Re: GG: Attitude towards shostakovich

[Neil Tingley <neil@music.demon.co.uk>]

In message <Pine.ULT.3.91.960402135856.16622B-100000@alder>,
jcs@grove.ufl.edu writes
>Hello all,
>       I'm new to the list but not to Gould or his music. I was 
>wondering if anyone has information on GG's opinion of Dmitri 
>Shostakovich. I suspect, from hearing his opinion about other composers, 
>that this is not a composer GG would like. Any information, quotes, etc. 
>would be appreciated.
>
Most of his thoughts on DSCH are in his essay on Soviet Music in the GG
reader. ~He did record part of the pno quintet for CBC which is on the
Sony videos.

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