Steve Schwartz wrote:

>Karl Miller replies to Jim Tobin:
>
>>Reflecting on your comments and others, I wonder if one could say that
>>Shostakovich's writing is more about emotion and Prokofiev's writing is
>>more often about music?
>
>I certainly wouldn't.  In fact, to me Shostakovich writes tighter than
>Prokofiev, generally speaking.

Could you elaborate a bit on this. Not quite sure I understand.

Karl