Symphonies 4 & 5

Album by Jean Sibelius & Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra & Lorin Maazel

Symphonies Nos. 4 and 5 are orchestral works by Finnish composer Jean Sibelius, completed in 1911 and 1915 respectively. Musically they contrast Sibelius's darker, more austere, modernist harmonic language in the Fourth with the broader, more expansive orchestral gestures of the Fifth, and together they represent a key phase in his middle-career development and in the evolution of early 20th-century symphonic writing.
First released: 16th July 1991

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Symphony no. 4 in A minor, op. 63: I. Tempo molto moderato
    12:37
  2. 2.
    Symphony no. 4 in A minor, op. 63: II. Allegro molto vivace
    4:22
  3. 3.
    Symphony no. 4 in A minor, op. 63: III. Il tempo largo
    11:24
  4. 4.
    Symphony no. 4 in A minor, op. 63: IV. Allegro
    11:05
  5. 5.
    Symphony no. 5 in E-flat major, op. 82: I. Tempo molto moderato
    13:21
  6. 6.
    Symphony no. 5 in E-flat major, op. 82: II. Andante mosso, quasi allegretto
    9:17
  7. 7.
    Symphony no. 5 in E-flat major, op. 82: III. Allegro molto
    8:56

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