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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is another follow up from OP. I regularly listen to this Shostakovich Concerto now. The first listen was not exhilarating, probably because of poor acoustics in the back of the symphony hall, but it’s a different story when I listen in my car. Beautiful piece.  Have a good, if very rainy, weekend.[/quote]

I posted several times on this thread previously and am laughing at these updates because I've had the same experiences with multiple pieces. Sometimes it just takes a few listens to sink in and grasp the full scope of a work. Or one performer's interpretation isn't your cup of tea but another's is. I used to not like the Haydn D Major Cello Concerto and now it's one of my favorite works; I play violin, not cello, but I know enough about cello to realize that it's SO much harder than his C Major concerto and am still kind of agog that Haydn wrote such a virtuosic piece, because he's not really known for that. Professional orchestras commonly use it as an audition piece because it's so exposed in both technique and intonation. But it took me several go-throughs to understand all this. Classical music is so amazing and varied.[/quote]

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