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If my babbling about Shostakovich's symphonies makes you curious, listen to:
- Symphony No. 7
- Symphony No. 10
- Symphony No. 4
Solid, at times slightly dissonant 20th century orchestral music, with plenty of earworms that'll stick to ya. These three will progressively stretch your ears.
Want more? Check out:
- Symphony No. 8
- Symphony No. 11
- Symphony No. 9
You likely can get 'em from your local library. These are my personal Dmitri preferences. YMMV.
Damn, that third movement of Shostakovich's Symphony No. 4! I just love how he finishes it with this unconventional, somber fade-away in four, with just the timpani, glockenspiel, and a figure from part of the reed section, after what you *thought* would be the full-orchestra climax. Did he hear this stuff in his dreams?
He got in trouble with Stalin for this one. Written in 1934-36, it wasn't performed until the '50s.