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“The ‘secret’ of Shostakovich, it was suggested—by a Chinese neurologist, Dr Dajue Wang—was the presence of a metallic splinter, a mobile shell-fragment, in his…

— Oliver Sacks

Many consider that Shostakovich is the greatest 20th-century composer. In his 15 symphonies, 15 quartets, and in other works he demonstrated mastery of the…

— Dmitri Shostakovich

“We should have known that the only reason that Shostakovich’s nightmare restored us to ourselves was so we’d be compelled to drink the cup…

— William T. Vollmann

“Outside Soviet Russia, and following the last symphonies of Mahler, Nielsen and Sibelius, an element of obsolescence has unmistakably attached itself to the genre.…

— Pauline Fairclough

Shostakovich was one of the great symphonists of all time, and maybe the last great symphonist.

— Andris Nelsons

“So here we are. The two of us. Me and this geezer I gotta kill. Sittin here in a car showroom office, lookin at…

— Ian Ayris

The critics say that Shostakovich's Fourth Symphony has no form. They are wrong; it has the form of Shostakovich's Fourth Symphony.

— Edward Abbey

I'm thankful to Deutsche Grammophon, our partners - we are going to record the complete Shostakovich symphonies and hopefully some other things as well.

— Andris Nelsons

“In a regime where words are watched, lies are rewarded, and silence is survival, there is no truth. - Symphony for the City of…

— M T Anderson

When I was 20, Shostakovich was my favorite composer. I still find his Fifth Symphony wonderful, with its outstanding themes and rhythms. That's the…

— Dave Brubeck

Gorecki, you know, there's a kind of personal thing there for me. I had, you know, kind of become obsessed with that sort of…

— Mahan Esfahani

“you could live in the other wonderful world the Russian writers were giving you. At first there were the Russians; then there were all…

— Ernest Hemingway