Charles Dutoit – Saint-Saens: Organ Symphony & Bizet: Symphony in C (1983 & 1996) [SACD / Esoteric Company – ESSD-90188]

Title: Charles Dutoit – Saint-Saens: Organ Symphony & Bizet: Symphony in C (1983 & 1996)
Genre: Classical
Format: SACD ISO + DSF DSD64 + Hi-Res FLAC

Charles Dutoit conducts the Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal for this recording of Saint-Saëns’ Third Symphony with organist Peter Hurford as well as Bizet’s Symphony in C featuring Ted Baskin on oboe. Recorded in 1982 & 1995 at Église de Saint-Eustache in Montréal, Quebec, Canada. This SACD was remastered with the 96kHz/24bit master, that was up-converted from the original 44.1kHz/16bit master with the high technology. 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.

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Tracklist:

01. Camille Saint-Saëns: Symphony No.3 in C minor, Op.78 “Organ Symphony” – 1a. Adagio – Allegro moderato
02. Camille Saint-Saëns: Symphony No.3 in C minor, Op.78 “Organ Symphony” – 1b. Poco adagio
03. Camille Saint-Saëns: Symphony No.3 in C minor, Op.78 “Organ Symphony” – 2a. Allegro moderato – Presto
04. Camille Saint-Saëns: Symphony No.3 in C minor, Op.78 – 2b. Maestoso – Allegro
05. Georges Bizet: Symphony in C – I. Allegro vivo
06. Georges Bizet: Symphony in C – II. Adagio
07. Georges Bizet: Symphony in C – III. Allegro vivace – Trio
08. Georges Bizet: Symphony in C – IV. Allegro vivace

Personnel:

Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal
Charles Dutoit – Conductor
Peter Hurford – organ (1-4)
Ted Baskin – oboe (track 6)

Note:

Produced by Ray Minshull (1 to 4) & Chris Hazell (5 to 8).
Balance Engineer: James Lock (1 to 4) & John Dunkerley (5 to 8).
Recordings: June 17,18,24,25, 1982 (Saint-Saëns); May 17,24 & October 11, 1995 (Bizet) at Église de Saint-Eustache, Montréal.
Reissue Produced by Motoaki Ohmachi. Mastering Engineer: by Kazuie Sugimoto at JVC Mastering Center on June 11 & 13, 2018.
Proprietary Esoteric’s Re-Mastering Process to Achieve the Highest Level of Sound Quality.
Esoteric Japan # ESSD-90188

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