Alfred Schnittke was from this country, as was a composer whose first symphony was nicknamed "Classical".
A trumpet obsessively quotes the second theme from Chopin's "Funeral March" in a symphony from this country whose second movement has a jazz improvisation between violin and piano. A Mannheim rocket opens another symphony from this country whose main theme is played first in D major, then repeated in C major. Benjamin Britten dedicated his Cello Symphony and cello sonata to a cellist from this country, and (*) Van Cliburn won a 1958 piano competition in this country by performing works by two of its composers. Alfred Schnittke was from this country, as was a composer whose first symphony was nicknamed "Classical". One composer from this country wrote his fifth symphony in response to the editorial "Muddle Instead of Music", and included an "invasion theme" in his seventh. For 10 points, name this home of Sergei Prokofiev and Dmitri Shostakovich.
A trumpet obsessively quotes the second theme from Chopin's "Funeral March" in a symphony from this country whose second movement has a jazz improvisation between violin and piano.
The Soviet Union [or Russia; or Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; or USSR; or SSSR; or CCCP] &lt;Kothari&gt;