SHOSTAKOVICH . RECONSIDERED SHOSTAKOVICH RECONSIDERED Writtaennd E ditbeyd ALLANB .H O and DMITRYF EOFANOV Witha nO vertubrye VLADIMIARS HKENAZY ~ TOCCATA PRESS Firpsutbs lhieidn1 998b y TocPcraetsas 1998b yt haeu thors © Alrli grhetssee drN.vo p arotft hpiusb licmaatybi eo n reprodourtc readn smiatntfyero dm o irbn ya nmye a,n s · electorrmo encinhcia c,ianlclubduintno glt i mited top hotocroepcyo,r odria nngiy,n formiaotn rsatgoe orr etriseyvsatwlei mt hporuitpo err missoimto hne fr copyrighotr p huoblldiesrh er. BritLiisbhr aCrayt alogiuniP nugb licaDtaitoan Shsotakorveiccohn sidered 1S.h otsako,vD i.(c hDmiit,i1r )096-197-5Crtiicism and interpretation I. AHlol,Ia InF. e oafnovD,m ity r 7890'.2 ISBN0 -097698-56-6 Seitn1 1on p1o2i Inmtp irnt byY orHko usTeyp ographic Prinatnedd bobuySn RdP L tdE,x eter CONTENTS Page Ovretrue 9 VladimAishrk enya z Itnroduction 13 Acnkowlgeedments 24 TheE ditors 26 TheC ontributors 27 Theme Shostoavkic'hsT estimony: Replyt oa nU njusCtr iitcism 33 AllaBn. H oa nDdm iytF refoanov I.O peningS tateemnt 3 3 IIC.r ossx-aEmination 46 A.' Freindsa ndF amily'T:h e OfficiRaels ponse 46 1D.e atahn Rde haibtialtion 46 2.T heKG B Connection 48 3.' eLsS iSxo iveti'q ues 60 4.T isihnkaan Tdi shchenko 67 5Y.a kubaonvSd a binina 72 6.Ii rnaan Gda lina 76 7.Ma xiSmh oasktov:Ti hcehn 84 a.M otiavneOd p protiutny 88 b.Pr ookfieavn Pdo grebov 91 cM.r avinasnkTdyo scanini 160 8.Ma ximS hoasktov:Ni ocwh 101 5 B.F oolsH:o lya ndR egularo,rA n Essay ont heD angerso fC astinSgt oneisn G lasHso uses1 15 1H.a ndedo na SoviePtl atter 181 2.In scriptainodnP sh otographs 191 3R.o thcshilVido'lsi n 182 4.Bi ograpohryM emoirs? 133 5.Fa ctuDails crepancies 134 6.Th eS eventShy mphony 105 7.Th eE ightQhu arteFti;f tThe,n tha ndE leventh Symphonieasn;dO theNro teisn a Bottle 195 a.T heE ightQhu artet 106 b.Th eF iftShy mphony 146 c.T heT entha ndE levenStyhm phonies 176 d.O theWro rks 107 8.'S oviReuts siaM'oss tL oyaMlu sicaSlo n'? 171 a.A Primefro rM usicologists 137 b.In ternDails sidence 167 9.Ot heCro ntradictions 177 10O.mi ssions 128 11Pl.a giaroirsS me lf-Quotation? 188 1.2' Chit[aRle adD]..S hostakovich' 209 13T.he O riginRauls siaTne xt 216 14B.ra veriynt heA rtist 219 1.5T estimoonfyG uilt 233 1.6S ummary 236 IIIT.h e Casefo r theD efence: CorrobotriangT estimony 238 A.S eletcivSec holarship 242 B. ThRei ngo fT ruth 265 C.R ayok 271 IV.C losingA rgumentA: R usht oJ udgment 287 Appendix 299 6 Variatioonns a Theme VariatiIo n 315 A ManH asB unred-HUepr e 315 SoolmonV olkoivnr tveiewed byG ailnDar ubacshkeavya TraditiRoentr un:Rs ostorvcoih'pSsy bmolism 359 MstilsaRvo storviocpihtn reviewed byS olomVoolnk ov ShoasktovSiycmhp osium 373 MaxiSmh ostaikcohSvo, lomVoolnk ,o v YevgeYnevyt uesnhkaon Kde nnheK tiester, moedrtaeadn d edbyiH taerdl oRwo binson Six Leocntt uhSrehe oss takSoyvmhipocnhi es 400 MaxiSmh ostaikcohtva,rn sicbreadn edd ited byJ oh-nMicaheAllb ert VariatiIoIn 419 Shsotakovich 419 DaniiZlh itosmkiyr Cod,Qe uotatainoCdn o lgle:Sa omMeu siAclallu sions int hWeo krso fD mitSrhyso takovich 472 LevLe biendsky AnI nneRre bleliTohno:hu tgosnt hCeu rrDeebnatt e aboSuhots takovich 483 LeMoa zel' Shsotako'vIsid mcisho 495 VladiZmaikr TalkAibnoguS th oasktov:Ti hcrhDeoeu cments 507 KiriKlonld rashin TheG ulaangSd h oasktov'iMsce hmorial 521 AndreByi tov VariatiIoInI HiMsi sYtoyu t:hT heG livenLkeot ters anLdi efi nt h'e02 s 503 Ia nM acDonald 7 UniveBrescaalSu pseec ific: Argumefonrat C son texAtpurpaola ch 555 Ia nM acDonald WritAibnoguS ths otako:v ich TheP osCtom-muniPsetre scptive 566 Ia nM acDonda l VariatiIoVn TheL egentdh Eeogi fh tQhu artet 578 Ia nM acDonda l TheS evenStyhm ph:oT nryutanhLd e gend 589 SeymoBny chkionvt ieerwvbeydH enriCeotwtlai ng DmiytS rhsotaikcohv:C oTmhep oassJe wer 579 TimotLh.Jya c kson Coda NaiAvnet- iReviiosnism: TheA cadeMmiirsce preseonft asStthiaookno vi6c4h3 Ia nM acDonald Biibolagpryh 725 Idnex 757 8 Overture VladimAisrh kenazy Is hanlelvf erorg ethtte i mweh emny p aintoe acthoemlred hows hfier smte tD mity Srhoksotvaiocuhit dsteh aep art menbtu ildiinMn ogs cowwh erbeo tohft helmi vHeed . askiehfde wra tseurp yph lad beoefnSf .hc aeun tse wr:e d 'Nob,ut whyyo auds ?okH' e s atihdah ti s shuapbdpe leyn cuotf bfu,tt h eand dtehdah tew assu rheek newwh .yT his wasso oantf etrh Zeh dancoomvmi ttpeoren'osu nceomne nt 'ofrmiasl,m' 'modernainsodmt 'h seiran ttsr ibtuotaf eedw Sovietp osceoSrmhsso,t akoavmiocnhtg h e-ma ndm y teacthoemlred t hahtel ookleiadkh eu ntaendia mlf,ae ring thweo rst. Thiesp iswoadsoe n loyn oef t hceo uenstssln ieptopsf inrfomattihoanrt e acuhses dt udeanntdts e achoeftr hse Consveatroarnydt hem usiccoamlm iuytn ing ene-ral inofmration troeS lhsaottaiknhog'vs sit caotfme i nadn hdi s reacttowi hoant was hiantp hcpeoe unyni.Otn nrgme u snto t frogtehtsa utc thh ingsn o-wtae nrdie,n e ddec,o unlodet v er be-d iscuisnps uebdla incwde, k new wiast hhaoduootfaw doutbhtSa ths otakodveiecpdhle yt etshtseey ds tienwm h ich hel iv,we edk nehwo wm uchhe s uefrfefodrm i atn hdo w helphleefe slsat b obueti unnga btlode o a nyitnhegx cept expresst hhriomhusigemshlus fi c. Ia nd fmleyl oswt udehnatds p tirhvei loefag tetd einng servaefilr sMto scopwero fmrancoefSs h sotakowvoikrcsh (firpsertof mrancuessu allyi nLb eeniinngg- raanddo) n e wouhladv teob ed eanfot toh avhee awrhda tw anhtee tdo sa.Wy ew erlteie raarlfalifyrod h ima t pterhmei eorfte h e TentShy mph:os nuyrewlety h,o hutge,v etnhP ea rhtayc ks could thhgeel aoryo hmellepssannedds ess apteirionin, t savfreo tfihnlea ew,h iwcehd indo utn dersattta htneid m, e thintkhiatnhtgce o mopsehartd o p uitn' haa pepnyd itnog ' pelasteh aep apratc(hoinklltsaye wre u nderstthoaiottd wasn''hata pepnyd iantag l'l arb euflte cotfti houenb iqui toutsr itvhiasatu rrouhnidmwe,hd i chhew as untaob le 9