Product Description
ESOTERIC ESLD-10002 – TCHAIKOVSKY SWAN LAKE (LP)
Swan Lake, Op.20 – Highlights
A masterpiece of “Swan Lake” performed by an encounter between ballet god Fistulari and the prestigious Concertgebouw Orchestra.
Kenneth Wilkinson + Gordon Parry captured the miraculous DECCA sound.
A masterpiece of “Swan Lake” performed by an encounter between ballet god Fistulari and the prestigious Concertgebouw Orchestra. Kenneth Wilkinson + Gordon Parry captured the miraculous DECCA sound.
A Historical masterpiece performed by the greatest ballet conductor of the 20th century, Anatole Fistoulari
Anatole Fistulari (1907.8.20-1995.8.21), born in Kieu, was known as one of the greatest ballet conductors of the 20th century. The colorful sound of Fistulari’s baton, the lively and propulsive pulse, and above all, the beautiful and elegant taste of his performance were highly appreciated by music fans around the world, especially through his recordings.
He recorded a considerable number of recordings, including accompaniments for arias and concertos, and also recorded many complete ballets, but “Swan Lake,” which he recorded in 1961 with the Concertgebouw Orchestra, was a brilliant masterpiece that still retains Fistulari’s name in recording history.
That was also the only recording of Fistulari and the prestigious Concertgebouw performing together, and became a popular album that has been repeatedly released in Japan since the LP era and has almost never disappeared from the catalog.
PRODUCING THE ANALOG VINYL RECORDS UNDER THE BEST CONDITION
The analog vinyl records of the “Masterpiece Collection”, have been reissued by re-mastering the original master tapes, exclusive for the vinyl records. The mastering process employs the newly established the “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 sparingly employed to achieve flawless high quality sound as the master data.
Analog cutting process has been performed at MIXER’S LAB in Tokyo employing the Neumann VMS80 cutting lath, a famous machine manufactured in West Germany in the golden era of the analog audio, and only two units are survived in Japan.
The “Esoteric Mastering” equipment is also employed to send out master data for analog cutting machine. Collaborating with the MIXER’S LAB, we brought the “Esoteric Mastering” equipment 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 equaliser 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
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Cutting Lath: Neumann VMS80
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Cutting Console: Neumann SP79C
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Cutter Amp: Neumann SAL74B
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Cutter Head: Neumann SX74
Today, it is rare to cut a lacquer disc just for audition purposes, 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.
