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Re: Shostakovich's "Leningrad"
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Richard Pennycuick <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 24 Feb 1999 20:16:25 +1100
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Mark Shanks wrote:

>..., I should go on record now by saying that *I* think the Sibelius 4th
>is one of the *great* symphonies, period.

Indeed it is!!  I recently heard Mravinsky's version of the 7th and apart
from those "Russian " trombones, I thought it was quite magnificent.  What
a pity he did not leave us a complete cycle...

Richard Pennycuick
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