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Esoteric Japan will release a Hybrid SACD box set of Beethoven: The Five Piano Concerti on June 25, 2014:
ESSD-90102-04 (3 Discs) Beethoven: The Five Piano Concerti - Friedrich Gulda / Wiener Philharmoniker / Horst Stein (Decca, 1970, 1971)
Limited edition (2,500 sets)
ESSD-90102 (Disc 1) Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op.15 Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op.19
ESSD-90103 (Disc 2) Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op.37 Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op.58
ESSD-90104 (Disc 3) Piano Concerto No.5 in E flat major+, Op.73 "Emperor"
The price is JPY10,183 (ca. USD100).
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Post by Chris June 5, 2014 (2 of 8)
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SACD Hunter said:
Esoteric Japan will release a Hybrid SACD box set of Beethoven: The Five Piano Concerti on June 25, 2014:
ESSD-90102-04 (3 Discs) Beethoven: The Five Piano Concerti - Friedrich Gulda / Wiener Philharmoniker / Horst Stein (Decca, 1970, 1971)
Limited edition (2,500 sets)
ESSD-90102 (Disc 1) Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op.15 Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op.19
ESSD-90103 (Disc 2) Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op.37 Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op.58
ESSD-90104 (Disc 3) Piano Concerto No.5 in E flat major+, Op.73 "Emperor"
The price is JPY10,183 (ca. USD100).
What an amazing bargain.
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Post by Lunna June 5, 2014 (3 of 8)
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Is it a bargain?
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Post by Chris June 5, 2014 (4 of 8)
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Lunna said:
Is it a bargain?
Ever heard the word irony?
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Post by chenzl June 5, 2014 (5 of 8)
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SACD Hunter said:
Esoteric Japan will release a Hybrid SACD box set of Beethoven: The Five Piano Concerti on June 25, 2014:
ESSD-90102-04 (3 Discs) Beethoven: The Five Piano Concerti - Friedrich Gulda / Wiener Philharmoniker / Horst Stein (Decca, 1970, 1971)
Limited edition (2,500 sets)
ESSD-90102 (Disc 1) Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op.15 Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op.19
ESSD-90103 (Disc 2) Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op.37 Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op.58
ESSD-90104 (Disc 3) Piano Concerto No.5 in E flat major+, Op.73 "Emperor"
The price is JPY10,183 (ca. USD100).
Esoteric's SACDs are expensive but the finished products are absolutely first-class. They never cut corners.
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Post by Chris June 5, 2014 (6 of 8)
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chenzl said:
Esoteric's SACDs are expensive but the finished products are absolutely first-class. They never cut corners.
Yes they do, they work from 24/96 transfers for their SACDs one might as well buy MUCH cheaper downloads than these overpriced rip off SACDs imo. Moreover all 5 would fit on 1 blu ray disc! And frankly if my memory serves me reasonably well they are not that good anyway interpretatively.
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Post by Daland June 7, 2014 (7 of 8)
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Chris said:
Yes they do, they work from 24/96 transfers for their SACDs one might as well buy MUCH cheaper downloads than these overpriced rip off SACDs imo. Moreover all 5 would fit on 1 blu ray disc! And frankly if my memory serves me reasonably well they are not that good anyway interpretatively.
Sour grapes.
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Chris said:
Yes they do, they work from 24/96 transfers for their SACDs one might as well buy MUCH cheaper downloads than these overpriced rip off SACDs imo. Moreover all 5 would fit on 1 blu ray disc! And frankly if my memory serves me reasonably well they are not that good anyway interpretatively.
I have this set on vinyl, and I would not say that these are "not that good", but that listening to Gulda is not going to be the same as listening to Alfred Brendel. I would have to listen to these again to comment on the recording.
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