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What are you listening to? Part III
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It is of personal taste obviously but I always preferred English Punk (The Clash being one of my favourite groups ever) to American Punk (Though I did like the Dead Kennedys, Jello Biafra's lyrics were fantastic and amusing).
And if you really like this one (and I do, it's brilliant) try following it up with Aram Khachaturian's fantastic 'Masquerade Waltz'.
Actually, I am rather partial to twentieth century Russian (or Soviet) composers; I even have a playlist dedicated to them on my iPod, and these two tracks feature.
That one is excellent!
I too really like late 19th and 20th century Russian composers. The book Leningrad: Siege and Symphony by Brian Moynahan is a great read if you're interested in Shostakovich and his 7th symphony.
For what it is worth, I used to teach Russian and Soviet history - and the history of communism - for years, so I know a bit of background on that whole era.
Actually, while I visited Leningrad - when it was still called Leningrad - in early 1989, I haven't read the book you recommended. However, I do recall visiting an incredible museum which was dedicated to the Siege of Leningrad. Some of the exhibits - such as the (size of) daily ration of bread - were astounding. And quite moving.
Any chance of putting up one or two tracks from this intriguing album?
I will often bite for - and buy - a whole album after I have listened to a track or two.
Ah, Sergei Prokofiev, I love his stuff, and I have quite a few of his albums (many in vinyl..).
He had the misfortune to die on the same day as Stalin. This was doubly unfortunate, firstly, because he would have loved to have learned that the dictator was dead, - he detested Stalin - and secondly, Stalin' s death meant that all of the flowers in Moscow were ear-marked for the funeral of the deceased dictator.