Symphonies no. 1 & 5

Album by Jean Sibelius & The Philadelphia Orchestra & Eugene Ormandy

Symphonies No. 1 and No. 5 are orchestral compositions by Finnish composer Jean Sibelius, composed in 1899 and 1915 respectively. They span Sibelius's development from a late-Romantic early career to a more concise and modern symphonic language, with No.1 exhibiting expansive melodic writing and robust orchestration while No.5 reveals a distilled, structural approach that became central to his later output and to Nordic symphonic practice.
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  1. 1.
    Symphony no. 1. op. 39: I. Andante ma non troppo-Allegro energico
    11:53
  2. 2.
    Symphony no. 1. op. 39: II. Andante
    10:12
  3. 3.
    Symphony no. 1. op. 39: III. Scherzo. Allegro
    5:34
  4. 4.
    Symphony no. 1. op. 39: IV. Finale. Andante
    14:15
  5. 5.
    Symphony no. 5, op. 82: I. Tempo molto moderato - Allegro moderato
    13:40
  6. 6.
    Symphony no. 5, op. 82: II. Andante mosso, quasi allegretto
    9:48
  7. 7.
    Symphony no. 5, op. 82: III. Allegro molto
    10:07

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