Symphony no. 6 "Pastorale"

Album by Ludwig van Beethoven & Columbia Symphony Orchestra & Bruno Walter

Symphony No. 6 'Pastoral' is the sixth symphony by Ludwig van Beethoven, completed and first performed in 1808. The work is a programme symphony from Beethoven's middle period that evokes rural life and nature through lyrical melodies, distinctive orchestral colour and a five-movement structure, and it occupies a prominent place in the transition from Classical to Romantic orchestral practice.