Claudio Abbado & London Symphony Orchestra Pergolesi Stabat Mater Hybrid Stereo SACD

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!
Claudio Abbado leads the London Symphony Orchestra in Pergolesi's Stabat Mater and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in Mozart's Oboe Concerto in C major. Recorded at the Kingsway Hall, London in December 1983, (Pergolesi), and the Orchestra Hall, Chicago on March 1-5, 1983 (Mozart).
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.
Re-mastering:
Producer: Motoaki Ohmachi (Esoteric Company)
Mastering Engineer: Masaya Touno (Esoteric Company)
Technical Manager: Tetsuya Kato (Esoteric Company)
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.

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 Digipak Packaging
• Made in Japan

Musicians:

Stabat Mater

• Margaret Marshall, soprano
• Lucia Valentini Terrani, contralto
• Leslie Pearson, organ

London Symphony Orchestra

• Claudio Abbado, conductor

Selections:

Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710-1736)
Stabat Mater Per Soprano, Contralto, Archi e Continuo
1. Duetto. Grave "Stabat Mater dolorosa"
2. Aria (Soprano). Andante amoroso "Cuius animam gementem"
3. Duetto. Larghetto "O quam tristis et afflicta"
4. Aria (Contralto). Allegro "Quae moerebat et dolebat"
5. Duetto. Largo - Allegro "Quis est homo, qui non fleret"
6. Aria (Soprano). A tempo giusto "Vidit suum dulcem natum"
7. Aria (Contralto). Andantino "Eia, Mater, fons amoris"
8. Duetto. Allegro "Fac, ut ardeat cor meum"
9. Duetto. A tempo giusto "Sancta Mater, istud agas"
10. Aria (Contralto). Largo "Fac, ut portem Christi mortem"
11. Duetto. Allegro (ma non troppo) "Inflammatus et accensus"
12. Duetto. Largo assai - Presto assai "Quando corpus morietur"
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Oboe Concerto In C Major, K.314 (285d)
13. Allegro aperto
14. Adagio ma non tropo
15. Rondeau (Allegro)