Iván Fischer & Budapest Festival Orchestra - Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 5 (2019) [Official Digital Download 24/192]

Beethoven's First Symphony, though rooted in his classical examples Haydn and Mozart, was nothing less than a turning point in the symphonic tradition and can be seen as a fitting farewell to the eighteenth century, as an exploration of new horizons, and as an energetic statement conceived so as to surpass his esteemed predecessors. (…) The Fifth Symphony is the ultimate proof of Beethoven's immortality. For who does not know the world-famous theme? Short-short-short-long. According to his friend and first biographer Anton Schindler, these first bars signify fate knocking at the door. He records that the composer told him: 'I will grasp fate by the throat'. (from: liner notes by Clemens Romijn )

Tracklist:
01. Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21: I. Adagio molto – Allegro con brio
02. Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21: II. Andante cantabile con moto
03. Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21: III. Menuetto: Allegro molto e vivace
04. Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21: IV. Adagio – Allegro molto e vivace
05. Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67: I. Allegro con brio
06. Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67: II. Andante con moto
07. Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67: III. Scherzo: Allegro
08. Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67: IV. Allegro – Presto