ESSENTIAL BEETHOVEN (THE) (NTSC)

THE ESSENTIAL BEETHOVEN
(4 DVD Box set)

Leonore Overture No. 3, Op. 72b
Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125, "Choral"

Angela Denoke, soprano
Waltraud Meier, mezzo-soprano
Burkhard Fritz, tenor
René Pape, bass
West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim, conductor

Recorded live at the Philharmonie, Berlin, 27 August 2006

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Piano Concertos Nos. 4 and 5

Daniel Barenboim, piano and conductor
Stattskapelle Berlin

Recorded live at Jahrhunderthalle, Bochum, 21-23 May 2007
during the Klavier-Festival Ruhr

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String Quartet No. 4 in C minor, Op. 18, No. 4
String Quartet No. 7 in F major, Op. 59, No. 1, "Rasumovsky"
String Quartet No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 131

Juilliard String Quartet

Recorded at the Bibliotheksaal, Polling, Bavaria, 1976

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Fidelio

Leonore – Waltraud Meier
Florestan – Peter Seiffert
Rocco – Matti Salminen
Marzelline – Ildikó Raimondi
Jaquino – Rainer Trost
Don Pizarro – Juha Uusitalo
Don Fernando – Carsten Stabell

Valencia Regional Government Choir (Cor de la Generalitat Valenciana)
Valencian Community Orchestra (Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana)
Zubin Mehta, conductor

Pierluigi Pier'Alli, stage director

Recorded live from the Palau de les Arts "Reina Sofia", Valencia, Spain on October 2006.

Picture format: NTSC 16:9 (String Quartets, NTSC 4:3)
Sound format: PCM Stereo / Dolby Digital 5.1 / DTS 5.1
Region code: 0 (worldwide)
Subtitles: English, German, French, Spanish
Booklet notes: English, German, French
Running time: 437 mins
No. of DVDs: 4 (DVD 9)