Testimony: the memoirs of Dmitri Shostakovich
Biography, Music biography
Human-narrated audio
Summary
The Russian composer looks back over his life, recalling such musicians, artists and writers as Prokofiev, Stravinsky, Glazunov, Meyerhold and Anna Akhmatova. His meeting with Stalin was momentous. However, he reserved his deepest scorn for visiting Western liberals like Bernard… Shaw who refused to recognise the truth about Stalin's tyranny. 1981.