II. Andante cantabile con moto

Beethoven: Symphony No. 1. His First symphony fully lives up to the standards set by Haydn, and it quickly became popular after its first performance, since when it has always remained a standard part of the symphonic repertoire.
Classics Today 10/10, highest rating: 'Osmo Vänskä's Beethoven cycle with his own Minnesota Orchestra represents a triumph of basic musical values as much as keen interpretive insight'.