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Richard Wagner: Overtures, Preludes – von Karajan, Berliner Philharmoniker (2001) [2.0] PS3 ISO & FLAC

Posted By: VanPelten
Richard Wagner: Overtures,  Preludes – von Karajan, Berliner Philharmoniker (2001) [2.0] PS3 ISO & FLAC

Richard Wagner: Overtures, Preludes - von Karajan, Berliner Philharmoniker (2001) [2.0] PS3 ISO & FLAC
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 77:22 minutes | 3,33 GB
FLAC 2.0 Stereo (PS3 ISO extract / Weiss Saracon conversion) 24bit/88.2 kHz | 1.45 GB
Japan Esoteric Import | Year: 2001 | Full Scans | 5% Recovery Info

Esoteric have produced a remarkable transfer that preserves beautifully the hall sound, spatial information and detail. The brass and mass strings have excellent detail, revealing a lot of subtle harmonies and variation – a boon for anything Wagner. This contributes to an overall impression of sophistication and restraint and goes perfectly with Karajan's Wagner.

In comparison with other SACDs in the Esoteric reissue program, I find the sound to be equally remarkable in quality and character to the the finest recordings available of – the highest demonstration quality recordings to start with and will better the present recording on any format.

For the source material used in the remastering, the packaging states (in Japanese) "remastered from original analog master tapes". Based solely on the final merits Esoteric has splendidly succeeded. A must-have!
Richard Wagner: Overtures,  Preludes – von Karajan, Berliner Philharmoniker (2001) [2.0] PS3 ISO & FLAC

A note about the Esoteric EMI 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 (SACD) technology to improve sound quality. This series marks the first hybrid SACD release of two selections from EMI classics that have been mainstays of the catalog since their initial release on LP, until the present digital age of CD. These new audio versions feature DSD mastering of the original recordings.

Tracklist:
Richard Wagner
Overtures and Preludes
1. Prelude to Act 1 from “Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg”
2. Overture from “Tannhauser” (Paris Version)
3. Venusburg Music from “Tannhauser” (Paris Version)
4. Prelude to Act 1 from “Lohengrin”
5. Prelude to Act 3 from “Lohengrin”
6. Overture “Der Fliegende Hollander”
7. Prelude to Act 1 from “Tristan und Isolde”
8. Liebestod from “Tristan und Isolde”

Artists:

Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Chorus of Deutsche Oper Berlin, Herbert von Karajan
Recorded: 22 September & 1, 15-19 October 1974, Berlin

Re-mastering:
Producer: Motoaki Ohmachi (ESOTERIC COMPANY)
Mastering Engineer: Kazuie Sugimoto (JVC Mastering Center)

Richard Wagner: Overtures,  Preludes – von Karajan, Berliner Philharmoniker (2001) [2.0] PS3 ISO & FLAC


Disc Information:

Version: 1.20
Creation date: 2010-10-03
Catalog Number: ESSE-90046
Locale: en
Title: WAGNER OVERTURES & PRELUDES
Artist: Herbert von Karajan / Berliner Philharmoniker

Album Information:

Catalog Number:
Sequence Number: 1
Set Size: 1
Locale: en
Title: WAGNER OVERTURES & PRELUDES
Artist: Herbert von Karajan / Berliner Philharmoniker

Area count: 1
Area Information [0]:

Version: 1.20
Track Count: 8
Speaker config: 2 Channel
Track list [0]:
Title[0]: Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg: Vorspiel (Prelude), 1.Aufzug - Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg
Composer[0]: Herbert von Karajan / Berliner Philharmoniker
Title[1]: Tannhauser (Paris Version): Overture from Tannhauser (Paris Version)
Composer[1]: Herbert von Karajan / Berliner Philharmoniker
Title[2]: Tannhauser (Paris Version): Venusberg Music from Tannhauser (Paris Version)
Composer[2]: Herbert von Karajan / Berliner Philharmoniker
Title[3]: Lohengrin: Prelude to Act I from Lohengrin
Composer[3]: Herbert von Karajan / Berliner Philharmoniker
Title[4]: Lohengrin: Prelude to Act III from Lohengrin
Composer[4]: Herbert von Karajan / Berliner Philharmoniker
Title[5]: Der Fliegende Hollander: Overture from Der Fliegende Hollander
Composer[5]: Herbert von Karajan / Berliner Philharmoniker
Title[6]: Tristan und Isolde: Prelude (concert version: arr. Humperdinck) from Tristan und Isolde
Composer[6]: Herbert von Karajan / Berliner Philharmoniker
Title[7]: Tristan und Isolde: Liebestod (concert version: arr. Humperdinck) from Tristan und Isolde
Composer[7]: Herbert von Karajan / Berliner Philharmoniker
ISRC Track [0]:
Country: GB, Owner: AYC, Year: 10, Designation: 02046
ISRC Track [1]:
Country: GB, Owner: AYC, Year: 10, Designation: 02044
ISRC Track [2]:
Country: GB, Owner: AYC, Year: 10, Designation: 02045
ISRC Track [3]:
Country: GB, Owner: AYC, Year: 10, Designation: 02050
ISRC Track [4]:
Country: GB, Owner: AYC, Year: 10, Designation: 02052
ISRC Track [5]:
Country: GB, Owner: AYC, Year: 10, Designation: 02048
ISRC Track [6]:
Country: GB, Owner: AYC, Year: 10, Designation: 02054
ISRC Track [7]:
Country: GB, Owner: AYC, Year: 10, Designation: 02055

1) The ISO image was created using sacd-ripper for PS3 version 0.21.
2) The DSDIFF .dff files were extracted from the ISO using Scarletbook.
3) The DSDIFF files were temporarily converted to PCM using Weiss Saracon 1.61-27 with 0db gain.
4) The DSDIFF files were converted to PCM using Weiss Saracon with a clipping-free gain.
5) The .wav files were trimmed by 53 samples to remove the static click at the beginning and at the end while being converted to .flac.