Season 1 episodes2012-09-06

Season 1

"Beethoven: The Symphonies" is presented on Blu-ray courtesy of DRS and Da Capo with AVC encoded 1080p transfers in 1.78:1. You have to hunt a little bit, but on the back of the three cardboard sleeves attached to the left side of the inside of this somewhat oddly configured package is information detailing that everything save for Eine Alpensinfonie was captured in native 1080p, while the Strauss piece has been upscaled from standard definition (it's not just obvious from the rampant stair stepping and similar anomalies on display, but also from the fact that Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos is noticeably younger and more spry, and conducts that piece standing up). While the really wide shots taken from what looks like the second balcony of Copenhagen's new(ish) Concert Hall look fairly ragged.

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Episodes

Season 1

Episode 1

Symphony No. 1 in C major, op. 21 (1799/1800)

33m

Episode 2

Symphony No. 2 in D major, op. 36 (1801-1802)

48m

Episode 3

Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, op. 55 “Eroica” (1803-05)

56m

Episode 4

Symphony No. 4 in B-flat major, op. 60 (1806)

40m

Episode 5

Symphony No. 5 in C minor, op. 67 (1804-1808)

40m

Season 1

Season 1

Symphony No. 1 in C major, op. 21 (1799/1800)

Symphony No. 2 in D major, op. 36 (1801-1802)

Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, op. 55 “Eroica” (1803-05)

Symphony No. 4 in B-flat major, op. 60 (1806)

Symphony No. 5 in C minor, op. 67 (1804-1808)

Symphony No. 6 in F major, op. 68 “Pastoral” (1808)

Symphony No. 7 in A major, op. 92 (1811-1812)

Symphony No. 8 in F major, op. 93 (1812)

Symphony No. 9 in D minor, op. 125 « Choral » (1822-1824)

(Joaquín Rodrigo) Concierto de Aranjuez (1939)

(Hector Berlioz) Symphonie fantastique, op. 14 (1830)

(Richard Strauss) Eine Alpensinfonie, op. 64 (1911-1915)