On Sunday, June 21, 2009 at 7:53:03 AM UTC-7, Juan I. Cahis wrote:
> Dear friends:
> I am trying to install a sub-set of Shostakovich Symphonies in my
> iPod, and I want to share with you the criteria for selecting them,
> because, in my opinion, there are some that they are very good and
> some that they are very ugly.
> In my opinion:
> 1) The best ones: No. 4, No, 15, No.6 and No. 10, No. 5, No. 1,
> in that order.
> 2) The ugliest ones: No. 2, No. 3, No. 7, No. 12 (although its
> principal tune is very good, it is a pity that DSCH didn't use it in a
> better work).
> 3) The good ones but I have doubts about them: No. 8 and No. 9
> (are they so good?), No. 13 (apart of the two first movements which
> are outstanding, is the rest so good? Is maybe "Stenka Razin" much
> better?), No. 14 (does it work as a "Symphony"?)
> 4) The normally accepted as "ugly", but that I have some doubts
> about its classification: No. 11 (is it so bad as the critics say?)
> Your comments about the four classification items above will be
> greatly welcome!!!!!!!!!
>
> Thanks
> Juan I. Cahis
> Santiago de Chile (South America)
> Note: Please forgive me for my bad English, I am trying to improve it!

(Radio program tonight featuring Symphony #11):

https://www.wfmt.com/2022/05/08/rare-yevgeny-mravinsky-recordings-2