In 1935, Dmitri Shostakovich wrote music for what seemed to be a happy-go-lucky ballet. But the official Soviet response was to condemn Shostakovich, and to kill one of his creative colleagues. The ...

It's been said that Dmitri Shostakovich's music sounds like the diary of an oppressed Soviet public. But there's also plenty of irony, wit and humor. From the lighter side of Shostakovich's career, a ...