Beethoven: 9 Symphonies[5 CD/Blu-ray Audio Combo];

There are few better places to start celebrating the legacy of Leonard Bernstein than with his legendary Complete Symphonies of Beethoven with the Wiener Philharmoniker, but offered as never before: not only in hardback edition with 5CDs plus 1 Blu-ray Audio disc in hi-resolution 192kHz/24-bit stereo sound, but also in 5.0 Surround Sound Audio.

• 5CDs + 1 Blu-ray Audio disc presenting Bernstein’s legendary Beethoven cycle with the Wiener Philharmoniker
• Remastered at 192kHz/24-bit
• The complete cycle is presented on one Blu-ray Audio disc in 5.0 Surround Sound + 5CDs
• Hardback book (English + German) with slipcase includes:
1 Transcripts of Bernstein’s introductions to the symphonies from his 1980 television broadcasts
2 An essay about Bernstein and Beethoven by Jed Distler

The Remastering and Surround Sound

• Quadraphonic audio was the earliest consumer product recorded and presented in surround sound. Deutsche Grammophon was one of a few labels who, in the 1970s, decided to embrace Quadrophonic recording
• Though quadrophonic releases were a commercial failure at the time they were issued – largely due to the high production costs and the costs of the playback equipment – present-day technology allows us to return to the original tapes and use the Blu-ray Audio format to present these recordings in high definition surround mixes
• The remastering and remixing has been done in 24 bit / 192 kHz in 5.0 surround by Polyhymnia in the Netherlands.