4/5. The years of civil war in Russia from 1917 to 1920 were appalling, many composers, including Prokofiev, left while they could, but Miaskovsky and Roslavets stayed and, despite opposition from those who felt that music's goal in the new regime was to be completely proletarian, to be both understood and performed by the masses, they enjoyed for a few years the freedom to compose as they pleased.
Miaskovsky Grillen , Op 25 Nos 1 and 6 Sergei Prokofiev (piano) Symphony No 6 (4th mvt)
Slovak National Opera Choir, Czech Slovak SO, conductor Robert Stankovsky Roslavets Piano Sonata No 5
Marc Andre Hamelin
Miaskovsky Symphony No 13 Russian Federation Academic SO, conductor Yevgeni Svetlanov Repeated at 8.45pm