Beethoven, Symphonies No. 7 & No. 8

While the Seventh Symphony quickly overshadowed the Eighth in popularity and number of performance, both works reveal the composer in the third and most masterful period of his career. They offer up a music of pure Beethovenian ambition, beauty, humour, and relentless energy that thrills and fascinates audiences to this day, here under the amazing direction of Gustavo Dudamel.