Symphonies nos. 7 & 8

Album by Ludwig van Beethoven & Marlboro Festival Orchestra & Pau Casals

Symphonies Nos. 7 and 8 are orchestral works by Ludwig van Beethoven, composed in the early 1810s (1811–1813). They exemplify Beethoven's middle-period orchestral style, bridging late-Classical balance and emerging Romantic rhythmic drive with pronounced metres, vivid contrasts of tone and tempo, and concise formal gestures that contributed to subsequent developments in orchestral writing.

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  1. 1.
    Symphony no. 7 in A major, op. 92: I. Poco sostenuto; vivace
    12:39
  2. 2.
    Symphony no. 7 in A major, op. 92: II. Allegretto
    9:34
  3. 3.
    Symphony no. 7 in A major, op. 92: III. Presto - Assai meno presto
    10:52
  4. 4.
    Symphony no. 7 in A major, op. 92: IV. Allegro con brio
    7:35
  5. 5.
    Symphony no. 8 in F major, op. 93: I. Allegro vivace e con brio
    8:19
  6. 6.
    Symphony no. 8 in F major, op. 93: II. Allegretto scherzando
    3:43
  7. 7.
    Symphony no. 8 in F major, op. 93: III. Tempo di Menuetto
    4:38
  8. 8.
    Symphony no. 8 in F major, op. 93: IV. Allegro vivace
    8:11

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