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Alex Ross has an article in the week’s New Yorker concerning recent Beethoven and Shostakovich symphony cycles, and it’s a model for what I think music criticism should be: informative, contextual and insightful. Find the review here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Alex Ross has an article in the week’s New Yorker concerning recent Beethoven and Shostakovich symphony cycles, and it’s a model for what I think music criticism should be: informative, contextual and insightful. 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