CHRISTIAN THIELEMANN CONDUCTS BEETHOVEN

Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125, “Choral”

Annette Dasch, soprano
Mihoko Fujimura, mezzo-soprano
Piotr Beczala, tenor
Georg Zeppenfeld, bass

Wiener Singverein
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Christian Thielemann, conductor

Recorded live at the Goldener Saal der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde, Vienna

DISCOVERING BEETHOVEN – Symphony No. 9

In an one-hour-long film Maestro Thielemann and Joachim Kaiser discuss and analyze in an entertaining conversational exchange Thielemann’s interpretation, complemented by excerpts from rehearsals as well as by comparisons of Beethoven cycles with Karajan, Bernstein and Järvi.

Picture format: NTSC 16:9
Sound format: PCM Stereo / DTS 5.0
Region code: 0 (worldwide)
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish, Italian, Korean, Chinese, Japanese
Running time: 80 mins (concert) + 58 mins (documentary)
No. of DVDs: 1 (DVD 9)