Dmitri Shostakovich - at the end of 1954
from Dmitry Shostakovich-About Himself and His Times, page 157:
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.
cite as
Dmitri Shostakovich, and L. Grigoryev and Ya. Platek (ed.), Dmitry Shostakovich-About Himself and His Times (Moscow, 1981), p. 157. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1451772959300 accessed: 26 November, 2024
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Beethoven's symphonies
written by Beethoven |
performed by Hermann Abendroth |
Experience Information
Date/Time | at the end of 1954 |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |
Notes
Excerpt from 'Pravda', 26 Oct., 1954.
Originally submitted by verafonte on Sat, 02 Jan 2016 22:15:59 +0000
Approved on Sat, 23 Apr 2016 22:06:09 +0100