#dimitri shostakovich

[cantate-domino]

[thebreadmundfitzgerald]

A crossover between two of my main fields of interest that I certainly wasn't expecting when this book showed up in the mail. King must have had some rather strong feelings about this composer who had already been dead for two decades when the novel released. That, or he just really wanted an excuse to call Stalin "Yawgmoth." Either way, an interesting statement on making art in the face of authoritarianism, one that made choosing a vinyl for tonight quite easy.

[b1lliesb1ues]

My fave string quartet.

[chiguirolover]

Dimitri Shostakovich would've used chiptune if he was alive today.

[ramens-random-blog]

Dimitri shoshtakovich..., i just discovered him today.. Composer chrush

Hes so fine and he makes good music, im his newest bbg, enjoy!

[negativezero2]

This is a musician kinda thing, so I'll try to put it in simplier terms, but

The most horrific tempo I think I've ever seen was in String Quartet No.8 (Number 8) by Dmitri Shostakovich, very specifically Movement 2. It's whole note = 120. Now to most people, that's nonsense, so I'll break it down. Music tends to be in quarter notes, which tend to be the beat. In most music, four quarter notes in one bar. Y'know when you clap along to music? Congrats! You found the quarter note! Now most of the time it's around 120... but this is whole note equals 120... so 120 times four.

that is quarter note = 480, aka extremely fast. You can tell Dmitri was NOT happy writing it. But words don't tend to mean much, so I'll give examples:

[lassdieschoenheitdichumarmen]

This is the most breathtaking moment in music: Nikolayeva plays Shostako...

😭❤️🌹

[elfinaldelcamino]

Dimitri Schostakovich

Dimitri Schostakovich (San Petersburgo 1906 - Moscú 1975) fue un compositor y pianista. De él recordamos las sinfonías, la óperas y por la implicaciones políticas soviéticas, pese a sus dificultades durante la purga de Stalin. Durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial enalteció el heroismo soviético en sus obras, mostrando la complejidad de la vida cultural bajo el régimen de la URSS.

Retrato de Schostakovich (Roger & Renate Rössing, 1950)

En El Final del Camino utilizo las notas de su último cuarteto de cuerdas, el número 15, en la humilde tonalidad de mi bemol menor, para jugar con ellas construyendo nuevos universos sonoros a partir de la deconstrucción temporal, contrapuntística y harmónica.

[veeiiiii-0-ween]

Willansu dancing lmao

Specifically they're waltzing

I am planning on posting more of these with the other members.

[bel0ved-heretic]

I've already decided what I want for Christmas. (contains some spoilers)

I want him (I'm going to fill him with love and affection because that's what he deserves)

He singing, I know it wasn't his voice because he's the chameleon, but even so, I was short of breath.

he worried about daddy.

He forgave his brother for abandoning him with his wicked father. Kraven had no right to leave him alone.

no words to describe him inside the car passed out (that rhino son of a bitch hurt my baby)

[aq-s74]

Disillusioned B²TSM AU character profiles but on pronouns.page :O

JS (Juhan)

Ludwig

Peter

Dimitri

Ama (Amadeus)

Nícolas

[composeroftheweek]

This week's composer: Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)

Day 1

The generator gave me Christoph Willibald Gluck, an opera composer, and there are no good birthdays or dates of death on my calendar, so fuck it, Shostakovich week

Some current favorites:

This is such a fun piece! It's like a playful chase that turns threatening

I think there's a categorization issue with this one. Like it's actually part of the Suite for Variety Orchestra No. 1 vs. Jazz Suite No. 2?

And the second movement of String Quartet No. 8, which I posted not too long ago

I will probably start with his string quartets

I'm excited! I really haven't listened to much of his music but I like what I have heard so much that I basically already consider myself a fan. So uh hopefully I actually end up liking more than a handful of pieces

Day 2

Stopping for the night on String Quartet No. 10

Day 3

Taking a break from the string quartets to listen to his concertos (two each for piano, violin, and cello)

I was not expecting something as dreamy-sounding as the second movement

The first movement of Violin Concerto No. 1 is so eerie!

Also very into the last movement of Cello Concerto No. 1

Everything I've listened to from him, both before and during this, has so much personality to it. Interesting and forceful, even when I'm not particularly into it. I have yet to find anything that gives me that "this music is so beautiful it's killing me" feeling but he is the most entertaining composer to listen to I've heard so far

Listening to his piano quintet and two piano trios now. Will probably start on the symphonies tomorrow; there are 15 of them, so that will take some time (~11 hours apparently)

This is fun!

Listened to some waltzes and film scores -- The Gadfly Suite, which I really liked, and the Five Days, Five Nights Suite. One of those had a bit of the Ode to Joy in it, so that was fun

Day 4

Relistened to Symphony No. 9 and then kept going from there. Currently on the last movement of No. 11 and I love the quiet bit that starts at around 8:10

Now listening to No. 15 because I saw someone describe it as "incredibly dark and cruel"

Keeping track of the ones I've listened to

[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15] = done!

Relistening to Piano Concerto No. 1 now since I found a recording with Shostakovich on piano (Shostakovich Plays Shostakovich). That'll probably be it for tonight

I guess I might as well listen to all of his symphonies since I made a good dent in them today. I also want to listen to all of his solo piano music, which should take about 5.5 hours. And his non-symphony orchestral music. And his ballets

Well...he was born on August 9th and died September 25th, so whatever I don't get to will be a good starting point for either or both of those weeks

Day 5

I started on the piano music but the house was too loud, so I switched to Symphony No. 4. Really glad I did, because I love it!

While he was composing it, Pravda published three pieces criticizing his music. It was completed in 1936 but not performed until nearly 30 years later, in 1961

Fun fact: Prokofiev died on the same day as Stalin and Shostakovich attended both of their funerals

I am enjoying his symphonies, which is kind of surprising. In general, I'm not that into them, but before this, I listened to and liked No. 9, so I figured I should check out the rest. I guess he would be an exception

On to Nos. 7 and 8 and looking forward to 13 (sometimes referred to as Babi Yar) and 14; they sound interesting!

Day 6

Just started No. 13 and got chills about a minute and a half in, so this seems promising! Looks like the recommended recording is the earliest one, with Kirill Kondrashin, Vitaly Gromadsky, and the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra

PDF with song texts and translations

From the fourth movement:

We weren’t afraid of construction work in blizzards, or of going into battle under shell-fire, but at times we were mortally afraid of talking to ourselves.

Going with Kondrashin for No. 14 as well, but there is a version that's conducted by Bernard Haitink with Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, my favorite for Schubert's lieder, with the poems sung in their original languages vs. Russian that I might check that out later

PDF with (Russian) song texts and translations

Feeling kind of burnt out but I guess I might as well listen to No. 12 now and then the last/first three tomorrow

Listened to The Execution of Stepan Razin because I couldn't resist that title. It's awesome! Then The Sun Shines over Our Motherland. Listening to The Song of the Forests now

Oh god there's so much more I want to listen to. More of his vocal music, suites, assorted symphonic works, ballets, incidental music, and piano music, especially 24 Preludes and Fugues. So basically his whole catalogue other than film music and opera, though I would be up for the former once I got through the rest and am at least interested in Lady Macbeth after reading a bit about the history of it. I would also like to relisten to his symphonies

Day 7

I decided to listen to the remaining symphonies in reverse order and am on the first/last one now. No. 3 felt really short (only a little over 26 minutes long) and No. 2 is only like 17 minutes long. Didn't really like either of them, and apparently Shostakovich himself described them as "completely unsatisfactory." So kind of a downer of an ending, though I like No. 1 a lot more than those two and of course none of that changes the fact that I liked the other 12 symphonies, some very much! I think my favorites are 4, 9, and 13, but I definitely want to give the others another shot at some point

Listening to 24 Preludes and Fugues now after getting kind of overwhelmed while looking through his catalogue. And now the Cello Sonata in D Minor and Violin Sonata in G Major

I guess that's it! Summary: BIG FAN

[cassowary-rapture]

This week's composer: Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)

Day 1

The generator gave me Christoph Willibald Gluck, an opera composer, and there are no good birthdays or dates of death on my calendar, so fuck it, Shostakovich week

Some current favorites:

This is such a fun piece! It's like a playful chase that turns threatening

I think there's a categorization issue with this one. Like it's actually part of the Suite for Variety Orchestra No. 1 vs. Jazz Suite No. 2?

And the second movement of String Quartet No. 8, which I posted not too long ago

I will probably start with his string quartets

I'm excited! I really haven't listened to much of his music but I like what I have heard so much that I basically already consider myself a fan. So uh hopefully I actually end up liking more than a handful of pieces

Day 2

Stopping for the night on String Quartet No. 10

Day 3

Taking a break from the string quartets to listen to his concertos (two each for piano, violin, and cello)

I was not expecting something as dreamy-sounding as the second movement

The first movement of Violin Concerto No. 1 is so eerie!

Also very into the last movement of Cello Concerto No. 1

Everything I've listened to from him, both before and during this, has so much personality to it. Interesting and forceful, even when I'm not particularly into it. I have yet to find anything that gives me that "this music is so beautiful it's killing me" feeling but he is the most entertaining composer to listen to I've heard so far

Listening to his piano quintet and two piano trios now. Will probably start on the symphonies tomorrow; there are 15 of them, so that will take some time (~11 hours apparently)

This is fun!

Listened to some waltzes and film scores -- The Gadfly Suite, which I really liked, and the Five Days, Five Nights Suite. One of those had a bit of the Ode to Joy in it, so that was fun

Day 4

Relistened to Symphony No. 9 and then kept going from there. Currently on the last movement of No. 11 and I love the quiet bit that starts at around 8:10

Now listening to No. 15 because I saw someone describe it as "incredibly dark and cruel"

Keeping track of the ones I've listened to

[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15] = done!

Relistening to Piano Concerto No. 1 now since I found a recording with Shostakovich on piano (Shostakovich Plays Shostakovich). That'll probably be it for tonight

I guess I might as well listen to all of his symphonies since I made a good dent in them today. I also want to listen to all of his solo piano music, which should take about 5.5 hours. And his non-symphony orchestral music. And his ballets

Well...he was born on August 9th and died September 25th, so whatever I don't get to will be a good starting point for either or both of those weeks

Day 5

I started on the piano music but the house was too loud, so I switched to Symphony No. 4. Really glad I did, because I love it!

While he was composing it, Pravda published three pieces criticizing his music. It was completed in 1936 but not performed until nearly 30 years later, in 1961

Fun fact: Prokofiev died on the same day as Stalin and Shostakovich attended both of their funerals

I am enjoying his symphonies, which is kind of surprising. In general, I'm not that into them, but before this, I listened to and liked No. 9, so I figured I should check out the rest. I guess he would be an exception

On to Nos. 7 and 8 and looking forward to 13 (sometimes referred to as Babi Yar) and 14; they sound interesting!

Day 6

Just started No. 13 and got chills about a minute and a half in, so this seems promising! Looks like the recommended recording is the earliest one, with Kirill Kondrashin, Vitaly Gromadsky, and the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra

PDF with song texts and translations

From the fourth movement:

We weren’t afraid of construction work in blizzards, or of going into battle under shell-fire, but at times we were mortally afraid of talking to ourselves.

Going with Kondrashin for No. 14 as well, but there is a version that's conducted by Bernard Haitink with Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, my favorite for Schubert's lieder, with the poems sung in their original languages vs. Russian that I might check that out later

PDF with (Russian) song texts and translations

Feeling kind of burnt out but I guess I might as well listen to No. 12 now and then the last/first three tomorrow

Listened to The Execution of Stepan Razin because I couldn't resist that title. It's awesome! Then The Sun Shines over Our Motherland. Listening to The Song of the Forests now

Oh god there's so much more I want to listen to. More of his vocal music, suites, assorted symphonic works, ballets, incidental music, and piano music, especially 24 Preludes and Fugues. So basically his whole catalogue other than film music and opera, though I would be up for the former once I got through the rest and am at least interested in Lady Macbeth after reading a bit about the history of it. I would also like to relisten to his symphonies

Day 7

I decided to listen to the remaining symphonies in reverse order and am on the first/last one now. No. 3 felt really short (only a little over 26 minutes long) and No. 2 is only like 17 minutes long. Didn't really like either of them, and apparently Shostakovich himself described them as "completely unsatisfactory." So kind of a downer of an ending, though I like No. 1 a lot more than those two and of course none of that changes the fact that I liked the other 12 symphonies, some very much! I think my favorites are 4, 9, and 13, but I definitely want to give the others another shot at some point

Listening to 24 Preludes and Fugues now after getting kind of overwhelmed while looking through his catalogue. And now the Cello Sonata in D Minor and Violin Sonata in G Major

I guess that's it! Summary: BIG FAN

[dalliancekay]

Singing

I feel, we as a fandom, don’t talk enough about Aziraphale's singing.

Maybe he's not much into whatever pop/rock sensation is currently in most humans earphones*, but we know that he used to be a music tutor and therefore surely knows many great tunes.

On top of that, his music taste isn't as ancient as some might think... yes he likes classical music, but contrary to some opinions of it, not all of it is from 18th century. The symphony (number 5) he buys from Maggie at the beginning of S2 was written in 1937 by Dimitri Shostakovich who had a turbulent life (it being the 1930s AND trying to survive in Stalin's cruel regime).

The piece the Bentley plays for Azi when he asks for music on his way to Edinburgh is one of my favourite pieces of music called Danse Macbre by Saint-Saëns, the opening of which Wikipedia describes thus:

The piece opens with a harp playing a single note, D, twelve times (the twelve strokes of midnight) which is accompanied by soft chords from the string section. The solo violin enters playing the tritone, which was known as the diabolus in musica ("the Devil in music") during the Medieval and Baroque eras, consisting of an A and an E♭—in an example of scordatura tuning, the violinist's E string has actually been tuned down to an E♭ to create the dissonant tritone.

Aziraphale is also clearly aware of the film and the music + songs from The Sound of Music (1965) and Aziraphale, living in Soho as he does, I bet is a great lover of not just drama in theatre, but also musicals.

Therefore it is not a huge reach to conclude he would knows some fabulous songs to sing while making himself a pot of tea and a cup of coffee for Crowley on one the countless idyllic mornings in their cottage. Nor is it a stretch to assume that he loves to sing Crowley to sleep, playing with his hair as he does so, much like we all love to see in art and fics that this wonderful fandom provides.

So my question is, what does Aziraphale love to sing? Is it Maria from West Side Story? Singing in the Rain?

Does he love Jesus Christ Superstar (much like he loves his collection of misprinted Bibles)? Did he and Crowley go see Hamilton?

I also think they would have a huge collection of instruments in their cottage, perhaps even a beautiful grand piano... that, of course, they both can play. *but neither is the Bentley, who plays Queen to Crowley basically indiscriminately, even though he tries to play other things when driving. Whether he tried to play music in his car before the 70s, I'm not sure we know?

[mygoldfinch]

The Goldfinch 12 part mini series but it’s soundtracked with a mix of songs actually referenced in the book (Thelonious Monk, Elliot Smith, the velvet underground, Dimitri Shostakovich, Beethoven, The Beatles white album, The Magnetic Fields, Argo Pärt, etc)