... "He loved music very much and was well versed in it. His musical memory amazed me. He had a collection of records - large and well-tasted. An extraordinary order reigned on the shelves: everything is arranged according to the system, with great love and accuracy. Any record could be found in a second. He loved Schubert, Bruckner, Shostakovich. Once we listened to a symphony concert on TV and almost quarreled, because I did not immediately recognize Schnittke. "If this happens again," Erofeev said, "I will abandon the house..."
He started records of his favorite composers every day. One of the most beloved was Sibelius. Especially often listened to him in the last days at home, in front of the hospital. I remember how the day before the second operation, he continuously started the composer's Fourth Symphony. He said: "Listen to my homeland..." He said that he dreamed incoherently of the Kola Peninsula, where he was born. I really wanted to go there with me. Failed... "
From an interview with Elena Vladimirova with Natalya Shmelkova about Venedikt Erofeev https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/2314130
In the notebooks, Venedikt Erofeev has such a phrase: "If I suddenly learned from somewhere with certainty that I would no longer hear anything from Schubert or Mahler all my life, it would be harder to survive than, say, the death of my mother. Very serious. "
