Abbey Road Studios large garden behind the townhouse, which permitted a much larger building to be constructed to the rear; thus, the Georgian façade belies the true dimension of the building. Pathé filmed the opening of the studios in November 1931 when Edward Elgar conducted the London Symphony Orchestra in recording sessions of his music. In 1934, the inventor of stereo sound, Alan Blumlein, recorded Mozart's "Jupiter Symphony" which was conducted by Thomas Beecham at the studios. The neighbouring house is also owned by the studio and used to house musicians. During the mid-20th century, the studio was extensively used by leading British
Final Symphony Philharmonie Reutlingen at the Stadthalle Reutlingen, the "Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra" at the "Konserthuset Stockholm" and the Dortmunder Philharmoniker at the Theater Dortmund, among others. On December 13, 2014, Merregnon Studios announced that they would be producing an album for the concert, to be published the following year. Unlike prior Merregnon Studios concert albums, the "Final Symphony" album would not be a recording of one of the performances but would instead be a studio recording of the London Symphony Orchestra at Abbey Road Studios, produced especially for the album. The version of the concert recorded was the one used in