Testimony. The Story Of Shostakovich
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$29.99
- SKU: 45855
- Label(s): KULTUR
- Band: London Philharmonic Orchestra
- Subtitles: No Subtitles
- Languages: English
- Format: 16:9 , Black & White
- Soundformat: Stereo ,
- Genre(s): Music , Documentary , Biographies
- Year of release: 2006
- Recording length: 151 min.
- Conductor Rudolf Barshai
- Composer Dmitri Shostakovich
Testimony is one of those comparatively rare events nowadays - real piece of cinema. Palmer's prowess as an editor, his knack of juxtaposing image and music - something which has remained his forte since he first caused a stir back in the Sixties with Buddhist monks burning to The Beatles - has a field day in Testimony. Most importantly for a movie about a composer, there is always the feeling that Palmer understands the music. For a start he puts to rest the hoary old clichй that the private Shostakovich is only to be found in his chamber music - try listening to the Seventh, Eighth, Ninth and Fourteenth symphonies - but he also brings vividly alive musical details (like the composer's use of unison scoring) in colour sequences showing the orchestra, as in the climax of the Fifth..... a truly remarkable film.