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Symphony No. 5
by Jean Sibelius
The composer (c. 1918)
Key	E-flat major
Catalogue	Op. 82
Composed	1914 (1914)–1915, rev. 1916, 1918–1919
Publisher	Wilhelm Hansen (1921)
Duration	Approx. 31 mins.
Movements	3 (originally 4)
Premiere
Date	8 December 1915 (1915-12-08)
Location	Helsinki, Grand Duchy of Finland
Conductor	Jean Sibelius
Performers	Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

The Symphony No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 82, is a three-movement (originally in four movements) work for orchestra written from 1914 to 1915 by the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius. He revised it in 1916 and again from 1918 to 1919, at which point it reached its definitive form.

Sibelius's work on his Fifth, Sixth (Op. 104), and Seventh (Op. 105) symphonies overlapped, as he sorted his motifs and refined his symphonic ideals. In 1915, Sibelius completed the Symphony No. 5, which was then in four movements. However, in 1916, he substantially revised the piece, and by merging the first two movements, created a three-movement work. From 1918–1919, Sibelius undertook a second revision and produced the final, three-movement version of the Fifth. (Two ideas he considered but ultimately rejected were: first, to write an entirely new first movement; and second, to scrap Movements II–III.) The original 1915 version of the symphony is extant, while the intermediate 1916 version is—with the exception of a double bass part—lost.

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Discography

Main article: Discography of Sibelius symphony cycles

The sortable table below lists commercially available recordings of the Symphony No. 5.

No.	Conductor	Ensemble	Rec.	Time	Recording venue	Label	Ref.
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