Beethoven's 9th. > Kees Immink, Philips' chief engineer, who developed the CD, recalls that a commercial tug-of-war between the development partners, Sony and

Beethoven's 9th. > Kees Immink, Philips' chief engineer, who developed the CD, recalls that a commercial tug-of-war between the development partners, Sony and Philips, led to a settlement in a neutral 12-cm diameter format. The 1951 performance of the Ninth Symphony conducted by Furtwängler was brought forward as the perfect excuse for the change,[76][77] and was put forth in a Philips news release celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Compact Disc as the reason for the 74-minute length. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony_No._9_(Beethoven)#Compact_disc_format https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony_No._9_(Beethoven)#Com...