VSL announces Appassionata Strings and US Price Increase

At NAMM, Vienna Symphonic Library has announced the release of the Appassionata Strings Vienna Instrument (Win / Mac; VST / AU), plus the previously announced Bösendorfer Imperial, and the Vienna Konzerthaus Organ.

Appassionata Strings: As the name suggests, these string ensembles are passionate, offering a lush, broad and emotive cinematic sound. The large ensembles of 20 violins, 14 violas, 12 cellos and 10 basses integrate into a variety of musical styles, from pop and rock environments to symphonic arrangements, from emotional ballads to films, from pure string beds to complete orchestral scores. Pricing starts at €495.

US Dollar price increases begin February 15, 2007
The Vienna Symphonic Library is very careful to make sure that no particular market has a price advantage over another; that no customer, dealer, or distributor has the upper hand because of where they live. Over the past year, the US Dollar has continued its decline against the Euro and other currencies around the world, which has necessitated an adjustment of US Dollar pricing on all Vienna Instruments, to help return international pricing of these products to relative equilibrium.

Beginning February 15, 2007 the retail prices of all Vienna Instruments products, including Standard and Extended Libraries, will increase approximately 10 per cent.