excerpt from 'Dmitry Shostakovich-About Himself and His Times' pp. 157 (76 words)
excerpt from 'Dmitry Shostakovich-About Himself and His Times' pp. 157 (76 words)
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Usually, when people want to praise the work of a conductor, they say that there was something ‘new’ in his performance of a work. It is to Hermann Abendroth’s credit that this performances of Beethoven’s symphonies did not sound ‘new’, but ‘Beethoven-like’: conducting strictly and thoughtfully, he upheld Beethoven’s own fine traditions, renouncing external effects and penetrating deep into the essence of each work. |
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