Thursday, February 01, 2007

Dimitri Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 15 (Epilogue) [1974]

The year is 1974. The following significant musical events happen in no particular order of importance:

• Cher files for divorce from Sonny Bono

• Mike from ArtDecade is born

• The Ramones form

• Abba wins the Eurovision song contest

• Canada’s Juno Awards name BTO the most promising group of the year

• And in the former Soviet Union, on May 17, Dimitri Shostakovich finishes his
15th String quartet, the final movement of which, “The Epilogue,” is posted.

Enjoy.

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

Good Sir DuPre, please pardon my insolence, but is there not but one "i" in Dmitri?

Mike said...

Who is this performing? Quite a full sound. I guess I've become accustomed to the Emerson version.

Sheridan Dupre said...

Mr H., You say Dmitry, I say Dimitri...

It is the Eder Quartet on wonderfully priced Naxos.

Anonymous said...

Fair enough. Meet at the Annals later? Blue mouldy!

Mike said...

"wonderfully priced Naxos"

Does that mean it is cheap, or fully and accurately priced?

Anonymous said...

An invitation to the Annals? Why, does a swim duck?

Anonymous said...

Jimmy! Happy 125th birthday. See you at the Annals later...

Anonymous said...

And then there's Sjostakovitj, Schostakowisch, Sostakovic, Schostakovitzj, Chostakovitch, Schostakowitsch, and Sciostakovic.