There was a time when this symphony was officially described as "A Soviet artist's reply to just criticism" -- a work of "Socialist optimism." Many Russians took this description with a grain of salt, but it was often accepted in the West and made a basis of interpretation. Since around 1975, it has more often been played as a bitter, pessimistic work, covertly expressing the composer's disgust with the Stalin regime.This is a recording by Vladimir Spivakov and the Russian National Orchestra. Spivakov's interpretation leans ...
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There was a time when this symphony was officially described as "A Soviet artist's reply to just criticism" -- a work of "Socialist optimism." Many Russians took this description with a grain of salt, but it was often accepted in the West and made a basis of interpretation. Since around 1975, it has more often been played as a bitter, pessimistic work, covertly expressing the composer's disgust with the Stalin regime.This is a recording by Vladimir Spivakov and the Russian National Orchestra. Spivakov's interpretation leans towards the tragic view of the work. Holwever, he does not strain or overemphasize this interpretation more than the score can bear. This allows the tragedy to emerge naturally. After the march-like episode of the first movement, where the initial "epigraph" motive blares out on the trombones, Spivakov keeps the tempo moderate, allowing the weight of the music to make its point about the tyranny of Soviet life. He keeps a kind of despair in the heavy-footed waltz of the second...
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