Focus Edition ''Große Sinfonien'' (4 DVDs)

[darkehmen]

Here's something new. Sort of.

DG is releasing a 4 DVD set of "Große Sinfonien" under a special label called "Focus Edition":

www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0012NO8XO



Google translates the description in the following typically garbled way:

Focus DVD edition "Great symphonies" The successful cooperation with the FOCUS 2008 editorial goes further: With this FOCUS Edition "Big symphonies" will be sent directly to the success of the last edition "400 years opera" skupinami. This time with the best-known and most important symphonies of music history. On the occasion of his 100th Birthday this year, is devoted to this DVD edition 4 Herbert von Karajan genius as a conductor and director. On four discs, all productions from the legendary UNITEL DVD catalog, presents this edition symphonies by Beethoven, Brahms, Tchaikovsky and Bruckner, played by the Vienna Philharmonic and the Berlin Philharmonic under Karajan musical leadership and his picture directing.

So, 4 DVDs comprising selections from Unitel films of Beethoven, Brahms, Tchaikovsky and Bruckner symphonies.

I can't tell from the product description what makes this "Focus Edition" special. No mention of extras, nothing to warrant purchasing this collection if one already has, or plans to have, the separate DVD releases of the aforementioned symphonies.

If anyone does hear of anything notable about this "Focus Edition," something that might make it worth a purchase, please post here.

[Rosy]

Hello Darkehmen!!!

In my opinion, they are things that we have, with small modifications.
I don't know the Focus, that has the mark Unitel-DG
I don't understand more. There are many versions....The trouble is that we would like to have them all,I's right?
I try to know...
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Rosy

[Rosy]

Darkhemen,

Have you tried to look up:

www.focus-edition.de

Focus Edition, probably care edition luxury of record labels, important occasion such as Karajan Centenary......but I haven't seen the DVDs that interest you!

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Rosy