Testimony : The Memoirs of Dmitri Shostakovich (25th anniversary ed.)

This is the powerful memoirs which an ailing Dmitri Shostakovich dictated to a young Russian musicologist Solomon Volkov.

When it was first published in 1979 it became an international bestseller.

This 25th anniversary edition includes a new foreword by Vladimir Ashkenazy as well as black-and-white photos.TH ETestimonyE changed the perception of Shostakovich's life and work dramatically and influenced innumerable performances of his music.

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