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)