A separate audio CD with studio versions of these tracks, also called Symphonic, was also released at the same time: 1 February 2008, a few days before the tenth anniversary of the singer's death.
[1] Following Falco's death in 1998, Rabitsch continued to entertain the idea of releasing the performance and in 2006 began work on the project.
Extensive editing was undertaken to overcome the poor quality of the video and members of the orchestra were even filmed in front of a green screen during the new recording to render close-ups the classical instruments.
Sony Music bought the rights to the project and in 2008, two products were released: a DVD with the Rabitsch-reconstructed "live" video in 2.0 stereo and 5.1 surround mixes and sound and an audio CD with the newly recorded audio mixed with Falco's vocals from the original studio recordings of his songs.
[1] However, the three songs ("Der Kommissar, "Die König von Eschnapur" and "Europa") that were not played at the 1994 concert featured a completely new orchestral sound.
[1] Samir H. Köck for Die Presse asks, "Would [Falco] have ever released an orchestral 'Live in Wiener Neustadt' record?