Press release

Super Audio CD softwares, “SCHUBERT Arpeggione Sonata, etc. ROSTROPOVICH”, “PERGOLESI Stabat Mater, etc. ABBADO” and “ ‘Last Great Performances’ 1978-79 ORMANDY”will be released.

01-20-2025


TAMA, TOKYO, JAPAN, JANUARY 20, 2025 – Esoteric is proud to announce that three Super Audio CD softwares, “SCHUBERT Arpeggione Sonata, etc. ROSTROPOVICH”, “PERGOLESI Stabat Mater, etc. ABBADO” and “ ‘Last Great Performances’ 1978-79 ORMANDY” will be released.

 

 

SCHUBERT Arpeggione Sonata, etc. ROSTROPOVICH

Mstislav Rostropovich, Violoncello
Benjamin Britten, Piano
Recorded
  [Schubert] “The Maltings”, Concert Hall, Snape on 22-27 July 1968
  [Schumann, Debussy] Kingsway Hall, London on 19-21 July 1961

 

PERGOLESI Stabat Mater, etc. ABBADO

Margaret Marshall, Soprano
Lucia Valentini Terrani, Contralto
Leslie Pearson, Organ
London Symphony Orchestra
Ray Still, Oboe
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Claudio Abbado
Recorded
  [Pergolesi] Kingsway Hall, London on December 1983
  [Mozart] Orchestra Hall, Chicago on 1-5 March 1983

 

“Last Great Performances” 1978-79 ORMANDY

The Philadelphia Orchestra
Conducted by Eugene Ormandy
Recorded
 [Richard Strauss] November 24 1979
 [Hindemith] 25 February & 10 November 1978
 [Bartók] 18 & 20 November 1978
 [Sibelius] 20 February 1978
 [Barber] 25 February 1978
at the Old Metropolitan Opera House, Philadelphia

 

Esoteric Super Audio CD
Classical masterpiece collection
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 technology to improve sound quality. This series marks the first hybrid Super Audio CD release of historical recording selections that have been mainstays of the catalog since their initial release. These new audio versions feature ESOTERIC’s proprietary re mastering process to achieve the highest level of sound quality.

New Mastering Environment
The DSD mastering has been processed at the newly introduced the "ESOTERIC MASTERING CENTER", where deploys the latest X-series models from the flagship Grandioso as the core, including the Grandioso D1X, Grandioso C1X, and Grandioso G1X, in addition to the Grandioso S1, a pair of G-02X, MEXCEL cables, the MERGING PYRAMIX by ESOTERIC Original Tuned as DAW (Digital Audio Workstation)/Audio Interface cordinated by Mr. Tetsuya Kato, and re-mastered by Mr. Masaya Tohno under the supervision by Mr. Motoaki Ohmachi.

Links

PERGOLESI Stabat Mater, etc. ABBADO
SCHUBERT Arpeggione Sonata, etc. ROSTROPOVICH
“Last Great Performances” 1978-79 ORMANDY