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[JennysCool]

I've always found him refreshing!

[Publius]

Unfortunately, he ran out of time.

Four packs a day will do that to you.

His Trio for Piano, Violin & Cello in E minor, Op. 67, is one of the great chamber works. After hearing it, you want to go home and slit your wrists. Written in 1944, it's about death -- not just the death that Hitler wreaked on Mother Russia, but the homegrown Stalinist variety, too. The last movement is a genuine dance with death. It's depressing, but brilliant.

[grellis]

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[EveningStar]

Finally we're getting Shostakovich threads! His 100th birthday is Monday! :)