Symphony in E major - Nikolai Myaskovsky

State Academic Symphonic Orchestra of Russia conducted by Evgeny Svetlanov I - Allegro con spirito: 0:00 II - Adagio - L’istesso tempo (Andantino): 8:11 III - Allegro inquieto: 16:53 The twentieth symphony of Myaskovsky was practically designed in the month of May 1940, without beginning its orchestration. At the same time he composed , an order from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. As he hurried the delivery, he finished it before the . Then he presented it to the Soviet Festival. But at the end of the orchestration of the , he decided to premiere both symphonies during the Festival. The work premiered on November 28, 1940, performed by the Symphony Orchestra of the Radio of the USSR directed by Nikolai Golovanov. Divided into three movements, it is dedicated to his colleague Yuri Shaporine. The importance of the Festival where the work was premiered is shown by the premiere of Wagner’s opera “Die Walküre“ at the Bolshoi Theater directed by Sergei Eisenstein, among the concerts to present t