tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post4072212722048530990..comments2024-03-25T16:51:04.370-05:00Comments on <a href="http://ionarts.blogspot.com/">Ionarts</a>: Ionarts at Large: Repin's Beethoven and Bychkov's ShostakovichCharles T. Downeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14978821617871429169noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-65691209791988824612008-01-31T22:02:00.000-05:002008-01-31T22:02:00.000-05:00I have long tried to convince those who thought ot...I have long tried to convince those who thought otherwise that the DSCH 4th is one of the great DSCH symphonies, easily on par with 5, 7, 11. (I'm also *really* taking to 15, these days.)<BR/><BR/>It wasn't even a live performance that did it for me, it was Jansons' recording (after being prepared by the very fine Barshai and Gergiev recordings). <BR/><BR/>Brutal, touching... I love it.jflhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03017753357752263113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-74381573358707478812008-01-31T20:49:00.000-05:002008-01-31T20:49:00.000-05:00wonderful review of the Fourth, i ordered the CD r...wonderful review of the Fourth, i ordered the CD right after i finished reading it - thanks...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-84891858665761844752008-01-31T17:55:00.000-05:002008-01-31T17:55:00.000-05:00Beautiful, insightful review, Jens, particularly o...Beautiful, insightful review, Jens, particularly of the Shostakovich Fourth. (Love the line about the Griffins...) <BR/><BR/>Last December (for my birthday!) I heard Andrey Boreyko do a scorching reading with the New York Philharmonic. The more I hear it, the more I'm inclined to think it might be his greatest symphony.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com