Symphony No.2 Composer Jean Sibelius USSR TV And Radio Full Symphony Orchestra conducted by Gennadi Rozhdestvensky Stereo Thought to be a 1989 repress of 1969 original Blue labels Matrix first side 33CM01821/3-3 Matrix second side 33CM01822/3-2 Sleeve notes in Russian, English and French from the bookJean Sibeliusby M. Vatchnadze Vinyl NM Sleeve VG+ Inner sleeve: generic plain transparent poly sleeve At the time this was written, the Russian Czars were trying to take over rule of Finland, enforcing the country to adopt the Russian language and incorporating the Finnish troops into the Russian army, all of which were opposed by the Fins and it is perhaps not surprising that this symphony was interpreted as a nationalist composition