Symphony no. 5 & no. 7

Album by Jean Sibelius & Hallé Orchestra & Sir John Barbirolli

Symphony No. 5 and Symphony No. 7 are orchestral works by Finnish composer Jean Sibelius, composed in 1915 (the Fifth later revised in 1919) and 1924 respectively. Musically they exemplify Sibelius's mature style — the Fifth is built from broad, fanfare-like motifs and sweeping orchestral textures that suggest a late-romantic grandeur, while the Seventh condenses his language into a single-movement form that emphasises motivic development, austere harmonies and a distinctive sense of structural concentration, marking an important stage in early twentieth-century symphonic writing.

Symphony no. 5 & no. 7 by Jean Sibelius - album cover

First released: 1967

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Symphony no. 5 in E-flat major, op. 82: I. Tempo molto moderato – Allegro moderato – Presto
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Symphony no. 5 in E-flat major, op. 82: II. Andate mosso, quasi allegretto
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Symphony no. 5 in E-flat major, op. 82: III. Allegro molto
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Symphony no. 7 in C major, op. 105