tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post114399819170639458..comments2024-03-25T16:51:04.370-05:00Comments on <a href="http://ionarts.blogspot.com/">Ionarts</a>: Jansons' Latest in ShostakovichCharles T. Downeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14978821617871429169noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-1144425245915571542006-04-07T10:54:00.000-05:002006-04-07T10:54:00.000-05:00It's all too easy to give the 2nd short shrift - s...It's all too easy to give the 2nd short shrift - simply being influenced by everyone else doing so. Sloppy, on my part, probably. I should examine more carefully. Thanks for bringing <I>that</I> to my attention.<BR/><BR/>jfljflhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03017753357752263113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-1144380442079849742006-04-06T22:27:00.000-05:002006-04-06T22:27:00.000-05:00The 12th, unfortunately, has always seemed the one...The 12th, unfortunately, has always seemed the one Shostakovich symphony where the music couldn't overcome the agitprop 'message' (indeed it seemed to me the composer didn't even try to). Based on this good review I will give it one more chance: but I hope Ionarts readers will give an even more serious look at No. 2, experimental Shostakovich on the 'road not taken' that ended with the 4th; Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com