Recorded live at the Wiener Musikvereinssaal, 1986, 1987, 1988 and 1990.
Picture format: NTSC 4:3 Sound format: PCM Stereo 2.0 / DTS 5.1 Region code: 0 (worldwide) Booklet notes: English, German, French Running time: 166 mins No. of DVDs: 2 (DVD 9 + DVD 5)
In the mid 1980s, Unitel began recording a complete cycle of Sibelius symphonies with Leonard Bernstein and the Vienna Philharmonic. Bernstein´s death in 1990 unfortuantely cut short this project after the release of Symphonies Nos. 1, 2, 5 and 7. Recorded live at Vienna´s Musikverein, these ecstatic performances were the object of stellar reviews. On this double-disc set, Bernstein´s unique and by now legendary interpretations of Sibelius are released for the first time on DVD.