Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1, 6 & 8 (recorded 2001)

Bonus:
Multi-Angle View: A complete performance of Symphony No 6 showing the maestro from the front (a musicians perspective)

"These 4 dvd's of the Beethoven Symphonies should be on any Abbado lover's rack. The sound and images are superb. A very emaciated Claudio Abbado gives the music all his talent, and the BPO responds and plays in typically superb style of the highest standard. The possibility of switching to the Orchestra's view of Abbado is amazing, and ideal for the Abbado worshippers. The performances are, in my opinion, better than the CD set by Abbado and the BPO."
(Amazon.com on the whole series)