Bruckner (1824-1896),Herbert Von Karajan - Mozart: Requiem - Japan SACD Hybrid

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Bruckner (1824-1896),Herbert Von Karajan

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The first SACD release of Giulini's first "Motzlek" recorded in 1978. A sincere and highly condensed masterpiece! Excellent recording by Bishop and Parker. Newly reissued from the original analog master tapes. The 1978 recording with the same orchestra is highly acclaimed as a masterpiece that captures the essence of Mozart's music in a natural sounding environment. It is also well known as a masterpiece recording that marks the last period of analog recordings by EMI. The recording has a different charm from that of his later years, as Giulini was 64 years old at the time of recording, and the performance is more concentrated before the slower tempo of his later years. The master was digitized at 192kHz/24bit from the original analog master tapes in Japan and mastered separately for this release on the SACD and CD layers. New commentary and bilingual lyrics are included. This is a permanent preservation disc. The later recording of Mozart: Requiem by Giulini for Sony Classical in 1989 is probably more famous today. The recording with the former EMI label continued through the '60s, and in the '70s and '80s, the recording with DG increased. EMI recordings into the '70s were mostly soloist accompaniment recordings, and recordings with Giulini as the main soloist are rare.The year of this recording, 1978, marked a turning point in Giulini's career, when he resigned from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, where he had been principal guest conductor since 1969, to become music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. This led to an increase in recordings for DG, and around this year, many recordings were made for Giulini, who did not have many recordings, including those with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the L.A. Philharmonic. The reason why this recording was suddenly made by EMI is unclear, but it is also clear that there are many differences when compared to the re-recordings. The biggest difference is in the playing time, which is more than five minutes. In his later years, he generally took a slower tempo, and although there are more occasions when the physical difference is felt more than the sense of time, the actual performance shows that Giulini's own attitude toward the music is still present and rather solid. The difference between the analog and digital recordings and the use of young singers (compared to the veterans on the EMI disc) are more important than the naturalness and flexibility of Giulini's music, and I believe that listening to both will give you a strong impression of this.Although the EMI version has not been heard as often as the re-recorded version due to various reasons, we have decided that it is highly significant to reissue this masterpiece in high sound quality before the 110th anniversary of the conductor's birth next year (2024). (1/2)