Dmitri Shostakovich in Russia - 1938
from Dmitry Shostakovich-About Himself and His Times, page 74:
I got to know Mravinsky best when we were working together on my Fifth Symphony. I must confess that at first I was rather put off by his methods. I felt that he was too preoccupied with small things, that he paid too much attention to detail, and it seemed to me that this would damage the overall plan and intention. Mravinsky subjected me to a veritable interrogation about every bar and every thought, demanding answer to his every doubt. But after we had been working together five days I realised that this method was perfectly … more >>
Dmitri Shostakovich, and L. Grigoryev and Ya. Platek (ed.), Dmitry Shostakovich-About Himself and His Times (Moscow, 1981), p. 72-73. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1451587450694 accessed: 5 November, 2024
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Fifth Symphony
written by Aleksandr Glazunov, Dmitri Shostakovich, Nikolai Myaskovsky |
performed by Yevgeny Mravinsky |
Experience Information
Date/Time | 1938 |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |
Notes
Excerpt from 'Smena', Leningrad, 18 Oct., 1938.