Shostakovich - "Testimony": The movie about his life. JUST GREAT!! Part 1

Testimony: The Story of Shostakovich is Tony Palmer's award-winning film starring Ben Kingsley, based on the memoirs of Shostakovich (19061975) as dictated in the book Testimony (edited by Solomon Volkov, ISBN 0-87910-021-4) and filmed in Panavision.

Music:

The London Philharmonic Orchestra * Leader: David Nolan * Conductor: Rudolf Barshai

The Golden Age Singers * Chorus Master: Simon Preston

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[werkzeug0]

@TheNewFlutist it is total fake

[werkzeug0]

"Testimony" is a well known falsification

[TheNewFlutist]

I don't get why Volkov would waste his time making up the stuff written in the book Testimony. Some could be fake, but some that's written in there is absolutely too unique to be fake.

[felixnoir]

No matter what the truth of the diaries is, this is one of the best movies I have ever seen. I wish I could get hold of it. Some of the scenes are just extraordinary.

[Timrath]

@katar1i It's Chopin's Funeral March.

[darthdidious]

@smulla001

"These [Testimony] are not my father's memoirs. This is a book by Solomon Volkov. Mr. Volkov should reveal how the book was written." -Maxim Shostakovich, in a 1981 interview.

[smulla001]

The composer's son bears witness to the truth and authenticity of Testimony. Volkov's credibility as the authentic conveyor of the composers thoughts and words is hard to challenge with any facts. Testimony displays a whole man and a whole life, warts and all. If the intention was to turn the composer into a saint, it failed utterly.

[ipjbannon]

Utter crap. Very disappointed; (no offence to the fellow who posted this). The commentary of 'Dead Shostakovich' doesn't even correlate with his manner of speaking. D.S was never so 'sarcastic' in tone. His wit was far more deadpan and subtle; and more staccato, to the point. I should also point out that Volkov's 'Testimony' was a book ABOUT Shostakovich, not BY him. I am quite happy to take the book on this premise. Despite the controversy, I see no errant fraud at work.

[ebolamunkee]

One can accept both that Shostakovich wasn't an unconditional supporter of the Soviet government and that Volkov is a fraud. I've never understood why people think of these as contradictory ideas.

[DemonkingMorgan]

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Must've been Stalin...