Path: ...!news.nobody.at!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Roland van Gaalen Newsgroups: rec.music.classical.recordings Subject: Shostakovich: Jazz, Dance & Film Albums, Chailly conducting Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2024 00:05:35 +0200 Lines: 10 Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net nCcbjlPu9kol2xtOd7m3AgQXLC4v3DCi5meYfOKXvYzLMKVaTY Cancel-Lock: sha1:o7pZvd0UcXDjkpjKErKRx5rbM2c= sha256:5s9QoXUbYvewoNkXgTyj0DET1oi0XLLMr7Snb2mhqZg= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: en-GB Bytes: 1314 On the basis of 'naive listening' (without knowing anything about background and context) I tend to agree with the positive opinions expressed in the forum (many years ago) about RIccardo Chailly's _Jazz Album_ (Concertgebouw Orchestra, 1993), _Dance Album_ (Philadelphia Orchestra 1996), and _Film Album_ (Concertgebouw Orchestra 1999), all with music by Shostakovich. Good stuff, beautifully played, in excellent sound. Is it right to call this 'entertaining', 'light' music? I'm not sure. -- Roland van Gaalen The Netherlands