“Composed by an obsessive compulsive (he used to telephone the telephone company three or four times per day just to make sure that his 'phone was working), a work of Art which has vacillated between Socialist Realism and experimental Modernism since its first performance and a conductor who once referred to this symphony as 'a neat fancy cake'. One of my all time favourite symphonies, because it isn't 'neat'. Judge for yourself. Enjoy.”

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