RECORDING OF THE MONTH RECORDING OF THE MONTH BARGAIN OF THE MONTH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS A London Symphony Oboe Concerto £11 post free World-wide RACHMANINOV Elegy, Preludes, Piano concerto 3 £12 post free World-wide CHAUSSON, DEBUSSY RACHMANINOV TRios 2CDs £16 post free World-wide

 

TESTIMONY - The Story of Shostakovich Directed by Tony Palmer Testimony, based loosely on Shostakovichs own memoirs as related to and edited by his colleague, Solomon Volkov, is not just the story of a composer. In fact, the musical aspect of his life is only the sub-plot to a far greater drama, the relationship between Shostakovich and Stalin. Testimony is about Russia during the reign of Stalin. While politicians, generals, peasants, poets, Church leaders were being purged and destroyed - in all, some 31 million of them -Shostakovich somehow survived. How? Why? At what cost, personal as well as public? It is an amazing and awesome tale. It is also true. Review by Rob Barnett Writing credits Tony Palmer David Rudkin Cast Ben Kingsley .... Dmitri Shostakovich Sherry Baines .... Nina Shostakovich Magdalen Asquith .... Galya Shostakovich Mark Asquith .... Maxim Shostakovich Terence Rigby .... Joseph Stalin Ronald Pickup .... Marshall Tukhachevsky John Shrapnel .... Andre Zhdanov Robert Reynolds .... Brutus Vernon Dobtcheff .... Gargolovsky Colin Hurst .... Stalin's Secretary Joyce Grundy .... Stalin's Mother Mark Thrippleton .... Young Stalin Liza Goddard .... The English Humanist Peter Woodthorpe .... Alexander Glazunov Robert Stephens .... Vsevolod Meyerhold William Squire .... Khatchaturyan Murray Melvin .... The Film Editor Robert Urquhart .... The Journalist Christopher Bramwell .... Vanya Brook Williams .... H.G. Wells Marita Phillips .... Madam Lupinskaya Produced by Michael Henry .... executive producer Grahame Jennings .... executive producer Michael Kustow .... executive producer Maureen Murray .... associate producer Tony Palmer .... producer Solomon Volkov .... consultant   Advertising Rates Visitor stats MusicWeb International has over 40,000 Classical CD reviews on offer Discs received Having a problem Donating? Gerard Hoffnung Concerts & The Bricklayer Story MusicWeb can now offer you discs from the following catalogues: Prices include postage There will be NO VAT Rises [Acte Préalable £13.50] [Arcodiva £12.00] [Avie from £6.25] [British Music Society £12.00] [CDACCORD from £13.50 ] [ClassicO £12.50] [Hallé from £11] [Heritage £10] [Hortus £14.99 ] [Lyrita ONLY £11.75 ] [Nimbus Special prices] [Northern Flowers £13.50] [REDCLIFFE £11 ] [Sheva £11] [Tactus £11.50 ] [Talent from £12.00 ] [Toccata Classics £10.50 ] Musicweb Special Offers Monthly Best Buys   New Releases New Releases   MusicWeb sells the Polish catalogue CDAccord £10.50 post free W-W MusicWeb sells the Arcodiva catalogue £12.00 post free W-W £11.75 post-free world- wide     Google Ads - for information about privacy matters, click here.  Amazon Musicweb International is a participant in the Amazon EU Associates Programme, an affiliate advertising programme designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.com

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