Thread: New Esoteric SACD Release in December 2015

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Post by SACD Hunter November 19, 2015 (1 of 2)
Esoteric Japan will release a Hybrid SACD box set of Mozart: 9 Symphonies on December 15, 2015:

ESSG-90130/32 (3 Discs) Mozart: 9 Symphonies - Berliner Philharmoniker / Karl Bohm (Deutsche Grammophon, 1959 [K.385, K.504], 1961 [K.550], 1962 [K.551], 1966 [K.297, K.425, K.543], 1968 [K.183, K.201])

Limited edition (4,000 sets)

ESSG-90130 (Disc 1)
Symphony No. 25 in G minor, K. 183 (1968)
Symphony No. 29 in A major, K. 201 (1968)
Symphony No. 31 in D major, K. 297 "Paris" (1966)

ESSG-90131 (Disc 2)
Symphony No. 35 in D major, K. 385 "Haffner" (1959)
Symphony No. 36 in C major, K. 425 "Linz" (1966)
Symphony No. 38 in D major, K. 504 "Prague" (1959)

ESSG-90132 (Disc 3)
Symphony No. 39 in E flat major, K. 543 (1966)
Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550 (1961)
Symphony No. 41 in C major, K. 551 "Jupiter" (1962)

The price is JPY10,183, ca. USD83 (excluding tax 9429, ca. USD77).

Post by Chris November 20, 2015 (2 of 2)
SACD Hunter said:

Esoteric Japan will release a Hybrid SACD box set of Mozart: 9 Symphonies on December 15, 2015:

ESSG-90130/32 (3 Discs) Mozart: 9 Symphonies - Berliner Philharmoniker / Karl Bohm (Deutsche Grammophon, 1959 [K.385, K.504], 1961 [K.550], 1962 [K.551], 1966 [K.297, K.425, K.543], 1968 [K.183, K.201])

Limited edition (4,000 sets)

ESSG-90130 (Disc 1)
Symphony No. 25 in G minor, K. 183 (1968)
Symphony No. 29 in A major, K. 201 (1968)
Symphony No. 31 in D major, K. 297 "Paris" (1966)

ESSG-90131 (Disc 2)
Symphony No. 35 in D major, K. 385 "Haffner" (1959)
Symphony No. 36 in C major, K. 425 "Linz" (1966)
Symphony No. 38 in D major, K. 504 "Prague" (1959)

ESSG-90132 (Disc 3)
Symphony No. 39 in E flat major, K. 543 (1966)
Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550 (1961)
Symphony No. 41 in C major, K. 551 "Jupiter" (1962)

The price is JPY10,183, ca. USD83 (excluding tax 9429, ca. USD77).

I have seen them as hi res downloads for much less!
I also have most of them on DGG LPs and imo there are better Mozart recordings both musically and SQ wise from other sources.
I am pretty sure Esoteric have used the same 24/96 files as the downloads for their SACDs.

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