Well, here it is, finally! Surround Sound Fans have been waiting for it for a long time: the Auryn Quartet's fourth and last volume of the Beethoven string quartets (released as CD a long time ago), is now also available as DVD-Audio. There are two versions: TACET Real Surround Sound and Moving Real Surround Sound. Reviews of Beethoven Vols. 1 - 3 differed greatly, ranging from "sound as though played in the next room" to complete enthusiasm. Many of the customers who have been asking for years for Vol. 4 say that they do not care about the format of the recording. If necessary they are willing to purchase a new player. Regardless of how any listener judges these two presentations of Beethoven's music, I venture to say that nobody interested in classical music and in the development of recording aesthetics can avoid listening to this recording. You may dislike it. But you have to listen to it. klassik.com (11/11/2010):
Beethoven in anderen SphärenDas Auryn-Quartett schließt seinen Beethoven-Zyklus ab und legt eine letzte quasi doppelte Einspielung vor: Auf der DVD finden sich die "gewöhnlichen" Interpretationen und anschließend eine Fassung im "Moving Real Surround Sound". more...