Symphony No. 5 in F Major Op. 76
In nature’s realm Op. 91
Scherzo capriccioso Op. 66

Along the way, the Symphony No. 5 in F Major Op. 76, written in the summer of 1875, played a significant part. It is considered to be the first work in which Dvořák found his way to a new symphonic idiom. The inflections of Bohemian folklore are still noticeable, accompanied by almost Schubertian phrases. However, the early idols of the “New German School”, Franz Liszt and Richard Wagner, who had hitherto influenced his works, are relegated to the background. “A peace begins to prevail in Dvořák’s work which assuredly dominates the material from the consciousness of ability, the content of the work brightens and gains proportion, and the imperative of economical and expedient utilization takes over the means of expression.” Thus does the biographer Otokar Šourek describe this stylistic transformation. The fifth symphony is the first of the early symphonies to appear as a score during his lifetime, published by Simrock in 1887 (although only after the sixth and seventh, which explains the higher opus number).