Symphony No. 7 in C major, Op. 60 - the 'Leningrad' (Excerpt from 2nd movement)
Photo courtesy of Richard Muirden.
Dmitri Shostakovich, probably the most compelling voice in Twentieth Century Russian music, has been gone for less than twenty years, yet his music and his life have been the subject of a great deal of new thinking and research. I hope to make this page a good place to turn for current information on Shostakovich and his music. I have also included links to others with similar pages.
My thanks to all those who have shown their appreciation and given their input. It's heartening to know how many people out there love Shostakovich's music like I do. Please let me know what you like, dislike, or would like to see on this page. Email me at rhudson@uta.edu.
Note: These sounds are in AIFC format, which works for Mac users but probably not anyone else. As soon as my classes are over for the semester, I'll try to put them in .au or .wav formats as well. I'll try to rotate new sound files, as often as I can.
Symphony No. 7 in C major, Op. 60 - the 'Leningrad' (Excerpt from 2nd movement)
Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87 (Excerpt from No. 24)
Onno van Rijen's Home Page - includes Shostakovich opus list and information on Soviet composers
Note: I am leaving for Michigan soon, so this page is going to be static and unchanging until September. If you want anything included before I go, let me know now! Thanks to everyone who has written and contributed to this effort. The best is yet to come...
Special thanks to Academic Computing Services at the University of Texas at Arlington.
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