Christopher Rosevear wrote:

>Sadly, I can find little to enthuse about in what I perceive as a cold,
>angular work with mockery, derision, repetition and deliberate triteness
>as its central tenets.
>
>Somebody please persuade me otherwise or hint at what I have been missing.

The 4th and 10th remain my favorite Shostakovich Symphonies.  I would
wonder what recording you have of the 4th.

Do you find value in the music of Mahler? To my ears, the Shostakovich 4th
is almost a homage to Mahler.

Karl