Top 5 Favorite Shostakovich Works

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Symphony #11
Quartet #3
Violin Concerto #1
Lady MacBeth
Piano Trio #2

[PaulR]

I'm just happy you didn't pick the chamber symphony op 110 ....

Well, Shostakovich didn't write the Chamber Symphony op 110a.....

[Mirror Image]

I suppose an update will be in order now (in no particular order):

Symphony No. 4 in C minor, Op. 43
Six Romances on texts by Japanese Poets, Op. 21
Cello Sonata in D minor, Op. 40
Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 77
String Quartet No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 110

This could change by tomorrow. The only constants from my previous list have been VC1 and SQ8.

[BasilValentine]

I don't have a group of favorite works, 5 or otherwise. I probably like a higher percentage of the quartets than any other genre, but that doesn't really narrow it down.

[Mirror Image]

I don't have a group of favorite works, 5 or otherwise. I probably like a higher percentage of the quartets than any other genre, but that doesn't really narrow it down.

It'd still be nice to see a list, though. Just sayin'.

[BasilValentine]

It'd still be nice to see a list, though. Just sayin'.

Uh ... okay.

Quartets probably 5 and 10 (with 3, 4, 9, 11 and 13 close behind)

Favorite symphonies 8 and 10 (at the moment, with 6, 4 and 15)

First Cello and First Violin among concertos.

Chamber: Piano Quintet and Second Trio 

Sonata: Violin

Solo piano: Op. 87

[Mirror Image]

Uh ... okay.

Quartets probably 5 and 10 (with 3, 4, 9, 11 and 13 close behind)

Favorite symphonies 8 and 10 (at the moment, with 6, 4 and 15)

First Cello and First Violin among concertos.

Chamber: Piano Quintet and Second Trio 

Sonata: Violin

Solo piano: Op. 87

Very nice list. I'm in dire need of getting reacquainted with the SQs (I recently bought the Brodsky set on Teldec to help get me back into them).

[Karl Henning]

My top 5 Shostakovich works are apt to be the last 5 I've listened to, but ...

In no particular order:

1. Symphony No. 4 in c minor
2. Symphony No. 10 in e minor
3. Blok Romances for soprano & pf trio
4. The Execution of Stepan Razin
5. Suite on Verses of Michelangelo Buonarroti

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[Todd]

Symphony 13
Cello Concerto 2
String Quartet 9
String Quartet 12
String Quartet 15

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My top 5 Shostakovich works are apt to be the last 5 I've listened to, but ...

In no particular order:

1. Symphony No. 4 in c minor
2. Symphony No. 10 in e minor
3. Blok Romances for soprano & pf trio
4. The Execution of Stepan Razin
5. Suite on Verses of Michelangelo Buonarroti

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This very well could have been my list. Scary! All incredible works, Karl.

[Madiel]

I'm going to give you:

Symphonies 10 and 13
String Quartets 5 and 12

And leave a slot to be haggled over. Even though I went through all the opuses with the help of streaming services, I really don't know many of them that well yet beyond the string quartets, a few of the symphonies and the op.87 preludes and fugues for piano.

Symphony No.9 might get the slot, but it would have to fight off quartets 3 and 4 at least..

[Karl Henning]

Aye, the first pass-through is only the start.

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[ComposerOfAvantGarde]

Here is a list of Shostakovich works I really like:

The Nose
Symphony no. 2
Symphony no. 4
Symphony no. 6
Song of the Forests
Piano Concerto no. 1
Cello Concerto no. 2
String Quartet no. 8
String Quartet no. 13
Op. 87 (counting this as one work)

Ok so I am 5 over the limit..........

[ahinton]

Here is a list of Shostakovich works I really like:

The Nose
Symphony no. 2
Symphony no. 4
Symphony no. 6
Song of the Forests
Piano Concerto no. 1
Cello Concerto no. 2
String Quartet no. 8
String Quartet no. 13
Op. 87 (counting this as one work)

Ok so I am 5 over the limit..........

...and might therefore find yourself subject to a Shostakovian breathalyser...

[Mirror Image]

An alternate list (in no particular order):

Symphony No. 7 in C major, "Leningrad," Op. 60
Six Romances on Texts by British Poets, Op. 140
Piano Quintet in G minor, Op. 57
Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor, Op. 67
Violin Concerto No. 2 in C sharp minor, Op. 129

I'm starting to feel like Karl in that the last work Shostakovich's I heard is my favorite.

[Contemporaryclassical]

String Quartets no 6 - 10

[SymphonicAddict]

My first list:

5th Symphony
8th Symphony
11st Symphony
10th symphony
4th symphony

My second list:

5th Symphony
Piano quintet
Viola sonata
Piano trio 2
Violin concerto 1

[Turner]

1st Cello Cto
1st Violin Concerto
8th Symphony
15th Symphony
2nd Piano Concerto

[ComposerOfAvantGarde]

Symphony #4
The Execution of Stepan Razin
Symphony #8
String Quartet #8
String Quartet #9

I'm still highly surprised that The Nose hasnt yet made it on your list

[Karl Henning]

Нос is cracking good fun!