Talk:Symphony No. 9 (Shostakovich)

No Mention of the Second denunciation by the Soviet government
The frivolity of the ninth symphony, and the pessimism of the eighth, was “seen as a parody of war symphonies and their heroism, or an inappropriate denigration of both the evil of the enemy and the magnitude of triumph” by many, including Zhdanov (Tomoff, 2006, p. 88-89). I think its important that this article mention that Shostakovich was accused of imparting Bolshevik formalism and anti-revolutionism in these works (Tomoff), or at least that it was a very unexpected responce to Russia's success in world war two.

Personal Feelings, and No Mention of Beethoven's 9th!!
I consider this work to be one of Shostakovich's best. Also no mention is made of the quote from Beethovin's 9th symphony in this work. I also get the feeling that this work is somewhat influenced by Prokoviev's "Classical Symphony" This was the first work I ever heard of Shotakovich's.  I still remember the record jacket depicting lovely Russian peasant girls dancing in line. That was in the late 50's or early 60's.

Planned Naxos release of the 'Other' 9th
Naxos Records has announced that they are planning to release a CD sometime mid next year that will include a 'Symphonic Fragment' derived from surviving manuscript copies of the original version of the 9th Symphony. Supposedly the manuscripts were discovered in 2003. This might be a subject for further investigation. 'Four Shostakovich World Premieres Recorded for Naxos' Graham1973 (talk) 02:35, 6 December 2008 (UTC)