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Re: Introduction to Shostakovich
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Mitch Friedfeld <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 8 Nov 1999 21:03:18 -0500
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Donald Scarinci wrote:

>If I were to listen to my first Shostakovich symphony, should it be the
>5th? I'm looking at the Shostakovich 5th conducted by Mstislav Rostropovich
>on Teldec.

My favorite Shostakovich/Rostropovich combo is DS8, Teldec 9031-74719-2.
Premiered in 1943, this is what World War II must have sounded like
(although the liner notes disagree, saying that the belief that the
symphony relates "exclusively" to WWII is "quite incorrect.").

Mitch Friedfeld

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