Shostakovich vs. Prokofiev

Started by kyjo, August 06, 2013, 03:28:00 PM

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Whose music do you prefer?

Shostakovich
16 (59.3%)
Prokofiev
11 (40.7%)

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kyjo

August 06, 2013, 03:28:00 PM Last Edit: August 06, 2013, 03:30:11 PM by kyjo
Hmmmmm......this should be interesting! I chose Shostakovich, though I adore Prokofiev's music. Shostakovich's music just has so much gripping power and emotion. His Symphonies 5, 7, 8, 10 and 11, VC 1 and both CCs are some of my very favorite pieces of classical music.

TheGSMoeller

#1
August 06, 2013, 03:57:09 PM
I'm pretty sure we've had this poll before. I voted for Prokofiev, then and now.

kyjo

#2
August 06, 2013, 04:09:09 PM
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on August 06, 2013, 03:57:09 PM
I'm pretty sure we've had this poll before. I voted for Prokofiev, then and now.

I see there is a thread in the "Composer Discussion" board entitled "Shostakovich vs. Prokofiev", but no poll on the matter, to my knowledge. Prokofiev takes an early lead-will it last? ;)

Mirror Image

#3
August 06, 2013, 04:14:43 PM
Ughh!!! Not this poll again. ;) :D

Mirror Image

#4
August 06, 2013, 04:15:23 PM
...and of course I chose SHOSTAKOVICH!!! :D

kyjo

#5
August 06, 2013, 04:17:43 PM
Quote from: Mirror Image on August 06, 2013, 04:14:43 PM
Ughh!!! Not this poll again. ;) :D

C'mon! This is a fun poll ;D

Mirror Image

#6
August 06, 2013, 04:30:35 PM
Quote from: kyjo on August 06, 2013, 04:17:43 PM
C'mon! This is a fun poll ;D

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Already voted. :)

Dancing Divertimentian

#7
August 06, 2013, 06:26:32 PM
I might've voted Shostakovich but just today I caught on the car radio the most heart-melting arrangement (for piano and violin) of Prokofiev's Winter Fairy from Cinderella. So at the moment, Prokofiev...


Veit Bach-a baker who found his greatest pleasure in a little cittern which he took with him even into the mill and played while the grinding was going on. In this way he had a chance to have the rhythm drilled into him. And this was the beginning of a musical inclination in his descendants. JS Bach

PaulR

#8
August 06, 2013, 06:36:06 PM
I'll give you 3 guesses :D

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#9
August 06, 2013, 06:38:34 PM
Quote from: PaulR on August 06, 2013, 06:36:06 PM
I'll give you 3 guesses :D

Shchedrin? Schnittke? Tishchenko? Oh crap, I give up! :)

modUltralaser

#10
August 06, 2013, 06:43:03 PM
Easy vote for Prokofiev.

kishnevi

#11
August 06, 2013, 06:57:03 PM
This one is an easy one.  Prokofiev is a great composer, who is always worth listening to--but Shostakovich is just as good, and also connects with me emotionally in a way that few other composers do.

Hattoff

#12
August 06, 2013, 07:12:24 PM
Shostakovich is emotion, Prokofiev is music.

Mirror Image

#13
August 06, 2013, 07:17:56 PM
Quote from: Hattoff on August 06, 2013, 07:12:24 PM
Shostakovich is emotion, Prokofiev is music.

What an ignorant statement. How is Shostakovich NOT music?

DavidW

#14
August 06, 2013, 07:18:32 PM
Prokofiev is also emotional, and Shostakovich musical. :)

Shostakovich for me.

Hattoff

#15
August 06, 2013, 08:52:33 PM
Quote from: Mirror Image on August 06, 2013, 07:17:56 PM
What an ignorant statement. How is Shostakovich NOT music?
It's just a quip. Puii yourself together.

Mirror Image

#16
August 07, 2013, 06:45:21 AM
Quote from: Hattoff on August 06, 2013, 08:52:33 PM
It's just a quip. Puii yourself together.

It's a quip I had never heard before and that makes absolutely no sense at all.

Karl Henning

#17
August 07, 2013, 06:49:01 AM
Банан!
Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

Sergeant Rock

#18
August 07, 2013, 06:50:18 AM
the phone rings and somebody says,
"hey, they made a movie about
Mahler, you ought to go see it.
he was as f*cked-up as you are."
                               --Charles Bukowski, "Mahler"

Sergeant Rock

#19
August 07, 2013, 06:51:21 AM
This is one of those impossible to choose polls. I'll flip a coin. Ah...Shostakovich.

Sarge
the phone rings and somebody says,
"hey, they made a movie about
Mahler, you ought to go see it.
he was as f*cked-up as you are."
                               --Charles Bukowski, "Mahler"
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