Oistrakh and Shostakovich discuss upcoming world premiere performance of Shostakovich 2nd concerto

In late Spring of 1967, Dmitri Shostakovich composed and dedicated his 2nd violin concerto to friend (and fellow musical giant) David Oistrakh for a 60th birthday gift to the violinist. On September 13th, Oistrakh performed a live 'workshop' rendition of the piece - this performance was recorded and the tapes were sent to Shostakovich. Shortly thereafter, Oistrakh and Shostakovich had a phone discussion covering all of the musical and technical nuances that could improve the music, both for the official publication and the official world premiere performance on September 26th. Here is that exact telephone conversation... A huge thanks to my friend violinist Olga Rykov for such a beautiful and colloquial translation!