[ EuroArts Blu-Ray / 3 Blu-ray Box Set ]
Release Date: Monday 2 February 2015
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Director: Jean-Pierre Ponnelle
New Release on Euroarts's new sub-label: Recorded Excellence - Historical Value. The aim of the new series is to make accessible to music lovers and collectors top-quality recordings documenting extra-special concert performances that were hitherto unreleased or were no longer available, either for the first time or as re-releases on DVD and Blu-ray Disc. The main focus is on artists and repertoire. The new series will showcase defining concert moments of music history.
True HD picture! Digitally remastered and restored from 35mm film. Including intensive and high-quality audio and visual restoration.
In this recording, seven-time GRAMMY® Award-winning pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim tackles the so-called 'New Testament' of music, Ludwig van Beethoven's thirty-two piano sonatas.
Composed over twenty-five years and embodying the shift of musical taste from the Classic to the Romantic, their performance requires a musician of extraordinary versatility.
Daniel Barenboim is one such pianist - his recordings run the gamut from Bach and Mozart to Bruckner and Bartók. In following in the footsteps of such masters as Artur Schnabel, Barenboim truly shows himself to be among the greatest living musicians.
Bonus: 10 min. Interview with Daniel Barenboim, Vienna 2012, about the recording and the production of the complete Beethoven Sonatas Cycle 1980 - 1984.
Special Digipak packaging in a luxury slipcase.
Picture format: 1080i Full HD 16:9
"if you're a fan of Beethoven's piano sonatas, and especially of Daniel Barenboim's performances, you'll want to own this, as there aren't many complete sets on film...This is a fine document of one of the best performers of Beethoven on piano." (MusicWeb)