Shostakovich, Dmitriæi Dmitrievich (1906–1975)

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The case of Dmitri Shostakovitch

By Nicolas Nabokov

SEE ALSO: Criticism and interpretation; Shostakovich, Dmitriæi Dmitrievich; Music

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88	June 1977 Music/Review Recommended recordings SEE ALSO: Bach: Organ works, vols. 1 and 2 (Sound recording); Beethoven: Symphony no. 7 (Sound recording); Kleiber, Carlos; Crumb. Makrokosmos, vol. 2. Twelve fantasy-pieces after the zodiac for amplified piano (Sound recording); Shostakovich, Dmitriæi Dmitrievich; Crumb, George; Bach, Johann Sebastian; Rogg, Lionel; Beethoven, Ludwig van; Messiaen: Quartet for the end of time (Sound recording); Moscow Philharmonic; Rostropovich, Mstislav; Messiaen, Olivier; Berglund, Paavo; Performances; Miller, Robert; Shostakovich: Symphony no. 14 (Sound recording); Shostakovich: Symphony no. 5 (Sound recording); Vienna Philharmonic PDF IMAGES
102	August 1970 Music in the round/Review Serving the moderns By Discus SEE ALSO: Weissenberg, Alexis; Atlas eclipticalis (Book); Bartók, Béla; Cartridge music (Book); Davis, Colin; Barenboim, Daniel; Schnabel, Dieter; Shostakovich, Dmitriæi Dmitrievich; Ormandy, Eugene; Glossolalia (Book); Stravinsky, Igor; Cage, John; Stockhausen, Karlheinz; Mixtur (Book); Subotnick, Morton; New Philharmonia Orchestra; Philadelphia Orchestra; Boulez, Pierre; Bishop, Stephen; Telemusic (Book); Krause, Tom; Touch (Book); Winter music: 1957 (Book) PDF IMAGES
20-22	January 1970 Music in the round/Review Moderns By Discus SEE ALSO: Avant-garde (Music); Lees, Benjamin; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Shostakovich, Dmitriæi Dmitrievich; Rozhdestvenskiæi, Gennadiæi; Henze, Hans Werner; Xenakis, Iannis; Blashkow, Igor; Buketoff, Igor; Leningrad Philharmonic; Berio, Luciano; Khomister, Mikhail; New York Philharmonic; Sessions, Roger; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra PDF IMAGES
84-85	January 1968 Music in the round/Review A Polish passion By Discus SEE ALSO: Ives, Charles; Shostakovich, Dmitriæi Dmitrievich; Czyz, Henryk; Ives: String quartets nos. 1 and 2 (Sound recording); Stockhausen, Karlheinz; Penderecki, Krzysztof; Penderecki : Passion according to Saint Luke (Sound recording); Shostakovich: Symphony no. 13 (Sound recording); Stockhausen: Piano music (Sound recording) PDF IMAGES
130-132	September 1967 Music in the round/Review The avant-garde in Russia and Poland By Discus SEE ALSO: Shostakovich, Dmitriæi Dmitrievich; Bacewicz, Grazyna; Katerina Ismailova (Sound recording); Serocki, Kazimierz; Kondrashin, Kirill Petrovich; Penderecki, Krzysztof; Moscow Philharmonic; Penderecki: To the victims of Hiroshima. Bacewicz: Music for strings, trumpets and percussion. Baird: Erotica. Serocki: Sinfonietta for two string orchestras (Sound recording); Schedrin, Rodion; Schedrin: Mischievous melodies; Not love alone (Sound recording); Baird, Tadeusz; Rowicki, Witold PDF IMAGES
105-108	May 1960 Music in the round/Review Funeral march of the marionettes By Discus SEE ALSO: Composers; Criticism and interpretation; Shostakovich, Dmitriæi Dmitrievich; Music; Sabalevksy; Prokofieff, Sergey; The flaming angel (Sound recording); Vienna State Opera Orchestra; War and peace (Sound recording); Jansen, Werner PDF IMAGES
96-100	October 1959 Music in the round/Review Performers and their personalities By Discus SEE ALSO: Schneider, Alexander; Wallenstein, Alfred; Dvorák, Antonín; Rubinstein, Artur; Boston Symphony; Brahms: Piano concerto #1 (Sound recording); Brahms: Piano concerto #2 (Sound recording); Brahms: Violin concerto (Sound recording); Munch, Charles; Chopin: Concerto in F minor (Sound recording); Columbia Symphony; Shostakovich, Dmitriæi Dmitrievich; Dvorák: 'Cello concerto (Sound recording); Chopin, Frédéric; Liszt, Franz; Graffman, Gary; Cziffra, Georges; Szeryng, Henryk; Starker, Janos; Brahms, Johannes; Krips, Josef; Bernstein, Leonard; Liszt: Transcendental etudes (Sound recording); London Symphony; Kentner, Louis; Marlboro Festival Orchestra; Ravel, Maurice; Mozart: Piano concertos (Sound recording); New York Philharmonic; Casals, Pablo; Performances; Philharmonia Orchestra; Monteux, Pierre; Ravel: Piano concerto (Sound recording); Schumann, Robert; Serkin, Rudolf; Schumann: Piano concertos (Sound recording); Shostakovich: Piano concerto #2 (Sound recording); Boult, Adrian, Sir; Symphony of the Air; Virtuosity in music; Susskind, Walter; Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus PDF IMAGES
106-108	April 1959 The new recordings/Review The native-trained voice By Edward Tatnall Canby SEE ALSO: Sibelius, Aino; Dørumsgaard, Arne; Brahms: Seventeen songs (Sound recording); Debussy, Claude; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Shostakovich, Dmitriæi Dmitrievich; Kabalevsky, Dmitry Borisovich; Schubert, Franz; Moore, Gerald; Duparc, Henri; Roessel-Majdan, Hilde; Fjeldstad, Øivin; Brahms, Johannes; Flagstad, Kirsten; Kirsten Flagstad sings Norwegian songs by Arne Dorumsgaard (Sound recording); Kirsten Flagstad sings Sibelius songs (Sound recording); Leopold Simoneau sings Duparc (Sound recording); London Symphony; Simoneau, Lopold; Ravel, Maurice; Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich; Dorlyak, Nina; Performances; Alarie, Pierrette; Pierrette Alarie sings Debussy (Sound recording); Pierrette Alarie sings Ravel (Sound recording); Schubert songs (Sound recording); Shostakovich: From Jewish poetry (Song cycle). Mussorgsky: The nursery. Kabalevsky: Shakespeare sonnets (Sound recording); Richter, Sviatoslav; Vaughan Williams and others: English songs; Sea ballads (Sound recording); Williams, Vaughn; Voice culture PDF IMAGES
95	June 1958 The new recordings/Review Worth looking into . . . By Edward Tatnall Canby SEE ALSO: Gauk, Aleksandr; Schoenberg, Arnold; Mitropoulos, Dimitri; Shostakovich, Dmitriæi Dmitrievich; Mahler, Gustav; Rosbaud, Hans; Bernstein, Leonard; Mahler: Kindertotenlieder; Lieder eines fahrenden gesellen (Sound recording); Mahler: Symphony #4 (Sound recording); New York Philharmonic; Kletzki, Paul; Philharmonia Orchestra of London; Prokofiev: Violin concerto #1; Violin concerto #2 (Sound recording); Schumann, Robert; Schoenberg: Moses und Aron (Sound recording); Schumann: Symphonic etudes; Kreisleriana (Sound recording); Prokofieff, Sergey; Shostakovich: The festive overture; Memorable year 1919; Symphony #9 (Sound recording); Boult, Adrian, Sir; State Radio Orchestra (U.S.S.R.); Vienna Philharmonia PDF IMAGES
95	July 1956 The new recordings/Review Worth looking into . . . By Edward Tatnall Canby SEE ALSO: Bach: Fifteen two-part inventions; Concerto in D minor (Sound recording); Bach: The eight little preludes and fugues (Sound recording); Griffes, Charles Tomlinson; Shostakovich, Dmitriæi Dmitrievich; Grieg, Edvard; Grieg: Lyric pieces, books 1 and 2; Lyric pieces, books 3 and 4 (Sound recording); Griffes: Roman sketches, op. 7; Three tone pictures, op. 5; Fantasy pieces, op. 8 (Sound recording); Rameau, Jean Philippe; Bach, Johann Sebastian; Rameau: Complete harpsichord works (Sound recording); Shostakovich: Preludes and fugues for piano, op. 87 (Sound recording) PDF IMAGES
110	October 1954 The new recordings/Review Worth looking into . . . By Edward Tatnall Canby SEE ALSO: Dvorák, Antonín; Bavaria State Orchestra; Brahms: Sonata in F minor, op. 5 (1853) (Sound recording); Budapest Quartet; Curzon, Clifford; Shostakovich, Dmitriæi Dmitrievich; Dvorák: Piano quintet, op. 81 (Sound recording); Pflüger, Gerhard; Strauss, Johann; Brahms, Johannes; Kleinert; Badura-Skoda, Paul; Performances; Radio Berlin Symphony; Shostakovich: Symphony #1; Symphony #9 (Sound recording); Solti, Georg, Sir; Strauss: Elektra, highlights (Sound recording) PDF IMAGES
102	April 1954 The new recordings/Review Worth looking into . . . By Edward Tatnall Canby SEE ALSO: Copland, Aaron; Ballet Theater Orchestra; Bloch: String quartet #2 (Sound recording); Bloomfield; Boston Symphony Orchestra; Copland: Appalachian spring suite; El Salon Mexico (Sound recording); Copland: Billy the Kid. Schuman: Undertow (Sound recording); Shostakovich, Dmitriæi Dmitrievich; Bloch, Ernest; Oubradous, Fernand; Hollreiser, Heinrich; Stravinsky, Igor; Levine; London Philharmonic Choir; Philharmonic Promenade Orchestra; Sessions, Roger; Koussevitzky, Serge; Shostakovich: Concerto for piano, trumpet and strings; Piano sonata #2 (Sound recording); Boult, Adrian, Sir; Stravinsky: Apollon musagète; Pulcinella suite (Sound recording); Stravinsky: L'Histoire du soldat (Sound recording); Vienna Chamber Orchestra; Thomson, Virgil; Virgil Thomson: Variations on Sunday school tunes. Roger Sessions: Chorale; Three chorale preludes (Sound recording); Walton: Belshazzar's feast (Sound recording); Schuman, William; Walton, William PDF IMAGES
103-104	July 1953 The new recordings/Review Super sound By Edward Tatnall Canby SEE ALSO: Bartók, Béla; Bartok: “For children”: 40 pieces on Hungarian folk tunes (1907-8) (Sound recording); Bloch; Shostakovich, Dmitriæi Dmitrievich; Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix; Mahler, Gustav; Rosbaud, Hans; Scherchen, Hermann; High-fidelity sound systems; London Symphony; Mahler: Symphony #7 (“Song of the Night”) (Sound recording); Mendelssohn: “Scotch” symphony (Sound recording); Milhaud; Pittsburgh Symphony; Prokofiev; IProkofiev. Shostakovich. Bloch. Milhaud. Starer (Sound recording); Radio Berlin Symphony; Recording and reproducing; Solti, Georg, Sir; Sound; Starer; Vienna State Opera Orchestra; Steinberg, William PDF IMAGES

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