Symphony Nº 5

by Ludwig van Beethoven & Wiener Philharmoniker & Wilhelm Furtwängler

Symphony Nº 5 cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1954
  • Label: HMV
  • Country: Germany
  • Length: 35:54
  • Community rating: 3.85/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

This monumental recording captures the legendary conductor leading the Vienna Philharmonic in a towering interpretation of classical music's most famous symphony. Furtwängler's flexible tempi and massive dynamic surges imbue the structural rigor of the piece with overwhelming tragic weight and ultimate triumph. It is universally regarded as a definitive, epochal mid-century orchestral document.

Genres

Descriptors: folk, acoustic, instrumental

Tracklist

  1. Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67: I. Allegro con brio
  2. Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67: II. Andante con moto – Più mosso – Tempo I
  3. Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67: III. Allegro
  4. Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67: IV. Allegro – Presto

Credits

  • Serge Jaroff - arranged by
  • Alexander Stanislavitsch - solo vocal
  • Folk - written-by
  • Boriss Piekalnitis-Morosoff - solo vocal

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