[ Deutsche Grammophon Blu-ray audio in Dolby Atmos / 2 Blu-Ray Audio ]
Release Date: Friday 1 November 2019
"Beethoven is in no way déjà vu to Karajan, as this set gloriously proves" - Richard Osborne (Gramophone)
Karajan's legendary 1975-77 Beethoven Symphony Cycle, remastered for the first time in DOLBY ATMOS by Emil Berliner Studios allowing the most extraordinary realism ever heard outside of a 'live' performance.
Two Blu-ray Audio discs presenting the complete cycle in three new remasterings:
Dolby Atmos at 24bit/48kHz
Stereo 2.0 at 24bit/192kHz
Surround 5.1 at 24bit/192KHz
Included are two rare interviews with Herbert von Karajan from the original 1970s vinyl box (both mono):
Das Interview - Herbert von Karajan im Gespräch mit Joachim Kaiser
Karajan in conversation - with Richard Osborne
Digipack with 40pp booklet in English and German presenting the original liner notes from Richard Osborne, Franz Endler and Stefan Kunze and many rare pictures of the Berliner Philharmoniker.
Grammy Award Winning Cycle: Winner of "Best Orchestral Performance" - 1978. Nominated for "Classical Album of the Year" - 1978.