Symphony no. 5 in E-flat / Night-ride and Sunrise

Album by Jean Sibelius & Philharmonia Orchestra & Simon Rattle

Symphony No. 5 in E-flat major and the tone poem Night‑Ride and Sunrise are orchestral works by Finnish composer Jean Sibelius, composed in 1915 and 1899 respectively. Both pieces exemplify Sibelius's late‑Romantic to early‑modern orchestral language — the symphony unfolds through expansive, fanfare‑like motifs and evolving sonorities while the tone poem uses orchestral colour and rhythmic momentum to evoke nocturnal motion and a dramatic dawn, reflecting key developments in his career as he consolidated a distinctive national and personal voice in European music.

Symphony no. 5 in E-flat / Night-ride and Sunrise by Sibelius - album cover

First released: 1982

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1.
Night-ride and Sunrise op. 55
14:28
2.
Symphony no. 5: I. Tempo molto moderato - Allegro moderato - Presto
13:39
3.
Symphony no. 5: II. Andante mosso, quasi allegretto / III. Allegro molto
17:51