[Cyclopean Squid]

I agree--many criticize the 7th, at least the first movement, but I consider it an out-an-out masterpiece.

[GadareneDemoniac]

I'd like to put in a plug for Symphony number 11, "The Year 1905" - the first movement is especially haunting.

I have more recordings of Shostakovitch in my collection than any other composer except Beethoven and Mozart.