the soloist and this clip of a quartet is among them. The link will bring you...
View ArticleLooking for a personal account at a premiere
Does anybody know of a personal account of being in the audience at the premiere in 1955 of Shostakovich's 1st Violin Concerto? I am asking because it must have been an extremely emotional experience -...
View ArticleTLS 5816 (Dmitri Dmitrovich): Guy Dammann: Fishing for arias
TLS 5816: Guy Dammann: Fishing for arias Published: 17 September 2014 Guy Dammann teaches at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. He writes on music and other subjects for the Guardian, Economist...
View Article20/21st Century Violin Concertos
I've recently been smitten by a disc featuring hte Britten and Weinberg Violin Concertos (Linus Roth, v; Channel Classics). This has made me realize that while my listening habits for VC Concertos were...
View ArticleHello!
Hi, I joined yesterday but I've visited this site before but I wasnt sure if I should join. I only really got interested in classical music this summer, well actually I've never disliked it but I just...
View ArticleOutstanding orchestrations of other composers' works
Can you think of any case of a famous composer orchestrating a work by other (more or less) famous composer. Let me give you a few examples: Ravel orchestrated Pictures at an Exhibition by Mussorgsky,...
View ArticleHurt/Heal Great Composers
Hello. This is just an idea a came up with. On a chess forum there was a thread called 'Hurt/Heal World Champions' (Steinitz lost and Fisher (!) was next, if you're interested), in which people could...
View ArticleRussian (or related) opera
Any other fans here? Besides some of Mozart's, Handel's, Verdi's and Wagner's (and some isolated ones from others), my favorite world for opera is Russian opera, especially Mussorgsky, Borodin (Igor of...
View ArticleSS 01.11.14 - Shostakovich #11 "The Year 1905"
A continuation of the Saturday Symphonies Tradition: Welcome to another weekend of symphonic listening! For your listening pleasure this weekend: Dmitri Shostakovich (1906 1975) Symphony No. 11 in G...
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