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Testimony /

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: TP-DVD145 | Isolde Films Publication details: London : Isolde Films, c2009. Description: 1 videodisc (151 min.) : sound, black and white with color sequences ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
Contained works:
  • Shostakovich, Dmitriæi Dmitrievich, 1906-1975. Works. Selections. 2006
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Production credits:
  • Photographed by Nic Knowland ; consultant, Solomon Volkov ; music performed by The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Golden Age Singers, Rudolf Barshai, conductor.
Cast: Ben Kingsley, Terence Rigby, Ronald Pickup, John Shrapnel, Sherry Baines, Magdalen Asquith, Mark Asquith, Liza Goddard, Peter Woodthorpe, Robert Stephens, William Squire, Murray Melvin, Robert Urquhart, Robert Reynolds, Vernon Dobtcheff, Colin Hurst, Joyce Grundy, Mark Thrippleton, Christopher Bramwell, Brook Williams, Marita Phillips. Summary: Based loosely on the memoirs of Shostakovich, a classical composer living in Russia during the reign of Stalin, this film traces the relationship between Shostakovich and Stalin and the effect that Stalin had on Shostakovich's life and work.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Status Date due Barcode
Video Recording Carleton University, AVRC SP456 - Collections Room DVD 1753 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 16050129487

DVD, all regions, anamorphic 16:9 presentation, digitally remastered; stereo.

From the memoirs of Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) as edited by Solomon Volkov.

Rating: Not rated.

Includes extracts from: Symphonies 1, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, & 14 ; Violin concerto no. 1 ; Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk ; Michelangelo sonnets ; Jazz suites 1 & 2 ; Piano concerto no. 2 ; String quartets nos. 8 & 10.

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