Tikhon Khrennikov - Cello Concerto No.2 Op.30

(00:00 / 06:16) Mtislav Rostropovich (cello) / USSR State Radio and TV Orchestra / Gennady Rozhdestvensky
For a long time it was held that, thanks to Khrennikov's efforts, some Soviet composers were not arrested or prosecuted. In an interview with pianist Jascha Nemtsov on 8 November 2004 in Moscow, Khrennikov asserted that composer Mieczysław Weinberg, when arrested, had been discharged immediately because of Khrennikov's protection; according to Khrennikov the same had happened to Alexander Veprik.
In recent years, information that had been suppressed since 1948 began to be published, and documents and facts now known confirm that there were extensive prosecutions. An accusation of Zionism was often used as a weapon against people of different nationalities, faiths and opinions, such as Nikolai Roslavets. "Struggle against formalists" was pursued in other countries too: according to György Ligeti, after Khrennikov's official visit to Budapest in 1948. According to Khrennikov : "Stalin, in my opinion, knew music better than any of us." As in classical Ancient Greece, so too in the Soviet Union music was of the greatest importance to the state.

Rodion Shchedrin interestingly talks about Tikhon Khrennikov (apparently he was a nice guy) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KjTYZF0CaY

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