Blogs about: Dmitri Shostakovich
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Shostakovich: The Execution of Stepan Razin (Op. 119)
Here’s a nice late Shostakovich piece that I’ve rediscovered lately and would like to share with the general public. The figure of Stepan Razin is, of course, historically very interesting… more →
Perverse Egalitarianism
One-Note Wonders
wrote 4 days ago: I don’t think it can be argued that it doesn’t take something special to write a hit son … more →
Shostakovich: The Execution of Stepan Razin (Op. 119)
wrote 2 weeks ago: Here’s a nice late Shostakovich piece that I’ve rediscovered lately and would like to sh … more →
Best of the Decade: Classical Music
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wrote 2 weeks ago: This week I look back at my favourite classical music recordings issued between 2000-2009. Though … more →
On art and commitment
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wrote 3 weeks ago: [originally posted here] Shostakovich is a composer very dear to my heart, and not just because I am … more →
Evgeni Mravinsky - Weber, Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich
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wrote 1 month ago: [WV, CUE, LOG, COVERS] Label: Membran / Artone Number of Discs: 4 Composer: Carl Maria von Weber, Jo … more →
BBC Proms: Even More Shostakovich.
wrote 4 months ago: Please, stop it, I cannot take more of this awesomeness – BBC Proms bring us even more Shostak … more →
it ain't over
wrote 4 months ago: Violinist/Artistic Director Soovin Kim Summers here are all the sweeter for the outdoor music. Right … more →
BBC Proms: Bychkov Conducts Shostakovich's Eleventh
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wrote 4 months ago: If you skip all that chatter (symphony begins around minute 13) in the beginning (all that bullshit … more →
Recently Spotted: Meyer's Double Cto and 7th Symphony on DUX
wrote 5 months ago: As promised, I’m continuing the “recently spotted” overview. DUX has released a ne … more →
Getting to know Gustav Mahler
wrote 5 months ago: Gustav is not an old friend of mine as other composers are, my having seldom listened to his music. … more →
Mstislav Rostropovich is dead
wrote 2 years ago: The great Russian cellist Mstislav Rostropovich died today at the age of 80. It was only a month ago … more →
Too much Mozart makes you sick: A (partial) defense of Lebrecht
wrote 4 years ago: 25 December, 2005 11:20 am While I find most (well, all) of the particulars of Norman Lebrecht … more →
Tunes in New Music
wrote 4 years ago: 12/10/2005 One wonders what you have been listening to. Some of the greatest “tunes” hav … more →
Boris Godunov Orchestrations
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wrote 4 years ago: Oct 19, 2005 8:10 pm Shostakovich prepared his own edition in 1940 of Mussorgsky’s Boris Godunov. Th … more →
Sorting out Boris Godunov
wrote 4 years ago: Sep 12, 2005 4:14 pm Ever wonder why every time you here Boris Godunov it sounds different? There ar … more →
BBC Proms: More Shostakovich
wrote 4 months ago: Having done 11th with Bychkov the other day, BBC Proms gives us 8th symphony (it’ll be availab … more →
Shostakovich - Romance (Gadfly Suite)
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wrote 9 months ago: For Blixa ~~ Dmitri Shostakovich – Romance – Gadfly Suite … more →
Frank Meets the Roommate
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wrote 9 months ago: Greetings everyone! So last night Frank and I went out to see one of his friends/colleagues play a … more →
Volkov, page by page
wrote 10 months ago: This will be another regular tMiM feature for a while, as I finish Solomon Volkov’s book Shost … more →
