Source: Press Release, Last Accessed: 2016/08/16

Pro-Ject Audio announced an exclusive cooperation with The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and Universal Music (Decca) to issue a series of vinyl records that include important performances of the VPO, remastered from the original analogue master tapes and pressed with highest care on premium 180gr virgin vinyl. All records will be of limited production.
The first issue consists of 2 records and includes 3 of the most successful Mozart symphonies, No.25, 35 and 39, recorded live at the Wiener Musikverein. With the help of audiophile audio engineer Georg Burdicek and the original master tapes, this vinyl edition reveals every musical detail of the performance plus the soft warm and vibrant acoustics of the concert hall Wiener Musikverein, where these live recordings took place, the company says.
Burdiceks' references include recordings with world-renowned artists such as Nicolaus Harnoncourt, Milan Horvat, Elina Garanca, Joe Zawinul and many others. Riccardo Muti is an Italian conductor. He holds two music directorships: the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the Orchestra Giovanile Luigi Cherubini. Previously he held posts at the Maggio Musicale in Florence, the Philharmonia Orchestra in London, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Teatro alla Scala in Milan and the Salzburg Whitsun Festival. Muti has been a prolific recording artist and has received dozens of honors, titles, awards and prizes. Since 1971 he has been a frequent conductor of operas and concerts at the Salzburg Festival, where he is particularly known for his legendary Mozart performances. Muti has been a regular guest of the Vienna Philharmonic. In 1996 he conducted the VPO during Vienna Festival Week and on tour to Japan, Korea, Hong Kong and Germany; he most recently toured with the Vienna Philharmonic to Japan in 2008. Muti has also led the orchestra's globally televised Vienna New Year's Concert on several occasions: in 1993, 1997, 2000 and 2004.
The Symphony No. 25 in G minor was written by the then 17-year-old Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in October 1773.This is one of two symphonies Mozart composed in G minor, sometimes referred to as the "little G minor". Symphony No. 35 in D major was composed in 1782 and is also called the Haffner Symphony. It was commissioned by the Haffners, a prominent Salzburg family and should not be confused with the eight-movement Haffner Serenade, another piece Mozart wrote on commission from the same family. The Symphony No. 39 is the first of a set of three (his last symphonies) that Mozart composed in rapid succession during the summer of 1788. Symphony No. 39 has a grand introduction (in the manner of an overture) but no coda.
These records (Mozart Symphonies No.25, 35, 39/Riccardo Muti/VPO) are a must-have for music fans on heavy-weight double vinyl, Pro-Ject says in their press release. The recordings have been carefully mastered from the original Decca tapes and the records pressed from the well known Pallas Group (in their Germany factory). It is a strictly limited edition exclusively for Pro-Ject Audio (only 2000 individually numbered copies worldwide) with beautiful gate-fold cover.
The recordings will be available at all Pro-Ject Reference Partners as well at their distributors and selected record stores at an SRP of €39,90.

For more information: http://www.project-audio.com/

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