Shostakovich: A Life Remembered (Second Edition)
Praise for the previous edition: "Elizabeth Wilson's magnificent new oral history,Shostakovich: A Life Remembered, [is] the one indispensable book about the composer."--Richard Taruskin,The New York TimesPraise for the previous edition: "[Wilson] has gathered numerous recollections of Shostakovich and organized them into an enormous biography that follows every step of his life. . . . Together, these diverse sources provide a mosaic portrait of a shy, fidgety, punctilious musician."--New Yorker"[T]he most important book ever published about the greatest Russian composer of the twentieth century. . . . For the first time, Shostakovich's anguished personality comes into focus, and his emotionally devastating encounters with the Soviet government are put into trustworthy perspective."--The New York Daily News