English Baroque Soloists Handel Water Music & Music For The Royal Fireworks Hybrid Stereo Japanese Import SACD

English Baroque Soloists

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SKU:

ESOSA90242

UPC:

4907034223732

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Description

Limited Edition Hybrid SACD!
Featuring ESOTERIC'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!

Handel's Water Music and Music for the Royal Fireworks, performed by the English Baroque Soloists on period instruments, conducted by John Eliot Gardiner. Recorded in February 1991 at Abbey Road Studios in London (Water Music) and June 15-16, 1983, at Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London (Royal Fireworks).

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 main stays 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.

Re-mastering:
SACD Producer: Motoaki Ohmachi (ESOTERIC COMPANY)
SACD Re-mastering Engineer: Masaya Higashino (JVC Mastering Center Daikanyama Studio)
SACD Authoring: Atsuo Fujita (Ef Limited)

Features

Limited Edition - One Time Pressing
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
Deluxe digipack packaging
Made in Japan

Musicians

English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner	conductor

Selections

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)

Water Music

Appendix

11.without indication [Variant in F major,HWV 331/1] Suite No.1 in F major, HWV 348
1. Ouverture (Largo- Allegro)
2. Adagio e staccato
3. Allegro
4. Andante
3. without indication (da capo)
5. Presto
6. Air
7. Minuet
8. Bourree / 9. Hornpipe
10. without indication

Appendix

12. Alla Hornpipe [Variant in F major, HWV 331/ Suite No.3 in G major, HWV 350
16. without indication
17. Rigaudon / 18. without indication
19. Menuet / 20. without indication
21. without indication / 22. without indication

Suite No.2 in D major, HWV 349

11. Allegro
12. Alla Hornpipe
13. Minuet
14. Lentement
15. Bourree

Music for the Royal Fireworks HWV 351

1. Ouverture (Adagio Allegro Lentement Allegro)
2. Bourree
3. La paix
4. La Rejouissa
5. Menuet I-II