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Beethoven - Symphony No. 5 : Wojciech Rajski : The Polish Chamber Philharmonic - 180g LP

Product no.: L240

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AAA 100% Analogue This LP was Remastered using Pure Analogue Components Only from the Master Tapes through to the Cutting Head

Tacet - L240 - 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

excellent-sounding and precisely recorded recordings, which provide a clear view of the work LP Magazine

Spirited interpretations shine in glorious splendour. Top recommendation. - Audio

B-Side Plays Backwards!

Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C minor Op. 67 - The Polish Chamber Philharmonic conducted by Wojciech Rajski

After the extremely impressive recordings of the symphonies 1, 2 and 7 by Beethoven, which the TACET label with the Polish Chamber Philharmonic has published on vinyl, another copy of this cycle may be expected with particular suspense. The fact that the Fifth is a test for competent conducting is unquestionable, especially since many of the orchestras, who were born earlier, have presented high quality with their orchestras.

Fortunately, Rajski does not even try to surpass the fashionable crystalline hardness of some comparative shots, but underpins the relentless fate gesture in the head set with a forced tempo and a soft sound character. Chamberly airy and wonderfully in love with the voices, he lets the audience listen to the sentences and illuminate subtleties of the movement, Which have hitherto been hidden from many Beethoven experts. In the finale, the orchestra finds the ideal medium between silky symphonic brilliancy and analytical precision, bringing the large-scale C major closing offensive safely into the target with a moderate number of hits.

Now in Halfspeed and B-side reverse editing!

Inspiring Tube Sound:

What is it that makes "tube sound" what it is? The advantages of tubes over transistors are difficult to describe in technical terms. Perhaps the reference to the higher and different type of distortion with tube amplifiers is most applicable, although "distortion" has a rather negative meaning: the more distortion, the worse it is. So this can't be entirely right. Besides, the distortions of these microphones of 1947 are much too slight to be really noticeable. The recording of the Partitas of Johann Sebastian Bach with Florin Paul is, for me, although meanwhile almost 23 years old, still the best example in our TACET catalogue of the special quality of tube microphones. The two U 47 microphones by Neumann made their contribution.

For the LP, however, (except for rare exceptions, justified for musical reasons) the signal is even stored on a tube tape recorder and then mastered with valve equipment, so that one would be right in saying that for the entire production not a single transistor was used.

We have always been especially pleased to receive so much feedback about our Tube Only productions. This motivates us even more to keep working with this technology and rescue it from oblivion. People have told us that the music sounds warmer, without losing any of its TACET brilliance. The timbres glow more. We have also heard that people have the impression of a more homogeneous sound, whatever that is meant to be. So let everyone listen to their own hearts and to the Tube Only recordings and feel something special! Even the sheer joy of this slightly nostalgic outstanding technology can be reason enough to like these productions. Yet what would it all be without the wonderful work of the artists!

Now in Halfspeed!

Recording: March 2008 in the church of "Stella Maris" in Sopot, Poland, by Andreas Spreer and Roland Kistner
Production: Andreas Spreer

Musicians:
Polish Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra
Wojciech Rajski, conductor

Selections:
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Symphony No. 5 in C minor, op. 67

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