Title: Shostakovich Fourth Symphony Strident in the Exteme
Product review: Maybe the Russian commissar was right, and this is not "good Russian" music. But I don't go to a good movie to be placated into stupor. Sure my blood sugar to Rattle's rendition rattled off at 207. Just to be sure I also listened to Previn's Chicago Symphony No. 4.That got two good reviews for five stars. Some say it is slow, I don't think so. Kondrashin is also excellent. I just needed something new.Rattle followed Previn at the Los Angeles Symphony as conductor and here he also does Britten, with the Russian Funeral. Previn did Britten's Four Sea Interludes. Read GRAMOPHONE for Septemberif you like a more professional review article on the 4th Symphony.We should not neglect troublesome music because that was the history of a lot of the Twentieth Century...
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