[citation needed] The work is in four movements and, according to the composer, grows out of a single motif.
The second movement, in 6/8 time is a Scherzo, marked by a rhythmically irregular Dvořákian leading melody.
The finale is an energetic reworking of earlier material and concludes with a vibrant tutti.
The earliest is Eugene Ormandy's recording of the Second Symphony with the Philadelphia Orchestra, made on 20 January 1945.
[3] The Fourth Symphony followed soon after, with aircheck recordings on 78 rpm discs of a broadcast by the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Erich Leinsdorf, on WNBC (New York), 27 March 1948.