4 videodiscs (378 min) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in polychrome digital optical mixed LPCM NTSC video file DVD video
Target Audience Note:
CHVR: not rated
Other Title:
Additional title on container: Beethoven for all [DVD] Live from the 2012 BBC Proms [DVD] Barenboim on Beethoven [DVD] : nine symphonies that changed the world
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Decca: 074 3817 (074 3821--074 3824) Title from container Program notes by Jessica Duchen, in English with French and German translations (18 p.) inserted in container Documentary features Barenboim and the orchestra in China and South Korea, with commentary on the symphonies as well as the musicians' views on performing them West-Eastern Divan Orchestra ; Daniel Barenboim, conductor; with, in last movement of Symphony no. 9: Anna Samuil, soprano ; Waltraud Meier, mezzo-soprano ; Michael König, tenor ; René Pape, bass ; National Youth Choir of Great Britain Recorded at the BBC Proms, Royal Albert Hall, 2012 DVD; region 0; NTSC; widescreen (16:9) presentation; DTS 5.1 surround, LPCM stereo Symphony no. 9 sung in German, with optional German, English, and French subtitles; documentary in English, with optional German and French subtitles
Contents:
No. 1 in C major, op. 21 No. 8 in F major, op. 93 No. 9 in D minor, op. 125 No. 2 in D major, op. 36 No. 3 in E flat major, op. 55 : "Eroica" No. 4 in B flat major, op. 60 No. 5 in C minor, op. 67 No. 6 in F major, op. 68 : "Pastoral" No. 7 in A major, op. 92 Barenboim on Beethoven : Nine symphonies that changed the world / Rare Day for BBC, Unitel Classica ; produced and directed by Michael Waldman (89 min.)
