Esoteric Hybrid Double SACD - Richard Strauss - Also Sprach Zarathustra . The Philadelphia Orchestra with Eugene Ormandy

Esoteric Hybrid Double SACD - Richard Strauss - Also Sprach Zarathustra . The Philadelphia Orchestra with Eugene Ormandy

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Last Great Performances, 1978-79 ORMANDY , Richard Strauss Also Sprach Zarathustra, Op.30
Hindemith Symphonische Metamorphosen nach Themen von Carl Maria von Weber (1943), Bartók Music for Strings, Percussion & Celesta, Sz106, Sibelius The Swan of Tuonel

Limited Edition Hybrid SACD!

Featuring Esoteric's proprietary remastering process for superior sound quality!

Japanese pressing, deluxe Digi-pak packaging

Eugene Ormandy leads the Philadelphia Orchestra through works by Richard Strauss, Paul Hindemith, Béla Bartók, Jean Sibelius, and Samuel Barber. Recorded on November 24, 1979 (Disc 1, 1), February 25 and November 10, 1978 (Disc 1, 2-7), November 18 and 20, 1978 (Disc 2, 1-12), February 20, 1978 (Disc 2, 13-14), and February 25, 1978 (Disc 2, 15) at the Old Metropolitan Opera House, Philadelphia.

Re-mastering
Producer: Motoaki Ohmachi (Esoteric Company)
Associated Producer: Jo Yoshida (Esoteric Company)
Mastering Engineer: Masaya Tohno (Esoteric Company)

Features:
Limited Edition - One-Time Pressing
Double Disc 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
Japanese pressing

Musicians:

The Philadelphia Orchestra

Eugene Ormandy, Conductor


Disc 1 
Richard Strauss ( 1864-1949 ) 
1. Also Sprach Zarathustra, Op.30 Tondichtung für großes Orchester frei nach Friedrich Nietzsche

Paul Hindemith ( 1895-1963 ) 
Symphonische Metamorphosen nach Themen von Carl Maria von Weber ( 1943 ) 
2. I. Allegro
3. II. “Turandot, Scherzo”, Moderato – Lebhaft
4. III. Andantino
5. IV.Marsch

Disc 2 
Béla Bartók ( 1881-1945 ) 
Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, Sz106 
1. I. Andante tranquillo
2. II. Allegro
3. III. Adagio
4. IV. Allegro molto

"The Miraculous Mandarin"- Suite, Op.19, Sz.73 
5. I. Beginning
6. II. The curtain rises
7. III. First seduction game
8. IV. Second seduction game
9. V. Third seduction game
10. VI. The Mandarin enters
11. VII. Dance of the Girl
12. VIII. The chase - The Tramps Leap out

Jean Sibelius ( 1865-1957 ) 
Lemminkäinen Suite, Op.22 ( The Four Legends Op.22 ) 
13. II. The Swan of Tuonela
( Louis Rosenblatt, Cor anglaise )
14. IV. Lemminkäinen's Return

Samuel Barber ( 1910-1981 ) 
15. Adagio for Strings, Op.11