şostakoviç senfoni no. 7

• yapitin abd ilk temsilini yoneten arturo toscanini'nin igili temsilden yillar sonraki gorusu :
  
  arturo toscanini said on his own performance and recording of the seventh symphony by shostakovich: "i asked myself, did i conduct that? did i spend two weeks memorazing that symphony? impossible. i was stupid! did i really learn and conduct such junk? (from "a. ho & d. feofanov, shostakovich reconsidered, toccata press, 1998, p. 110").