This listing is for Mahler: Symphony 8: Wiener Philarmonic LD LaserDisc 1975 072 216-1.

Country: USA

Released: 1989

Publisher: Deutsche Grammophon

Price: 34.95 USD

UPC: 044007221617

Category: Classical

Color: Color

Length: 86 min.

Sides: 2

Chapter(s): ???

Size: 12"

Picture: Video

Ratio: 1.33:1

Plastic: Transparent

Cover: Standard  

Symphony no 8 is perhaps the most ambitious and complex symphonies ever composed. It is a very large scale choral work with three choirs, eight soloists, and a very large orchestra. It is a cornerstone for Mahler’s musical reflection on the meaning of life and death for the human spirit.

LaserDisc (LD) is a home video format and the first commercial optical disc storage medium, initially licensed, sold, and marketed as MCA DiscoVision (also known as simply "DiscoVision") in North America in 1978.  Although the format was capable of offering higher-quality video and audio than its consumer rivals, the VHS and Betamax videocassette systems, LaserDisc never managed to gain widespread use in North America, largely due to high costs for the players and video titles themselves and the inability to record TV programming. It also remained a largely obscure format in Europe and Australia. By contrast, the format was much more popular in Japan and in the more affluent regions of Southeast Asia, such as Hong Kong, Singapore, and Malaysia, being the prevalent rental video medium in Hong Kong during the 1990s. Its superior video and audio quality did make it a somewhat popular choice among videophiles and film enthusiasts during its lifespan.

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