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time_is_now
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« Reply #15 on: 15:55:24, 21-01-2008 »
The Bolt is available on a Bel Air DVD, I think (released last year some time). Don't know if that's the production that was broadcast on BBC4; it will probably be a French festival staging, since it's on Bel Air, though I haven't seen it and don't remember the details.
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« Reply #16 on: 22:54:42, 23-01-2008 »
This isn't about The Bolt, but it belongs on the Shostakovich thread. I got this book for Christmas



, and haven't started reading it yet. Has anyone here read it and if so what is your opinion of it?
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« Reply #17 on: 23:15:56, 23-01-2008 »
I haven't read it, Catherine, but from a couple of reviews I've seen it's supposed to be rather good.

It was publised about 10 years ago and updated last year, IIRC. Presumably yours is the updated version?
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« Reply #18 on: 23:32:31, 23-01-2008 »
I rate it quite highly, Catherine, as being (at least it seems to me) a fair and plausible guide through the minefields of writings about Shostakovich. She generally lets the source materials, including interviews she conducted with people who knew Shostakovich, speak for themselves  -  quoting from them at length  -  and is helpfully clear and up front about when she is giving her own views and interpretation of events. A very valuable source book IMHO.

I've only got the first (1994) version. I suppose I really ought to fork out on the revised and updated one. I think I probably will.   
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« Reply #19 on: 00:12:37, 24-01-2008 »
Quote from: George Garnett on 23:32:31, 23-01-2008
I rate it quite highly, Catherine, as being (at least it seems to me) a fair and plausible guide through the minefields of writings about Shostakovich. She generally lets the source materials, including interviews she conducted with people who knew Shostakovich, speak for themselves  -  quoting from them at length  -  and is helpfully clear and up front about when she is giving her own views and interpretation of events. A very valuable source book IMHO.

I've only got the first (1994) version. I suppose I really ought to fork out on the revised and updated one. I think I probably will.   

At around £7.50 including p&p via Amazon Marketplace, I think yous should, GG. Mind you, there is also a copy there for over £130 if you would prefer that. Wink
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