Limited Edition Hybrid SACD!
Featuring ESOTERIC's Proprietary Re-Mastering Process to Achieve the Highest Level of Sound Quality!
Japanese Pressing, Deluxe Digipak Packaging, THE Definitive Classical Performance on SACD!
Valery Gergiev conducts the Kirov Orchestra at Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg in Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring, plus Scriabin's The Poem of Ecstasy and Prometheus.
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.
Experience by yourself...
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.
ESOTERIC equipment used for re-mastering
The criterion of re-mastering is to faithfully capture the quality of the original master. ESOTERIC's flag ship D/A converters, model Grandioso D1X, Master clock generator model Grandioso G1X 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.
Re-mastering:
Producer: Motoaki Ohmachi (ESOTERIC COMPANY)
Mastering Engineer: Masaya Tohno (ESOTERIC COMPANY)
Technical Manager: Tetsuya Kato (ESOTERIC COMPANY)
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 with OBI Strip
- Made in Japan
Musicians
Kirov Orchestra | |
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Valery Gergiev | conductor |
Alexander Toradze | piano |
Kirov Chorus |
Selections
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
Le Sacré du printemps (The Rite of Spring)
Part 1: L'Adoration de la Terre
- Introduction
- Les Augures printaniers - Danses des adolescentes
- Jeu du rapt
- Rondes printanières
- Jeu des cités rivales
- Cortège du sage
- Le sage
- Danse de la terre
Part 2: Le Sacrifice
- Introduction
- Cercles mystérieux des adolescents
- Glorification de l'élue
- Évocation des ancêtres
- Action rituelle des ancêtres
- Danse sacrale
Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915)
- Le Poème de l'extase, Op. 54
- Prométhée - le Poème du feu, Op. 60