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Originally Posted by QcCowboy
Hehehe, The Nose.. one of my friends had a disk of that. It's not really "typical" Schostakowitch, at least not "mature" Schosta. It's quite surprisingly dissonant.
As for Lady MacBeth, I have a DVD of it. It's got some really beautiful music, though the story is pretty rough. There's a terrible rape scene.
I do prefer Schosta in his symphonies over his operas. But that's just my taste.
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I agree that his symphonies are better than his operas, but the nose is brilliant (especially the galop), and the gamblers is very good as well. My friend has been pestering me to listen to lady macbeth for quite a while now, and I might just get around to listening to it soon...