DVD + Blu-Ray:
Seiji Ozawa at the Matsumoto Festival

For the MATSUMOTO FESTIVAL in 2015/16, Japanese conducting legend Seiji Ozawa and the Saito Kinen Orchestra performed an all-Beethoven program.

Seiji Ozawa is not only a world-famous Japanese conductor, but also a founder and director of the Saito Kinen Festival Matsumoto, home of the Saito Kinen Orchestra, which in 2015 was renamed the Seiji Ozawa Matsumoto Festival (OMF). In this all-Beethoven program, Ozawa conducts the popular Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 2 & 7, performed with his fellow colleagues of the Saito Kinen Orchestra.

Original title Seiji Ozawa at the Matsumoto Festival
Genre Orchestral Music
Recording location Matsumoto, Japan
Production year 2015 & 2016
Duration 108 mins (83 mins Concert + 25 mins Bonus)
Video format DVD: NTSC – 16:9 | BD: Full HD – 16:9
Audio format DVD: PCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.0, dts 5.0 | BD: PCM Stereo, dts-HD Master Audio 5.0
Production Company EuroArts Music International; NHK, Japan; Seiji Ozawa Matsumoto Festival
Co-Production Company VEROZA Japan Company Ltd.
Composer Ludwig van Beethoven
Orchestra / Band Saito Kinen Orchestra
Conductor Seiji Ozawa
Choir OMF Chorus
Soloist Martha Argerich, Lydia Teuscher, Rie Miyake, Nathalie Stutzmann, Kei Fukui, Jean-Paul Fouchécourt, Matthias Goerne