Testimony- The memoirs of Shostakovich, as related to & edited by Solomon Volkov
Testimony- The memoirs of Shostakovich, as related to & edited by Solomon Volkov (written work, Book)
| Listening experiences | 1427752131988: I had not expressed a desire to study music before... 1427827695214: My mother, Sofiya Vasilyevna, saw this and insiste... 1427828130286: Mother studied at the Petersburg Conservatoire wit... 1427830167455: As a youth I was very harsh and intolerant. The sl... 1427830265752: I hear many mediocre musicians. A great many. But ... 1427830544099: I hate Toscanini. I’ve never heard him in a concer... 1427830776406: Stravinsky is one of the greatest composers of our... 1427833056826: I recall with pleasure my performance in the premi... 1427833724835: I have special memories of the Symphony of Psalms.... 1427834839122: This Karapetian was a tenor and had a reputation i... 1427835074411: Another of Glière’s works that has unflagging popu... 1427835639499: The première of Wozzeck went brilliantly. The comp... 1427877541678: Yudina saw Mussorgsky as a purely religious compos... 1427917753861: Whatever Yudina played, she played ‘not like every... 1427917890676: Sofronitsky was like Yudina in that you never knew... 1427918497151: Sofronitsky and I played together several times, p... 1427919059909: Glazunov liked to recount how he ‘penetrated’ Wagn... 1427919292295: The celebrities were amazed by Glazunov, and he by... 1427921260889: When Glazunov sat down to demonstrate something on... 1427921502661: Glazunov himself loved to sit down at the piano, a... 1427921621409: I always told my students this story. Once Glazuno... 1427921696869: I spoke of these people, my acquaintances, in vari... 1427921745098: When I speak to small children I often don’t delve... 1427921858051: Voroshilov loved choral singing. He sang himself, ... 1427921933422: I wonder who plays the violins that Tuckhachevsky ... 1427922132834: Lady Macbeth touches on many themes. I wouldn’t wa... 1427922674889: They really loved Pechkovsky in Leningrad. He was ... 1427922992904: It’s funny to talk about it now, but there was a t... 1431345078511: And Glazunov played the piano rather well, I must ... 1431346802141: This quality of Jewish folk music is close to my i... 1431346935089: When they just send you music, it’s not so bad, I ... 1431347053025: Another form of musical torture which Glazunov suf... 1431347182660: After all, I like listening to music. That’s not t... 1431347357691: But the false culture isn’t giving up. I’m often i... 1431348004181: And here’s an opposite example, Hindemith’s music.... 1431348289890: I suppose I can spend some time talking about the ... 1431348483873: In Rimsky-Korsakov’s version, the orchestra often ... 1431349701852: Another time Zoshchenko both touched me and distra... |
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| published in | 1979 |
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| ISBN | 0-241-10321-5 |
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