merriment with shoshatakovich

you know, i never was too down with good ol' dimitri. the whole foreignness and off-tone melodies, dissonant voicing, and somewhat bizarre renderings of his compositions were all rather off-putting to little ol' MOI. but recently i have been giving him a second chance. and boy am i glad i did. the dramatic intensity of Symphony #10 is mind-boggling. the rushing strings in a tidal fuse, the galloping rythyms, the rising, overpowering crecendo, the bombast, the spectacle, the tearing frenzy of sound... OUT-STANDING. glad i gave you a second shot, comrade. LIZ