Coriolan Overture, Symphony no. 5

Album by Ludwig van Beethoven & Klaus Tennstedt & London Philharmonic Orchestra

The Coriolan Overture and Symphony No. 5 are orchestral works by Ludwig van Beethoven, composed in 1807 and 1808 respectively. The overture presents a dramatic, martial character with urgent motives, while the symphony is driven by a concise four-note motif that is developed and transformed across contrasting movements, both works exemplifying Beethoven's middle 'heroic' period and his expansion of the expressive and structural possibilities of orchestral music.