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Carnegie Hall Sound Insights - The Music of Shostakovich
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| “I consider that every artist who isolates himself from the world is doomed. I find it incredible that an artist should wish to shut himself away from the people…I always try to make myself as widely understood as possible; and if I don’t succeed, I consider it my own fault.” —D.D. Shostakovich |
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Widely recognized as one of the most important composers of the 20th century, Dmitri Shostakovich is perhaps best known as a composer of symphonies and chamber music. Yet his songs, while not as well known, exhibit no less of the wit and passion for which he is so highly esteemed, and his choices of texts cast new light on the composer's oft-discussed relationship with the Soviet authorities.
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