Ernest Ansermet & L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande Mussorgsky-Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition & Liszt The Huns

Esoteric Masterpiece Collection Limited Edition 180g Vinyl LP!
Remastered from the Original Master Tapes!
Italian chamber orchestra I Musici performs Antonio Vivaldi's Le quattro stagioni with Felix Ayo on violin. Recorded April 29 - May 6, 1959 in Vienna.
Ernest Ansermet conducts L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande in Modest Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition and Liszt's The Huns. Orchestration by Maurice Ravel. Recorded November 1-7, 1959 and April 18-21, 1959 at Victoria Hall in Geneva, Switzerland.
Producing the analog vinyl records under the best available condition
The analog vinyl records of the "Masterpiece Collection" have been reissued by remastering the original master tapes, exclusive for the vinyl records. The mastering process employs the newly established "Esoteric Mastering" system, including Esoteric's top-of-the-line equipment "Master Sound Discrete DAC" and "Master Sound Discrete Clock." In addition, the Mexcel cables are sparingly employed to achieve flawless high-quality sound as the master data.
The Analog cutting process has been performed at Mixer's Lab in Tokyo employing the Neumann VMS80 cutting lathe, a famous machine manufactured in West Germany in the golden era of the analog audio, of which only two remain in Japan.
The "Esoteric Mastering" equipment is also employed to send out master data for the analog cutting machine. Collaborating with the Mixer'S LAB, the "Esoteric Mastering" equipment was brought into their cutting room and connected the output directly to the Neumann SP79C cutting console. The "Esoteric Mastering" sound is sent directly to the cutting process bypassing the equalizer section of the console. The cutting process is performed by Mr. Katsutoshi Kitamura, a cutting engineer at Mixer's Lab, and he put his master craftsman skills into the master disc.
Analog Cutting Equipment:
Cutting Lathe: Neumann VMS80
Cutting Console: Neumann SP79C
Cutter Amp: Neumann SAL74B
Cutter Head: Neumann SX74
Today, it is rare to cut a lacquer disc just for audition purposes, as only master discs are cut for record pressing. However, in order to pursue sound quality, Esoteric created a number of lacquer discs with different transmission methods to the console.
Those lacquer discs created were taken back to the Esoteric Mastering Center to be auditioned and sound quality checked on Esoteric's Grandioso T1 analog turntable to determine the best transmission method.
This is how Esoteric created vinyl records extending the information contained in the original master tape, with a focus on the analog sound.
Producer: Motoaki Ohmachi (Esoteric Mastering Center)
Associated Producer: Jo Yoshida (Esoteric Mastering Center)
Mastering Engineer: Masaya Tohno (Esoteric Mastering Center)
Cutting Engineer: Katsutoshi Kitamura (Mixer's Lab)

Features:

• Limited Edition One-Time Pressing
• Esoteric Masterpiece Collection
• 180g Vinyl
• Digitally Remastered Using Esoteric Mastering
• Analog Cutting by Mr. Katsutoshi Kitamura at MIXER'S LAB in Tokyo
• Made in Japan
• OBI Strip

Musicians:

• L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
• Ernest Ansermet, conductor

Selections:

Side A
Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881)
"Pictures At An Exhibition"
1. Promenade - Gnomus
2. Promenade - Il Vecchio Castello
3. Promenade – Tuileries
4. Bydlo
5. Promenade - Ballet of the Chickens In Their Shells
6. Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuyle
7. The Marketplace At Limoges – Catacombae (Sepulcrum Romanum) – Mortuis In Lingua Mortua
Side B
1. The Hut On Fowl's Legs (Baba Yaga) – The Great Gate At Kiev
Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
"Battle of the Huns"
2. Hunnenschlacht, Symphonic Poem