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.

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 D-01VU, Rubidium master clock generator model Grandioso G1 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.

Artykuł FRANCK, SCHUMANN <br />Symphony in D Minor / Symphony No.4 in D Minor, Op 120 <br />Otto Klemperer <br />The New Philharmonia Orchestra pochodzi z serwisu Cleartone.

Artykuł MUSSORGSKY, FRANCK <br />Pictures at an Exhibition / Psyché et Eros (Psyché: No. 4) <br />NBC Symphony Orchestra <br />Arturo Toscanini pochodzi z serwisu Cleartone.

Artykuł FRANCK<BR />Complete Organ Works Vol. I<BR />Hans-Eberhard Ross pochodzi z serwisu Cleartone.

Richard Franck’s Fantasia for Pianoforte Op. 28 and the Piano Quartets Op. 33 and Op. 41 were written when Franck was at the height of his powers. The music captivates the listener with its sophisticated treatment of the musical material and the effective interaction of the four instruments. The recording pays close attention to detail while at the same time being both spacious and well-balanced.

Christoph Schickedanz (violin) and Bernhard Fograscher (piano) are already familiar from earlier recordings of music by Franck. Here this duo is expanded to include their teaching colleague from Hamburg, Marius Nichiteanu (viola) and Mathias Beyer-Karlshoj (violoncello), the cellist of the Henschel Quartet.

Artykuł FRANCK<br />Piano Quartet in A major, Op. 33 / Piano Quartet in E major, Op. 41 / Three Fantasies, Op. 28<br /> Bernhard Fograscher, Christoph Schickedanz pochodzi z serwisu Cleartone.

In the Sonata No. 1 in D major, Op. 14 of 1890, the composer comes to terms for the first time with the then popular sonata form. Wholly typical of his time, Franck reflects the classical form without breaking out of it. The characters of the individual movements range from the powerful and inventive first movement to the waltz-like second and intimate third to the virtuoso final movement, in which the work comes full circle by taking up thematic material from the first movement again. The Sonata No. 2 in C minor, Op. 35 was composed in 1903. Richard Franck shows himself to be fond of development here, enlarging upon the compositional principles already mastered. The result is a highly diversified sonata, sometimes reminiscent of Brahms’s way of developing motivic material. The three short Character Pieces, Op. 52 are among the last published woks of Franck. The Elegy has a resigned effect, like a farewell, followed by a humorous Scherzo; the final piece is a Perpetuum Mobile, a playful virtuoso piece in „flight of the bumble-bee“ style.

Christoph Schickedanz is a Professor at the Academy of Music and Theatre in Hamburg. A DAAD stipend enabled him to study at Indiana University in Bloomington, USA, where he met Bernhard Fograscher. This meeting was the cornerstone for a fruitful collaboration between the two artists. Bernhard Fograscher has been a prize winner at numerous competitions. He enjoys an active concert and recording career at home and abroad. The Schickedanz-Fograscher Duo has chosen to specialize in unusual repertoire combinations and unjustly neglected composers.

Artykuł FRANCK<br />Sonate für Violine und Klavier Nr. 1 D-Dur op. 14 / Sonate für Violine und Klavier Nr. 2 c-moll op. 35<br />FRANCK pochodzi z serwisu Cleartone.

Artykuł FRANCK <br />Symphony in d minor <br />Charles Munch, Boston Symphony pochodzi z serwisu Cleartone.

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 DECCA classics title that has been mainstays of the catalog since its initial release on LP, until the present digital age of CD. This new audio version feature newly remastered DSD master.

ESOTERIC equipment used for re-mastering

The criterion of re-mastering is to faithfully capture the quality of the original master tapes. ESOTERIC’s flag ship D/A converters, model D-01VU, Rubidium master clock generator model G-0Rb 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 tapes.

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.

Artykuł MOZART, FRANCK, BRAHMS <br />Sonatas for piano and violin <br />Augustin Dumay, Maria Joao Pires pochodzi z serwisu Cleartone.