Symphonies

SYMPHONIES

► SYMPHONY No.1 in C, op.21

01. Adagio molto - Allegro con brio

02. Andante cantabile con moto

03. Menuetto: Allegro molto e vivace

04. Finale: Adagio - Allegro molto e vivace

Dedication: Freiherr Gottfried van Swieten

F.P.: April 2, 1800

Orch: 2 Fl., 2 Ob., 2 Cl., 2 Bsn. / 2 Hrn., 2 Tpt. / Timp. / Str.

Duration: c.28 Min.

Composed: 1800

Autograph: lost

► SYMPHONY No.2 in D, op.36

01. Adagio molto - Allegro con brio

02. Larghetto

03. Scherzo: Allegro - Trio

04. Allegro molto

Dedication: Fürst C. von Lichnowsky

F.P.: April 5, 1803

Orch: 2 Fl., 2 Ob., 2 Cl., 2 Bsn. / 2 Hrn., 2 Tpt. / Timp. / Str.

Duration: c.36 Min.

Composed: 1801-2

Autograph: lost

► SYMPHONY No.3 in Eb, op.55, "Eroica"

01. Allegro con brio

02. Marcia funebre

03. Scherzo: Allegro vivace - Trio

04. Finale: Allegro molto - Poco andante - Presto

Dedication: Fürst F. J. von Lobkowitz

F.P.: Theater an der Wein in Vienna; April 7, 1805

Orch: 2 Fl., 2 Ob., 2 Cl., 2 Bsn. / 3 Hrn., 2 Tpt. / Timp. / Str.

Duration: c.50 Min.

Composed: 1803

Autograph: lost (handwritten copy with corrections in Beethoven's hand - Archiv der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde, Wien)

► SYMPHONY No.4 in Bb, op.60

01. Adagio - Allegro Vivace

02. Adagio

03. Menuetto: Allegro vivace - Trio: Un poco meno allegro - Tempo I

04. Allegro ma non troppo

Dedication: Graf F. von Oppersdorff

F.P.: March 1807

Orch: 1 Fl., 2 Ob., 2 Cl., 2 Bsn. / 2 Hrn., 2 Tpt. / Timp. / Str.

Duration: c.33 Min.

Composed: 1806

Autograph: Staatsbibliothek Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin

► SYMPHONY No.5 in c, op.67

01. Allegro con brio

02. Andante con moto - Piu mosso - Tempo I

03. Allegro

05. Allegro - Presto

Dedication: F. J. von Lobkowitz and Graf A. von Rasumovsky

F.P.: Theater an der Wein in Vienna; December 22, 1808

Orch: 2 Fl., 1 Pic., 2 Ob., 2 Cl., 2 Bsn., 1 CBsn. / 2 Hrn., 2 Tpt., 3 Tbn. / Timp. / Str.

Duration: c.30 Min.

Composed: 1807-8

Autograph: Staatsbibliothek Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin

► SYMPHONY No.6 in F, op.68 "Pastoral" / Recollections of Country Life

01. Awakening the cheerful feelings on arrival in the country [Allegro ma non troppo]

02. Scene by the Brook [Andante molto mosso]

03. Merry Gathering of the Countryfolk [Scherzo. Allegro]

05. Thunderstorm [Allegro]

06. Shepherd's song. Happy and grateful feelings after the storm [Allegretto]

Dedication: F. J. von Lobkowitz and Graf A. von Rasumovsky

F.P.: December 22, 1808

Orch: 2 Fl., 1 Pic., 2 Ob., 2 Cl., 2 Bsn. / 2 Hrn., 2 Tpt., 2 Tbn. / Timp. / Str.

Duration: c.40 Min.

Composed: 1808

Autograph: Beethoven-Haus, Bonn

► SYMPHONY No.7 in A, op.92

01.Poco sostenuto - Vivace

02. Allegretto

03. Presto - Assai meno presto

04. Allegro con brio

Dedication: Moritz Reichsgraf von Fries

F.P.: University of Vienna; December 8, 1813

Orch: 2 Fl., 2 Ob., 2 Cl., 2 Bsn. / 2 Hrn., 2 Tpt. / Timp. / Str.

Duration: c.38 Min.

Composed: 1811-12

Autograph: Biblioteka Jagiellónska, Cracow

► SYMPHONY No.8 in F, op.93

01.Allegro vivace e con brio

02. Allegretto scherzando

03. Tempo di Menuetto

04. Allegro vivace

Dedication: None

F.P.: February 27, 1814

Orch: 2 Fl., 2 Ob., 2 Cl., 2 Bsn. / 2 Hrn., 2 Tpt. / Timp. / Str.

Duration: c.26 Min.

Composed: 1812

Autograph: I,II Staatsbibliothek Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin - III,IV Biblioteka Jagiellónska, Cracow

► SYMPHONY No.9 in d, op.125 "Choral"

01.Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso

02. Molto Vivace

03. Adagio molto e cantabile

04. Finale: Presto

Dedication: König Friedrich Wilhelm III. von Preußen

F.P.: Kärntnertortheater in Vienna; May 7, 1824

Orch: 2 Fl., 1 Pic., 2 Ob., 2 Cl., 2 Bsn., 1 CBsn. / 4 Hrn., 2 Tpt., 3 Tbn. / Timp., Triangle, Bass Drum, Cymbals / Str. / Soloists: S,A,T,B / Choir: S,A,T,B

Text: "An die Freude", written by Friedrich Schiller

Approx.: 68 Min.

Composed: 1822-4

Autograph: Deutsche Staatsbibliothek, Berlin

► "Wellington's Sieg", op.91 / "Battle Symphony"

Dedication: Prince Regent, later George IV of the United Kingdom

F.P.:

F.P.: Vienna, December 8, 1813

Orch: 2 Fl.+ 1 Pic., 2 Ob., 2 Cl., 2 Bsn., 1 CBsn. / 4 Hrn., 6 Tpt., 3 Tbn. / Timp., Perc. / Str.

Duration: c.16 Min.

Composed: 1813

Autograph: