Symphony no. 5 in C minor, op. 67 / Symphony no. 6 in F, op. 68 (‘Pastoral’)

Album by Ludwig van Beethoven & London Philharmonic Orchestra & Felix Weingartner & Wiener Philharmoniker & Bruno Walter

Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 and Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 ('Pastoral') are orchestral works by Ludwig van Beethoven, composed in the years leading up to and first performed in 1808. They exemplify the transition from Classical forms to the heightened expressivity of the early Romantic era, with the Fifth built around concise, driving motifs and rigorous development and the Sixth adopting a programme-like pastoral character with descriptive, nature-inspired passages, together marking a central moment in Beethoven's middle-period orchestral writing.