Featuring ESOTERICÂ’s Proprietary Re-Mastering Process to Achieve the Highest Level of Sound Quality!
Japanese Pressing, Deluxe Digi-pak Packaging, THE definitive Classical Performance on SACD!
Herbert von Karajan conducts the Wiener Philharmoniker in Anton Bruckner's Symphony No. 8 in C minor.
The reissue of classical music masterpieces by ESOTERIC has attracted a lot of attention, both for its uncompromising commitment to recreating the original master sound, and for using hybrid Super Audio CD (SACD) technology to improve sound quality. This series marks the first hybrid SACD release of historical recording selections that have been mainstays of the catalog since their initial release.
Experience the legendary performance in this new Super Audio CD/CD format. Not only for new followers, but also for well experienced followers of these recorded materials. All will be equally impressed by the "soul" hidden within the notes, but never before found in previously released recordings in any format.
Technical:
The criterion of re-mastering is to faithfully capture the quality of the original master. ESOTERICÂ’s flag ship D/A converters, model D-01VU, Rubidium master clock generator model Grandioso G1 and ESOTERIC MEXCEL interconnect cables and power cords, were all used for this re-mastering session. This combination of highly advanced technology greatly contributed to capturing the high quality sound of the original master.
Remastering:
Producer: Motoaki Ohmachi (ESOTERIC COMPANY)
Mastering Engineering: Kazuie Sugimoto (JVC Mastering Center Daikanyama Studio)
Esoteric Equipment list for this re-mastering:
• D-01VU (D/A Converters)
• Grandioso G1 (Rubidium Master Clock Generator)
• ESOTERIC Mexcel Cables
" . . . a wonderful reading it is, as authoritative as its predecessors and every bit as well played but somehow more profound, more humane, more lovable . . . at its best, the recording surges with an almost animal impulse that recreates the pull of a live performance and puts most recordings -- by anyone, including Karajan himself in the shade." - Richard Osborne, Peter Quantrill, Christian Hoskins, Gramophone, March 2016
" . . . this 1988 Karajan account holds a special place . . . it was in the Eighth Symphony that, for me, Karajan achieved the greatest recording of his last decade . . . Whether one comes to this performance as a doubter or believer, an impalpable 'something' runs through it that no other modern recording has." - Huntley Dent, Fanfare, August 2016
Features:
• Super Audio CD
• SACD Stereo SACD Layer
• This Hybrid SACD contains a 'Red Book' Stereo CD Layer which is playable on most conventional CD Players!
• DSD Mastering
• Made in Japan
• Deluxe, Full-Color High-Quality Digi-pak Gatefold Packaging
Musicians:
Wiener Philharmoniker
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
Selections:
Anton Bruckner (1824-1896)
Symphony No. 8 in C minor
Version: 1890, Edition: Robert Haas
1. I. Allegro moderato
2. II. Scherzo. Allegro moderato - Trio. Langsam
3. III. Adagio. Feierlich langsam, doch nicht schleppend
4. IV. Finale. Feierlich, nicht schnell
Recorded: November 1988, Wien, Musikverein, Grosser Saal
Japanese Pressing, Deluxe Digi-pak Packaging, THE definitive Classical Performance on SACD!
Herbert von Karajan conducts the Wiener Philharmoniker in Anton Bruckner's Symphony No. 8 in C minor.
The reissue of classical music masterpieces by ESOTERIC has attracted a lot of attention, both for its uncompromising commitment to recreating the original master sound, and for using hybrid Super Audio CD (SACD) technology to improve sound quality. This series marks the first hybrid SACD release of historical recording selections that have been mainstays of the catalog since their initial release.
Experience the legendary performance in this new Super Audio CD/CD format. Not only for new followers, but also for well experienced followers of these recorded materials. All will be equally impressed by the "soul" hidden within the notes, but never before found in previously released recordings in any format.
Technical:
The criterion of re-mastering is to faithfully capture the quality of the original master. ESOTERICÂ’s flag ship D/A converters, model D-01VU, Rubidium master clock generator model Grandioso G1 and ESOTERIC MEXCEL interconnect cables and power cords, were all used for this re-mastering session. This combination of highly advanced technology greatly contributed to capturing the high quality sound of the original master.
Remastering:
Producer: Motoaki Ohmachi (ESOTERIC COMPANY)
Mastering Engineering: Kazuie Sugimoto (JVC Mastering Center Daikanyama Studio)
Esoteric Equipment list for this re-mastering:
• D-01VU (D/A Converters)
• Grandioso G1 (Rubidium Master Clock Generator)
• ESOTERIC Mexcel Cables
" . . . a wonderful reading it is, as authoritative as its predecessors and every bit as well played but somehow more profound, more humane, more lovable . . . at its best, the recording surges with an almost animal impulse that recreates the pull of a live performance and puts most recordings -- by anyone, including Karajan himself in the shade." - Richard Osborne, Peter Quantrill, Christian Hoskins, Gramophone, March 2016
" . . . this 1988 Karajan account holds a special place . . . it was in the Eighth Symphony that, for me, Karajan achieved the greatest recording of his last decade . . . Whether one comes to this performance as a doubter or believer, an impalpable 'something' runs through it that no other modern recording has." - Huntley Dent, Fanfare, August 2016
Features:
• Super Audio CD
• SACD Stereo SACD Layer
• This Hybrid SACD contains a 'Red Book' Stereo CD Layer which is playable on most conventional CD Players!
• DSD Mastering
• Made in Japan
• Deluxe, Full-Color High-Quality Digi-pak Gatefold Packaging
Musicians:
Wiener Philharmoniker
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
Selections:
Anton Bruckner (1824-1896)
Symphony No. 8 in C minor
Version: 1890, Edition: Robert Haas
1. I. Allegro moderato
2. II. Scherzo. Allegro moderato - Trio. Langsam
3. III. Adagio. Feierlich langsam, doch nicht schleppend
4. IV. Finale. Feierlich, nicht schnell
Recorded: November 1988, Wien, Musikverein, Grosser Saal
