Tacet - L238 - 180 Gram Virgin Vinyl - AAA 100% Analogue 

Limited Edition - Half-Speed  Audiophile Mastering - Pressed at Pallas

This one will stay on my shelves.  Tacet has succeeded on all fronts here, marrying pure sound with deft performances of great music Sound 5/5 The Audio Beat

Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 1 in C major Op. 21, No. 2 D major Op. 36 and No. 8 in F major Op. 93 - The Polish Chamber Philharmonic conducted by Wojciech Rajski

In view of the large catalog stock of compelling Beethoven recordings, a portion of self-confidence already belongs to a further edition of the symphonies on the market. With this production of Beethoven's symphony, a fresh wind blows through the high house of the Viennese classic, which could blow many a sound monument there from the pedestal.

The reason for this is not only the outstanding sound in which the two early symphonies are youthful, but in the brave and courageous approach of the performers: Wojciech Rajski and the Polish chamber orchestra play Beethoven, a joyous and striking but by no means rashly illustrative: the musicians Understand it, The explosive core and its soft conversion excellently harmoniously to each other and provide a clearly defined and full-sounding listening pleasure. Loving attention is given to the recording and playback of the wind instruments, whose intense intensity is reminiscent of the recordings with Otto Klemperer in the 50s and 60s. Rajski, in the corner movements, is looking forward to the temptations of the temptation, which, especially in the explosive finale of the second symphony, unleash all virtuoso powers. In the Eighth, whose pounding gesture of the second movement was once the inventor of the metronome Mälzel, the lively play of the Polish actors unleashed all rhythmic, metrical, and not least humorous forces. Now, at the latest, when this fire-headed symphony is entirely at the house of Tacet, Reference hunters should consider this record edition. 

Now in Halfspeed!

Recording: 2005 and 2006 in the church of "Stella Maris" in Sopot, Poland, by Andreas Spreer and Roland Kistner 
Production: Andreas Spreer

Recorded in the church of Stella Maris, Sopot, Poland in 2005 and 2006, the Polish Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra are conducted by Wojciech Rajski in performing Beethoven's 1st, 2nd & 8th symphonies.

Half-speed is literally half the speed. But only during the production! When being played, everything runs perfectly normally again. This record requires no special treatment at all; it simply sounds better. It is as if the craftsman had taken twice as much time for his work. Not only the tempo is reduced at half speed, but also the pitch by a factor of 2. For example, a note of 40 kHz - Tacet recordings do indeed contain such high notes! - is transferred like a 20-kHz tone of a standard recording. Through this, electronics can process higher frequencies and the cutting stylus calmly cuts all the details into the lacquer foil. 

Musicians

Polish Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra
Wojciech Rajski, conductor

Selections:
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21
Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 36
Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93