Prokofiev vs. Shostakovich

[greg]

The key to inaccessibility is to begin your post with discussions of vibrational fields .........

Vibrations fields are wonderful, don't you think? 

[BachQ]

Vibrations fields are wonderful, don't you think? 

You see! ........ we found your post to be eminently inaccessible ....... and we were utterly unable to get past the first two words  .........

[karlhenning]

Vibrations fields are wonderful, don't you think? 

Some kind of wonderful, yup 

[Mrs. Rock]

Yes, that would enliven my spirit, and retrieve me from my depths of desolate despair ......

I'm here for you. I would cast more than one vote for Prokofiev if I could.

[greg]

I'm here for you. I would cast more than one vote for Prokofiev if I could.

did you register just to vote for Prokofiev?   

[karlhenning]

Dang, I wish I could modify the poll so that Mrs Rock could vote twice 

[BachQ]

Dang, I wish I could modify the poll so that Mrs Rock could vote twice 

Actually, if there were a way for her to vote seven (7) times ..........

[karlhenning]

The Sevenfold Vote of Mrs Rock . . . .

[techniquest]

Despite their contemporary status, I can't choose between the two. Shostakovich can be absolutely masterful on the one hand, and incredibly weak on the other (Songs of the Forests; The Sun Shines over our Motherland; even symphony no.12...). Maybe Prokofiev wasn't quite so strong symphonically, particularly when he would re-design earlier material as in symphonies 3 & 4 for example, but works such as the 1st VC, Romeo & Juliet, Seven they are Seven, Scythian Suite, etc are so original. It feels sometimes that although Shostakovich can be recognisably influenced by (e.g.) Mahler, Prokofiev was entirely original. (JMHO)

[karlhenning]

I actually think the Song of the Forests good for what it is.  So it isn't the B Minor Mass . . . .

But I agree completely on inability (and lack of any need) to choose one over the other.

[karlhenning]

Hmmm . . . Seven, Her Votes Are Seven

[Bogey]

Seeing I still do not own Shostakovich's SQ's, I feel that I am incapable of making a sound choice.

[greg]

Actually, if there were a way for her to vote seven (7) times ..........

couldn't she deregister and then reregister a bunch of times, or would it erase the votes?

[greg]

Seeing I still do not own Shostakovich's SQ's, I feel that I am incapable of making a sound choice.

they're pretty good...... obviously Shostakovich woops Prokofiev in the SQ department, no comparison.....

[techniquest]

I actually think the Song of the Forests good for what it is.  So it isn't the B Minor Mass . . . .

That's fair enough, though I wouldn't compare 'Songs' with any mass, B minor or otherwise. I'd compare it more along the lines of Prokofievs 'Zdravitsa'  which I definitely prefer over 'Songs'. But that's the subjectivity of music.

[karlhenning]

they're pretty good...... obviously Shostakovich woops Prokofiev in the SQ department, no comparison.....

Well, and just as obviously Prokofiev woops Shostakovich in the Piano Sonata department, no comparison  0:)

[greg]

Well, and just as obviously Prokofiev woops Shostakovich in the Piano Sonata department, no comparison  0:)

hehe 

[Cato]

Mrs. Rock rocks!

Should she perhaps be The Mrs. Rock?

Or Mrs. The Rock?

Maybe she Mrs. The Boat?   0:)  Or The Beat?      
Of course the Go-Go's claim "We Got the Beat."

But let's leave borscht out of this discussion!

Does Shostakovich "whop" Prokofiev in the Socialist Realism department?   

[karlhenning]

Does Shostakovich "whop" Prokofiev in the Socialist Realism department?   

Judging by The Story of a Real Man and the Cantata for the Twentieth Anniversary of the October Revolution . . . let us not be hasty 

[Lethevich]

Hmmm . . . Seven, Her Votes Are Seven