DVD9 | VIDEO_TS | 16:9 | 720x480 | 4462 kbps | 81 min | 7.93 Gb
Audio 1: AC3 6 ch @ 448 Kbps | Audio 2: DTS 6 ch @ 754 Kbps | Audio 3: PCM 2 ch @ 1536 Kbps
Subtitles: Deutsch, English, France, Espanol, Italiano
Classical
This DVD ends the series with symphonies Nos. 4 and 7, recorded live at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome in February 2001. As a special feature, it offers the multi-angle “Conductor Camera” in the latter symphony which shows the maestro from the perspective of the musicians. And as a further bonus it also comprises the half-hour interview film “Abbado on Beethoven”. Each of the symphonies is a masterpiece in itself – they are all quite different, each representing the composer’s musical idiom at a particular stage in his development. The Symphony No. 4 was written in 1806 and – although musically strong – counts among the lesser played of Beethoven's symphonies. The Symphony No. 7 was premiered 1813 and is regarded to identify a new stage in Beethoven’s composing as classical elements intertwine with romantic ones.