Nikolai Myaskovsky: Symphony No. 22 Op. 54 “Symphony-Ballad“ (1941)

St. Peterburg State Academic Symphony Orchestra conducted by/ Orquesta Sinfónica Académica Estatal de San Petersburgo dirigida por Alexander Titov. Nikolai Myaskovsky was regarded as the Father of the Soviet Symphony and he was respected as such by all younger composers, including his young “genius” friend Sergei Prokofiev. His Symphony No. 22 or “Symphony-Ballad” was composed in the first months of combat far away in Tblisi: It swings between moments of melancholy, sadness and heroism. Nikolai Myaskovsky