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Shostakovich Symphony No.10, II. Allegro. Shostakovich was one of the most BA composers of all time.
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Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7 in C major, Op.60 “Leningrad” - II. Moderato (poco allegretto) (10:35)
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Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47 - IV. Allegro non troppo. Allegro (10:53)
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Dmitri Shostakovich | Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor, Op. 67: III. Largo - Hans Palsson
Dmitri Shostakovich (25 September 1906 – 9 August 1975)
“Music is a means capable of expressing dark dramatism and pure rapture, suffering and ecstasy, fiery and cold fury, melancholy and wild merriment – and the subtlest nuances and interplay of these feelings which words are powerless to express and which are unattainable in painting and sculpture.”
— The Power of Music, 1964
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Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No.1 in C minor, Op.35 - I. Allegro moderato (06:05)
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Shostakovich - Two Pieces for String Quartet - II. Polka
Performed by the Borodin Quartet in 1994
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Shostakovich: Prelude & Fugue in D-Flat Major, Op. 87, No. 15
Vladimir Ashkenazy, pianolearning this now…… a mixture of fun and torture… especially the fugue!!
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Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No.1 in C minor, Op.35 - I. Allegro moderato (06:05)
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Shostakovich: Symphony No. 11 in G minor, Op. 103 “The Year 1905” - III. In Memoriam: Adagio (10:30)
Dmitri Shostakovich (25 September 1906 – 9 August 1975)
“Music is a means capable of expressing dark dramatism and pure rapture, suffering and ecstasy, fiery and cold fury, melancholy and wild merriment – and the subtlest nuances and interplay of these feelings which words are powerless to express and which are unattainable in painting and sculpture.”
— The Power of Music, 1964
If they cut off both hands, I will compose music anyway holding the pen in my teeth.
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Jewish folk music has made a most powerful impression on me. I never tire of delighting in it, it’s multifaceted, it can appear to be happy while it is tragic. It’s almost always laughter through tears. This quality of Jewish folk music is close to my ideas of what music should be. There should always be two layers in music. Jews were tormented for so long that they learned to hide their despair. They express despair in dance music.
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| — | Dmitri Shostakovich |
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Gogol Bordello - Start Wearing Purple
One of the (many) reasons I like this song is because the music in the break section is from Shostakovich’s Galop (or it comes from the same source that Shostakovich got it from).
