Beethoven's Fifth

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Mark Russell introduces a specially mixed, Sony Award-winning performance of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, reflecting its impact on the aural landscape of the late 20th century. Including Dai-Chi and Valentin (pianos), the training orchestra of the Central Music School, Oxford, Peter Schickele, the Vienna Philharmonic (conducted by Carlos Kleiber), Walter Murphy , the Orchestra of the 18th Century (conducted by Frans Brüggen), Les Quatre Barbus, the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Roaring Jelly, singing dogs and Leonard Bernstein. Producer Alan Hall First broadcast on BBC Radio 3 on 21 October 1996.