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Monday, September 25, 2006
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 Today is the 100th birthday of the late composer, Dmitri Shostakovich. Shostakovich is my favorite composer - yup - even higher than Beethoven or even Stravinsky. My classical tastes lean towards the Russian composers and Shostakovich is the pinnacle. Incredible, complex, emotional, immensely moving music. And yet, very accessible - which is not often the case for mid-twentieth century composers.
NPR did a great piece this morning on Shostakovich. They hit all my favorite compositions and the discussion of the 5th symphony in particular, was quite interesting. The business of tempo of the last movement and its political meaning was nifty stuff.
And I certainly agree with NPR's take that Emerson String Quartet's complete recordings of Shostakovich's 15 string quartets is a "must have". An absolutely monumental recording of some of the greatest string quartets ever written.
2:50:51 PM 
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