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* PolyGram presents Herbert von Karajan with a copy of the first "industrially produced" CD<ref>Ibid.</ref>, presumably manufactured at [[Hanover, Germany (PolyGram)|PolyGram's Hanover plant]]. The recording, Richard Strauss' ''Eine Alpensinfonie'', Op. 64, performed by the Berliner Philharmoniker with Karajan conducting, was publicly released as Deutsche Grammophon 400 039-2<ref>{{shtv thread|t|185443|Richard Strauss - Eine Alpensinfonie. H. v Karajan, 1982 DG original?}}</ref> in the initial European launch of the format. | * PolyGram presents Herbert von Karajan with a copy of the first "industrially produced" CD<ref>Ibid.</ref>, presumably manufactured at [[Hanover, Germany (PolyGram)|PolyGram's Hanover plant]]. The recording, Richard Strauss' ''Eine Alpensinfonie'', Op. 64, performed by the Berliner Philharmoniker with Karajan conducting, was publicly released as Deutsche Grammophon 400 039-2<ref>{{shtv thread|t|185443|Richard Strauss - Eine Alpensinfonie. H. v Karajan, 1982 DG original?}}</ref> in the initial European launch of the format. | ||
=== 1 October 1982 === | |||
* [[First commercial CD releases in Japan|First fifty CD titles]] released in Japan. | |||
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Revision as of 15:14, 7 April 2012
April 1981
- Europe's first public presentation of the CD format, made by Sony, Philips and PolyGram at the Salzburg Festival, at the invitation of the Herbert von Karajan Foundation[1].
Late Spring/Early Summer 1982
- PolyGram presents Herbert von Karajan with a copy of the first "industrially produced" CD[2], presumably manufactured at PolyGram's Hanover plant. The recording, Richard Strauss' Eine Alpensinfonie, Op. 64, performed by the Berliner Philharmoniker with Karajan conducting, was publicly released as Deutsche Grammophon 400 039-2[3] in the initial European launch of the format.
1 October 1982
- First fifty CD titles released in Japan.
References
- ^ "Karajan honored with CD"", Billboard, 10 July 1982
- ^ Ibid.
- ^ "Richard Strauss - Eine Alpensinfonie. H. v Karajan, 1982 DG original?" (Steve Hoffman Forums thread)