Who knew Shostakovich could be such fun?

Who knew Shostakovich could be such fun?

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norman lebrecht

August 19, 2017

It’s those naughty melodica men, again.

Comments

  • Ellingtonia says:

    Brilliant……..certainly made me smile. Wait now for Mr Borstlap to complain it is “an abuse of the western musical tradition.”

  • M2N2K says:

    This quintessentially “socialistically realistic” piece, albeit well-crafted, fits their sound much better than really good music such as for example La Sacre which they attempted earlier with disastrous results.

  • Bruce says:

    Speaking of abusing western tradition, this is kind of fun:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1hpRwha0qs

  • Jack Buono says:

    Absolutely brilliant!

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