Although I'm a big fan of operas I have been infatuated with Beethoven for quite some time, and his 5th symphony is my favorite classical composition next to Fur Elise. I can distinguish Symphony no. 5 as soon as the famous "short-short-short-long" motif begins in the string section, and even though I have heard this song countless times the changes in pace and volume take me on a roller coaster of emotions. Consisting of the four movements, Allegro con brio, Andante con moto, Scherzo Allegro, and Allegro, it's as if this song takes you through a story's highs and lows, and speeds up as the plot develops. In comparison, Mozart's Symphony 41 begins with a battle between piano and forte in the Allegro movement, which later flows into Andante
