Symphony No. 3; Romeo and Juliet Suite (1994)

"His Third Symphony (1951, rev. 1954), is considered the greatest Ukrainian symphony of the last century -- a work that manages to blend a modernist manner with great emotional depth and profundity. But, as was the case with the Second, the Party once again demanded Lyatoshynsky revise the work, including composing an entirely new fourth movement. In this case, however, it received its premiere -- in 1955 by Evgeny Mravinsky and the Leningrad Philharmonic, testifying to the stature of both the work and the composer. From that point onward Lyatoshynsky was able to compose more or less as he wished and the 13 years between the premiere of the Third Symphony and his death were the most productive and successful of his life." (Allmusic)