Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 5 and 8

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Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 (more info)
Performed by: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia British Symphony Orchestra Saarbrucken Radio Symphony Orchestra London Symphony Orchestra Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra London Philharmonic Orchestra NBC Symphony Orchestra South West German Radio Symphony Orchestra Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra Berlin State Opera Orchestra New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra Royal Flemish Philharmonic Orchestra Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra Ensemble Orchestral de Paris
Composed by: Stanislaw Skrowaczewski Rene Leibowitz Ludwig van Beethoven Richard Strauss Arturo Toscanini
Conducted by: Otto Klemperer Bertrand de Billy Bela Drahos Richard Edlinger Erich Kleiber John Nelson Bruno Weil Jeanne Lamon Roger Norrington Wilhelm Furtwangler Gerard Schwarz Felix Weingartner Walter Weller Arthur Nikisch Philippe Herreweghe Herbert Kegel Don Jackson
Recording date: 9 April 1933


1.   I. Allegro con brio - 6:44
2.   II. Andante con moto - 8:29
3.   III. Scherzo: Allegro - - 4:35
4.   IV. Finale: Allegro - 10:23


Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93 (more info)
Performed by: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia Saarbrucken Radio Symphony Orchestra Belgian Radio and Television Philharmonic Orchestra Concertgebouw Orchestra Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra NBC Symphony Orchestra South West German Radio Symphony Orchestra Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra Royal Flemish Philharmonic Orchestra Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra Ensemble Orchestral de Paris
Composed by: Stanislaw Skrowaczewski Hans Pfitzner Rene Leibowitz Ludwig van Beethoven Arturo Toscanini
Conducted by: Willem Mengelberg Bertrand de Billy Bela Drahos Richard Edlinger John Nelson Alexander Rahbari Roger Norrington Gerard Schwarz Felix Weingartner Philippe Herreweghe Herbert Kegel


5.   I. Allegro vivace e con brio - 8:32
6.   II. Allegro scherzando - 3:48
7.   III. Tempo di minuetto - 4:20
8.   IV. Allegro molto - 7:00

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