Symphony no. 5 in C minor / Piano Concerto no. 3 in C minor

Album by Ludwig van Beethoven & The Hanover Band & Mary Verney

Symphony No. 5 in C minor and Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor are orchestral works by Ludwig van Beethoven, composed in the early 1800s, with the concerto completed around 1800–1803 and the symphony completed around 1804–1808. Both pieces illustrate Beethoven's move from Classical-era forms toward a more assertive, dramatic language—featuring tightly developed motifs, bold harmonic shifts and expanded orchestral forces—and occupy pivotal positions between his early and middle compositional periods in music history.