Nikolai Myaskovsky
'The war considerably enriched my store of inner and outer experiences.... Most of the themes of the Fifth Symphony occurred to me at the Front, but at peaceful moments.'
Symphony No 5, in D, Op 18
(1918): USSR RSO/KONSTANTIN IVANOV record
Three Songs: The Portrait; They loved each other; Now you're leaving (Op 40 Nos 4,6,8)
MARY KING (mezzo-soprano) ANDREW BALL (piano) (R)