Esoteric (recording label of JP hi‐fi audio equipment manufacturer Esoteric Company)

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All these releases are believed to be solely distributed by the Japanese high-end audio equipment manufacturer Esoteric Company.
where the original (primarily classical) labels are shown in the release packaging, they should also be added as the release label.

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Sinfonie Nr. 7 E‐DurBruckner; Berliner Philharmoniker, Günter WandHybrid SACD (CD layer) + Hybrid SACD (SACD layer, 2 channels) + Hybrid SACD (SACD layer, multichannel)4 + 4 + 4
  • 2006-12-06 JP
Sinfonie Nr. 4 Es-dur „Romantische“Bruckner; Berliner Philharmoniker. Günter WandSACD (2 channels)4
  • 2006-12-06 JP
Sinfonie Nr. 5 B-DurBruckner; Berliner Philharmoniker, Günter WandHybrid SACD4
  • 2006-12-06 JP
Sinfonie Nr. 9 d-mollBruckner; Berliner Philharmoniker, Günter WandHybrid SACD (CD layer) + Hybrid SACD (SACD layer, 2 channels) + Hybrid SACD (SACD layer, multichannel)3 + 3 + 3
  • 2006-12-06 JP
Beethoven OverturesLudwig van Beethoven;Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks,Sir Colin DavisHybrid SACD (CD layer)7
Piano Concertos No. 20 K.466 & No. 27 K.595Mozart; Clifford Curzon, English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin BrittenHybrid SACD6
From The New World Symphony No.9 In E Minor Op.95Dvořák, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, István KertészHybrid SACD (CD layer) + Hybrid SACD (SACD layer)4 + 4
Schoenberg / Berg / WebernSchönberg, Berg, Webern; Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von KarajanHybrid SACD9
  • 2009-09 JP
Der Ring des NibelungenRichard Wagner; Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti14×Hybrid SACD (CD layer) + 13×Hybrid SACD (SACD layer, 2 channels) + Hybrid SACD (SACD layer)15 + 15 + 15 + 15 + 12 + 12 + 12 + 12 + 5 + 5 + 14 + 14 + 15 + 15 + 13 + 13 + 12 + 12 + 11 + 11 + 13 + 13 + 9 + 9 + 14 + 14 + 18 + 18
  • 2009-12 JP
The Three-cornered Hat / La Vida Breve - Interlude and DanceFalla; Teresa Berganza, L’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Ernest AnsermetHybrid SACD9
Symphony no. 1 / Karelia SuiteSibelius; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Lorin MaazelHybrid SACD7
Symphony No. 4Brahms; Wiener Philharmoniker, Carlos KleiberHybrid SACD4
Das Lied von der ErdeMahler; Christa Ludwig, Fritz Wunderlich, Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto KlempererHybrid SACD6
  • 2010-08-16 JP
Karajan Conducts Wagner: Overtures and PreludesRichard Wagner; Herbert von Karajan, Berliner PhilharmonikerHybrid SACD8
  • 2010-09-22 JP
Scenes from Swan LakeTchaikovsky; Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam, Anatole FistoulariHybrid SACD13
  • 2010-09 JP
Symphonies nos. 4, 5 & 6 “Pathétique”Tchaikovsky; Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra, Evgeny Mravinsky2×Hybrid SACD5 + 7
  • 2010-09 JP
Piano Concerto No. 2Brahms; Wiener Philharmoniker, Karl Böhm, Emanuel Brabec, Wilhelm BackhausHybrid SACD4
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D Op.77Brahms; The Cleveland Orchestra, George Szell, David OistrakhHybrid SACD3
Symphony No.2 in D Major, Op.73 / Tragic OvertureBrahms; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir John BarbirolliHybrid SACD6
Symphonien nos. 3 & 8 »Unvollendete«Schubert; Wiener Philharmoniker, Carlos KleiberHybrid SACD6
Brahms: Symphony no. 3 / Dvorak: Symphony no. 8Dvořák, Brahms; Wiener Philharmoniker, Herbert von KarajanHybrid SACD8
  • 2011-01 JP
Symphonie fantastiqueBerlioz; Orchestre de Paris, Charles MunchHybrid SACD5
  • 2011-03-29 JP
Requiem, Op. 48Fauré; Victoria de los Ángeles, Dietrich Fischer‐Dieskau, Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, André CluytensHybrid SACD7
  • 2011-05-11 JP
Die FledermausJohann Strauss; Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Carlos Kleiber2×Hybrid SACD12 + 25
  • 2011-06 JP
Franck: Symphony in D minor / Schumann: Symphony No. 4Franck, Schumann; The New Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto KlempererHybrid SACD7
  • 2011-08 JP
Die lustige WitweFranz Lehár; Elizabeth Harwood, Teresa Stratas, Werner Hollweg, René Kollo, Zoltán Kelemen, Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan2×Hybrid SACD10 + 29
  • 2011-08 JP
Symphony no. 7Bruckner; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert von KarajanHybrid SACD4
  • 2011-12-02 JP
L’Arlésienne Suites 1 & 2 / Carmen SuiteBizet; Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, André CluytensHybrid SACD12
Symphony no. 5 in C-sharp MinorMahler; New Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir John BarbirolliHybrid SACD5
Symphony no. 2 in D major, op. 43Sibelius, Herbert von Karajan, Berliner PhilharmonikerHybrid SACD6
The Nine SymphoniesBeethoven; Münchner Philharmoniker, Rudolf Kempe5×Hybrid SACD8 + 8 + 9 + 8 + 4
Sinfonie Nr. 9 C-durFranz Schubert; Münchner Philharmoniker, Rudolf KempeHybrid SACD4
The Wind Instruments Sonatas (Sonatas For Recorder & Transverse Flute)George Frideric Handel; Frans Brüggen, Bob van Asperen, Anner BylsmaHybrid SACD34
Piano Concertos nos. 26 & 23Mozart; Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Friedrich GuldaHybrid SACD6
  • 2011 -
Symphonies Nos. 35, 40 & 41Mozart; Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Rafael KubelíkHybrid SACD12
  • 2012-05-01 JP
メンデルスゾーン:劇音楽「夏の夜の夢」(抜粋)&交響曲第4番「イタリア」 (edition with narration (in German?) by Barbara Sukowa)Felix Mendelssohn; Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado, Barbara Sukowa, Sylvia McNair, Angelika Kirchschlager, Damen des Ernst‐Senff‐ChoresSACD15
  • 2012-06-10 JP
AidaVerdi; Mirella Freni, José Carreras, Agnes Baltsa, Piero Cappuccilli, Ruggero Raimondi, Katia Ricciarelli, José van Dam, Wiener Philharmoniker, Chor der Wiener Staatsoper, Herbert von Karajan3×SACD (2 channels)12 + 14 + 17
  • 2012-10-13 JP
The PlanetsHolst; New Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir Adrian BoultHybrid SACD7
Karajan and Callas: 4 Great OperasHerbert von Karajan, Maria Callas9×Hybrid SACD15 + 11 + 12 + 14 + 17 + 21 + 18 + 10 + 19
Notenbüchlein für Anna Magdalena Bach: A SelectionJohann Sebastian Bach; Tragicomedia, Stephen StubbsSACD24
Symphony no. 4 in E‐flat major “Romantic”Bruckner; Berliner Philharmoniker, KarajanHybrid SACD4
  • 2013-01-06 JP
Concerto no. 1, op. 15Brahms; Staatskapelle Berlin, Kurt Sanderling, Hélène GrimaudHybrid SACD3
  • 2013-06-01 JP
Pictures at an ExhibitionMussorgsky; L’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Ernest AnsermetHybrid SACD8
  • 2013-07-24 JP
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2 / Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1Rachmaninov, Tchaikovsky; Sviatoslav Richter, Wiener Symphoniker, Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan, Stanisław WisłockiHybrid SACD6
  • 2013-09-10 JP
Concerto for Orchestra / Music for Strings, Percussion and CelestaBartók, Herbert von Karajan, Berlin PhilharmonicSACD9
Igor Stravinsky: Petrouchka / Sergei Prokofiev: Sonata no. 7 op. 83Stravinsky, Prokofiev; Maurizio PolliniHybrid SACD6
Piano PiecesChopin, Liszt, Debussy; Miyuji KanekoHybrid SACD (CD layer) + Hybrid SACD (SACD layer)7 + 7
Eroica‐Variationen / Piano Sonatas No. 21 & 23Beethoven; Emil GilelsHybrid SACD25
  • 2014-03-20 JP
The Berlin Gala: A Salute to Carmen (Silvesterkonzert 1997)Claudio Abbado, Berliner Philharmoniker, Roberto Alagna, Anne Sofie von Otter, Bryn Terfel, Mikhail Pletnev, Gil ShahamHybrid SACD13
  • 2014-03 JP
The Five Piano ConcertiLudwig van Beethoven; Friedrich Gulda, Horst Stein & Wiener Philharmoniker3×Hybrid SACD6 + 6 + 3
  • 2014-06 JP
Piano Pieces 2Chopin, Liszt, Debussy, Bach; Miyuji KanekoHybrid SACD (CD layer) + Hybrid SACD (SACD layer)8 + 16
  • 2014-07-30 JP
Violin Concerto / 2 RomancesBeethoven; Henryk Szeryng, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard HaitinkHybrid SACD5
  • 2014-09-10 JP
Violin Concerto No. 3 / Violin Concerto No. 5Mozart; Arthur Grumiaux, London Symphony Orchestra, Colin DavisHybrid SACD9
  • 2014-12-19 JP
5 Great Operas on Deutsche Grammophon & DeccaMozart, Weber, Verdi, Mascagni, Leoncavallo; Solti, Kubelík, Serafin, Karajan9×Hybrid SACD15 + 12 + 9 + 11 + 12 + 19 + 17 + 22 + 24
Konzert für Klavier und Orchester Nr. 1 b-MollTschaikowsky; Sviatoslav Richter, Herbert von Karajan, Wiener SymphonikerSACD6
Konzert für Violoncello und Orchester h-moll, op. 104Antonín Dvořák; Pierre Fournier, Berliner Philharmoniker, George SzellHybrid SACD6
PétrouchkaIgor Strawinsky; London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio AbbadoHybrid SACD34
Symphonie no. 9Mahler; Berliner Philharmoniker, Leonard BernsteinHybrid SACD4
4 Great Operas on Deutsche Grammophon & DeccaMozart, Rossini, Verdi, Puccini; Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, London Symphony Orchestra, Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Berliner Philharmoniker, Karl Böhm, Claudio Abbado, Carlos Kleiber, Herbert von Karajan9×Hybrid SACD27 + 35 + 16 + 10 + 11 + 22 + 16 + 16 + 15
Flute QuartetsWolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Barthold Kuijken, Sigiswald Kuijken, Lucy van Dael, Wieland KuijkenCD10
Scheherazade / Polovtsian DancesRimsky-Korsakov, Borodin; Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Ernest AnsermetHybrid SACD8
  • 2015-03-10 JP
Violin Sonatas: No. 9 Op. 47 "Kreutzer" / No. 5 Op. 24 "Spring"Beethoven; David Oistrakh, Lev OborinHybrid SACD7
  • 2015-05-10 JP
Blue Note 6 Great JazzSonny Rollins, John Coltrane, Sonny Clark, Cannonball Adderley, Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, Herbie Hancock6×Hybrid SACD6 + 5 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 5
  • 2015-07-31 JP
Blue Danube: Strauss FestivalStrauss; The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Willi BoskovskyHybrid SACD12
  • 2015-09-15 JP
Strauss ConcertWilli Boskovsky, The Vienna Philharmonic OrchestraSACD12
  • 2015-09-15 JP
Piano Sonatas No. 28 in A major, Op. 101 & No. 29 in B flat major, Op. 106 "Hammerklavier"Ludwig van Beethoven; Maurizio PolliniHybrid SACD8
  • 2015-09-16 JP
9 SymphoniesMozart; Berliner Philharmoniker, Karl Böhm3×Hybrid SACD11 + 11 + 12
  • 2015-10-29 JP
Impulse! 6 Great JazzJohn Coltrane Quartet, Sonny Rollins, Roy Haynes Quartet, Oliver Nelson, Count Basie, John Coltrane, Johnny Hartman6×Hybrid SACD8 + 5 + 7 + 6 + 8 + 6
  • 2015-12-10 JP
Sinfonie Nr. 8 c‐mollBruckner; Berliner Philharmoniker, Günter Wand2×Hybrid SACD (CD layer) + 2×Hybrid SACD (SACD layer, 2 channels) + 2×Hybrid SACD (SACD layer, multichannel)2 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 2
The Violin ConcertosJ. S. Bach; Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner, Henryk SzeryngHybrid SACD10
  • 2016-03-16 JP
6 Queens of Jazz VocalElla Fitzgerald, Anita O’Day, Carmen McRae, Peggy Lee, Helen Merrill, Monica Zetterlund6×Hybrid SACD15 + 11 + 12 + 12 + 7 + 10
  • 2016-06-10 JP
Symphonies Nos. 2 & 4Mahler; Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Wiener Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado2×Hybrid SACD7 + 14
  • 2016-06-22 JP
Also sprach ZarathustraStrauss; Wiener Philharmoniker, Herbert von KarajanHybrid SACD12
  • 2016-06-28 JP
Piano Sonatas No. 30, 31 & 32Ludwig van Beethoven; Maurizio PolliniHybrid SACD8
  • 2016-06-28 JP
Great 5 (Box-Set)Miles Davis5×Hybrid SACD6 + 6 + 13 + 5 + 6
  • 2016-10-10 JP
Piano Quintet op. 114 "Trout"Schubert; Alfred Brendel, Members of the Cleveland Quartet, James van DemarkHybrid SACD6
Chopin: Piano Concerto no. 1 / Liszt: Piano Concerto no. 1Chopin, Liszt; London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado, Martha ArgerichHybrid SACD6
Mein Vaterland - Die Moldau • Aus Böhemens Hain Und Flar u.a.Smetana; Boston Symphony Orchestra, Rafael KubelíkHybrid SACD6
Black Coffee With Peggy LeePeggy LeeSACD (2 channels)12
After GlowCarmen McRaeSACD (2 channels)12
Symphony no. 3 "Scottish" / Symphony no. 3 "Rhenish"Mendelssohn, Schumann; Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto KlempererHybrid SACD9
  • 2017-01-09 JP
Esoteric 30th Anniversary: Beethoven & ChopinBeethoven, Chopin; Evgeny ZarafiantsHybrid SACD (CD layer) + Hybrid SACD (SACD layer)9 + 11
  • 2017-03-10 JP
Toccata BWV 911 / Partita BWV 826 / English Suite no. 2 BWV 807Johann Sebastian Bach; Martha ArgerichHybrid SACD13
  • 2017-04-12 JP
Verve 6 Great JazzElla Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Johnny Hodges, Teddy Wilson Quartet, Lester Young, Illinois Jacquet, Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Stitt, Sonny Rollins, The Art Tatum / Ben Webster Quartet6×Hybrid SACD11 + 7 + 6 + 6 + 4 + 7
  • 2017-05-20 JP
Slavonic Dances opp. 46 & 72Dvořák; Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Rafael KubelikHybrid SACD16
  • 2017-09-15 JP
Swan Lake / Sleeping Beauty / NutcrackerTchaikovsky; Wiener Philharmoniker, Herbert von KarajanHybrid SACD19
  • 2017-12-08 JP
Great Jazz SelectionWynton Kelly, Bill Evans Trio, Wes Montgomery, Bud Powell, Lee Morgan, The Oscar Peterson Trio6×Hybrid SACD6 + 6 + 6 + 9 + 5 + 10
  • 2017-12-22 JP
Violin ConcertosSibelius, Bruch; Kyung-Wha ChungHybrid SACD8
  • 2017-12-27 JP
Messa da RequiemVerdi; Katia Ricciarelli, Shirley Verrett, Plácido Domingo, Nicolaï Ghiaurov, Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Claudio Abbado2×Hybrid SACD12 + 13
  • 2017-12-31 JP
String Quartets “Rosamunde” / “Death and the Maiden”Schubert; Quartetto ItalianoHybrid SACD8
Préludes • Volume 1, Children's CornerDebussy; Arturo Benedetti MichelangeliHybrid SACD18
Respighi Fontane di Roma, Pini di Roma • Pini de Roma • Boccherini La musica notturna delle strade di Madrid • Albinoni Adagio for Strings and Organ in G minorHerbert von Karajan, Berliner PhilharmonikerSACD18
Sonate No. 2 B-moll (In B Flat Minor) • Scherzo B-moll (In B Flat Minor) • Andante Spianato And Grand PolonaiseChopin; Martha ArgerichSACD10
Serenades for StringsTchaikovsky, Dvořák; Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Sir Colin DavisHybrid SACD (CD layer) + Hybrid SACD (SACD layer)9 + 9
  • 2018-03 JP
Piano Sonatas K. 310, 331, 457 & 545Mozart; Maria João PiresHybrid SACD12
  • 2018-06-24 JP
SymphoniesSaint‐Saëns, Bizet; Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, Charles Dutoit, Peter HurfordHybrid SACD8
  • 2018-09-14 JP
Brahms: 4 Symphonien / OverturesJohannes Brahms; Claudio Abbado & Berliner Philharmoniker3×Hybrid SACD6 + 14 + 8
  • 2018-12-20 JP
Symphonie no. 8Bruckner; Wiener Philharmoniker, Herbert von KarajanHybrid SACD4
Klavierkonzerte · Piano Concertos Nr. 20 & 21Mozart; Wiener Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado, Friedrich GuldaHybrid SACD6
Tristan Und IsoldeRichard WagnerSACD29