Symphonies 5 & 7

Album by Jean Sibelius & Boston Symphony Orchestra & Sir Colin Davis

Symphonies Nos. 5 and 7 are orchestral works by Finnish composer Jean Sibelius, completed in 1915 (No. 5, revised 1919) and 1924 respectively. They exemplify Sibelius's mature late-Romantic to early-modern style through economy of material, evolving motivic development and a move towards more concentrated forms, with the Fifth representing a culmination of his earlier symphonic practice and the Seventh serving as his final single-movement symphonic statement.

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  1. 1.
    Symphony no. 5 in E-flat major, op. 82: I. Tempo molto moderato - Largamente - Allegro moderato
    15:06
  2. 2.
    Symphony no. 5 in E-flat major, op. 82: II. Andante mosso, quasi allegretto
    9:04
  3. 3.
    Symphony no. 5 in E-flat major, op. 82: III. Allegro molto
    8:08
  4. 4.
    Symphony no. 7 in C major, op. 105: I. Adagio
    10:01
  5. 5.
    Symphony no. 7 in C major, op. 105: II. Vivacissimo - Adagio
    2:31
  6. 6.
    Symphony no. 7 in C major, op. 105: III. Allegro molto moderato - Allegro moderato
    3:54
  7. 7.
    Symphony no. 7 in C major, op. 105: IV. Vivace - Presto - Adagio - Largamente molto
    3:00
  8. 8.
    Symphony no. 7 in C major, op. 105: V. Affettuoso
    2:02

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