On Beethoven's symphonies

On Beethoven's symphonies
(from: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?columnId=5477647)

Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125
one of the finest with Ode to Joy - a poem of Friedrich Schiller chorus in the symphony.
AKA choral symphony; runs to around 74 mins

Beethoven's Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93
classical in style

Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92
Performed to benefit soldiers

Beethoven's Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68
His full title was "Pastoral Symphony, or Recollections of Country Life." Beethoven publicly declared the
piece's "extramusical" purpose: an expression of nature.

Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67
- one of the greatest work of Beethoven

Symphony No. 4 in B Flat Major, Op. 60
More classical. Beethoven had a trend of keeping his even symphonies more classical in nature.

Symphony No. 3 in E Flat Major, Op. 55 - Eroica

Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 21

Beethoven's Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21
Beethoven's First Symphony, dedicated to Baron Gottfried Van Swieten, came at age 29.