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Janis Ivanovs, Symphony No. 5 (1945)

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Janis Ivanovs, Symphony No. 5 (1945)

1. Moderato. Maestoso – Allegro
2. Andante
3. Allegro
4. Moderato

Latvian National Symphony Orchestra
Andris Poga, conductor

Jānis Ivanovs (9 October 1906 – 27 March 1983) was a Latvian and Soviet classical music composer. In 1931, he graduated from the Latvian State Conservatory in Riga. In 1944, he joined the conservatory's faculty, becoming a full professor in 1955. He is regarded as being the most distinguished Latvian symphonist. His love of melody is evident in each of his compositions, and forms the essence of his works. He often drew inspiration from the native songs of the Latgale district in eastern Latvia. His grasp of orchestral colour and musical texture were highly regarded by his colleagues.
He is mostly remembered for his twenty-one symphonies. Nevertheless, he composed in many other fields, including five symphonic poems, concertos for piano, violin and cello, three string quartets, and numerous vocal, piano and various chamber works.

He became the People's Artist of the USSR in 1965, was awarded the USSR State Prize in 1950 and Latvian SSR State Prize in 1959 and 1970.
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« Reply #1 on: April 02, 2020, 07:28:16 pm »

No.5 may be my least favorite of the Ivanovs cycle.  Overall I'm favorably disposed to his compositional style, his idiom, but the material itself is just often not very strong and well integrated.  There might be about half his Symphonies I find worth listening to now and then.
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