Schnittke's fifth symphony begins as an exercise in the neo-baroque with its concerto grosso format moving rhythmically and fairly dissonantly - Bizarro Bach perhaps. The second, slow movement sticks to the concerto grosso format; but the last two movements are more obviously symphonic, more exercises in the despair that Schnittke seems to be feeling at the future of music and, perhaps, life itself. I am still considering how I like Schnittke.
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