Symphony No.5 in A major “Pastoral“ - Gavriil Popov

USSR State Symphony Orchestra conducted by Gurgen Karapetian I - Pastorale. Allegro poetico e molto cantando: 0:00 II - Storm. Allegro agitato - Largo poetico: 9:39 III - Struggle: Fugue. Allegro energico - Maestoso: 19:02 IV - Hopes. Largo appasionato - Appasionato cantabile: 28:45 V - Pastorale. Adagio poetico e molto cantabile - Coda. Largo maestoso e festivo: 38:27 The fifth symphony of Gavriil Popov was composed in 1956 according to the data of the Muzycalnaya Entsiklopediya. This year marks the beginning of de-Stalinization, but things slowly changed. For this reason it was not premiered until 1963, performed by the Moscow orchestra. The first movement, pastorale, after an arpeggio of the orchestra, the oboe presents a theme reminiscent of Mussorgsky. The theme is taken by the other instruments of the orchestra in a fugue form. Then it is presented as a pastoral painting in the style of Mahler. The second movement, storm, continues without pause. The atmosphere is