The Fifth was almost the last Mahler symphony I came to grips with. I always found it peculiarly difficult. I first heard it when my father went to America in the early 1960s and came back with a copy ...

Andris Nelsons releases Mahler’s Symphony No. 5 before Deutsche Grammophon’s complete cycle arrives in October.

Although the Fifth Symphony is considered one of Beethoven's greatest musical works, at the time of its premiere the composer's contemporaries were still smitten with his Third Symphony (the "Eroica") ...

It's one of the most famous musical passages ever written. Ludwig van Beethoven starts his Fifth Symphony with four percussive notes, then spends the next four movements inventing new ways to make ...

The South Dakota Symphony Orchestra performs Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 by Ludwig van Beethoven. The performance was recorded live in the Mary W. Sommervold Hall at the Washington Pavilion, ...

Symphony No. 5 Osmo Vänskä, Conductor Lahti Symphony Orchestra Jean Sibelius, Composer En Saga Jean Sibelius, Composer Lahti Symphony Orchestra Osmo Vänskä, Conductor Every so often a CD appears which ...

Mahler's Symphony No. 5 is a huge work, lasting over an hour and travelling through a wide range of emotions. There is a peculiar genius about an artist who can make one enjoy a little sadness. Mahler ...

Sarah Devonald chooses her favourite recording of Schubert Symphony No. 5 in B flat major, D. 485. When he wrote his fifth symphony at the age of 19, Schubert was working unhappily as an assistant ...