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I just found MWE's original comments not untypical of certain types. . .

. . . of Shostakovitch fans, and it's a way of listening to music which I (if I may say so) profoundly disagree with. Sure, I came on pretty strong, but I'm not saying that this way of listening can't provide a certain level of satisfaction to these listeners though. As MWE has already said, de gustibus non est disputandum (although I'm unsure what part of speech he was using for disputandum!).

And now, after all this "weeping and gnashing of the teeth" discussion, here's the kicker: despite Madeline's description of the first movement as "hideous", I actually don't think the work (the Symphony No. 13) is that bad (at least for Shostakovitch!). I don't think I'd have ordered the download otherwise, even at the attractive price!

You know, it's very interesting that, just by chance, the woman I married shares so many of the same points of view about music that I do: skepticism, even denigration, of HIP, certain composers (Shostakovitch!), or certain performers (Barenboim, Schwartzkopf, et al). And I guess the only three areas where we disagree (musically!) are (1) German mainstream composers vs. Russians and Eastern Europeans (she's more likely to be dismissive of, say, Glazunov's music, while I don't share her love of the standard German repertoire, at least at the level she rates it), (2) what she calls "fluff" music (technically difficult music which most listeners would claim lacks "substance" - e.g., Godowsky transcriptions of Strauss Waltzes - I love these types of pieces and she doesn't), and (3) babe musicians (even though she admits that Yuja and Lisa - and a couple others - are pretty darned good)! ;-)

BTW, just a heads up: Madeline is about to "publish or publish" again (about her favorite anathema - too much undocumented editing on present-day recordings). I'll provide the details later.

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