... a merry chase: Hen Hunts Queen! - If you are captivated by this gimmick, you need not regret your weakness: because what the Polish Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Wojciech Rajski, on a TACET recording, has to offer, is sparkling, finely-tuned Haydn. (NWZ)

... The Sonata is a real catch; it is as if cast in one go. Only few pianists can build up the span of excitement - and maintain it: endure, one might say. It is stretched almost to snapping point and breathless. That is what music sung and played in camera is like: turned inwards, averse to external influences, absolutely calm. And already it darkens and shadows build up; Koroliov dims the light. Moonlight, just right for sleep walkers. Constantly wide awake; suddenly there is cold light on the scene. He avoids any intrusion into barn-dance reminiscence. He understands form and feeling, and has a rare purity of tone. He leaves simple music as it is, whereas others are coquettish with it. Koroliov's Schubert demands time from the listener. (Stuttgarter Nachrichten) "(...) Koroliov's technical command of the piano is total. (...) He plays Schubert's Schubert, not his. (...) This is major piano playing, and TACET's sonics are of high audiophile quality. Oh yes, and the booklet contains exceptionally good program notes in German, English and French. Highest recommendation!" (InTune)

This is not an historical recording. Yet mysteriously the music is performed in an interpretation which is historically authentic down to the last detail. The key to this mystery is: The original performer was present at the recent recording session, but not physically: The music is heard on a modern Steinway. Never has music stored in the Welte-Mignon system sounded so "right" or so good - so unadulterated that it need not fear comparison with a living pianist! (See detailed text in the enclosed booklet. Can you tell the difference: dead or alive?)

The first recording of the 4 part series "Mare Balticum" including medieval music from countries around the Baltic sea just received the ICMA (International Classical Music Award). With volume 1 presenting music from Denmark volume 2 is dedicated to 14th - 16th Finland and Sweden. Such excellent editorial and artistic achievements need special, inventive characters. Agnieszka Budzinska-Bennett creates astonishing and persuasive ideas like the one of this series. She digs out works where others do not even know what to dig for. She makes them playable. And as a musician thoroughly she presents these pieces with her colleagues as a feast for the ears. And the whole in TACET Real SS!

... The Duo Favori masterfully opens the listener's ears for the gentle nuances and colors of Mertz's character pieces. This CD can be recommended to music nerds, guitar specialists and romantics alike, and without reservation. (HiFiVision) "Duo Favori give US the most complete look yet at romantic virtuoso Johann Kaspar Mertz's guitar duets (two opera pastiches were omitted). New to disc are two wonderful pieces: 'Der Ball', a program of sorts that leads the listener via waltz and polka through an abridged dance ball, and the gorgeously arpeggiated 'Wasserfahrt am Traunsee' (...) What Duo Favori have is beautiful sound. Recorded with valve microphones (unlike the modern transistor kind), the guitars spill over in warmth and telling detail. All guitar recordings should sound so rich. Combined with solid playing and several premieres, Duo Favori have a disc that can't go wrong." (American Record Guide)

A virtuoso performance rich in the string and woodwind colors and textures that demonstrate the merits of a high-quality sound system which is a great testament to Tacet's art. (Audiophile Audition)

This is not an historical recording. Yet mysteriously the music is performed in an interpretation which is historically authentic down to the last detail. The key to this mystery is: The original performer was present at the recent recording session, but not physically: The music is heard on a modern Steinway. Never has music stored in the Welte-Mignon system sounded so "right" or so good - so unadulterated that it need not fear comparison with a living pianist! (See detailed text in the enclosed booklet. Can you tell the difference: dead or alive?)

Camille Saint-Sa�ns was a man of exceptionally wide-ranging talents, a truly universal genius. Yet as a poet, dramatist, philosopher, astronomer, biologist, archaelogist, ethnologist, artist and caricaturist, and even as a pianist, he is completely forgotten; indeed even as a composer he went through a period of neglect. Yet the piano was his constant companion in a matchless career lasting more than three-quarters of a century, from his beginnings as a child prodigy to the last day of his life.

This is not an historical recording. Yet mysteriously the music is performed in an interpretation which is historically authentic down to the last detail. The key to this mystery is: The original performer was present at the recent recording session, but not physically: The music is heard on a modern Steinway. Never has music stored in the Welte-Mignon system sounded so "right" or so good. Thanks to TACET's much-praised recording technique, and because the Welte-Mignon memory system and sound production mechanism have now been newly adjusted for the first time by the leading expert in the field - and are thus able to meet TACET's requirements. (Welte-Mignon was invented in 1904.) the Welte-Mignon mystery can now speak to US without distortion.

This is not an historical recording. Yet mysteriously the music is performed in an interpretation which is historically authentic down to the last detail. The key to this mystery is: The original performer was present at the recent recording session, but not physically: The music is heard on a modern Steinway. Never has music stored in the Welte-Mignon system sounded so "right" or so good. Thanks to TACET's much-praised recording technique, and because the Welte-Mignon memory system and sound production mechanism have now been newly adjusted for the first time by the leading expert in the field - and are thus able to meet TACET's requirements. (Welte-Mignon was invented in 1904.) the Welte-Mignon mystery can now speak to US without distortion.

This DVD contains the complete music twice: first in Real Surround Sound (tracks 1 - 16) and then in Moving Real Surround Sound (tracks 17 - 32). The composition and interpretation are identical and unaltered as always.

A veritable audiophile delicacy - lovingly preserved historic microphones, a mixing desk consisting of nostalgic V72 amplifiers and W85 regulators, the analogue M5 Telefunken tape recorder - each item a legend in itself! May we proudly present this illustrious combination of equipment, here to preserve beautiful music "TUBE ONLY", in other words without transistors. The CD leaflet is illustrated with impressive color photos. Available on CD, SACD and even on (180 gram, recorded without the use of transistors). And what about the music? (This is the question music lovers ask nervously whenever the word "audiophile" crops up.) Answer: nothing but the best! As is always the case with this violinist, whether he is acting as leader of the Gaede Trio or solo (e. g. on TACET 52 "Hommage Kreisler"). with skill and discernment, Daniel Gaede serves US a unique encore menu of virtuoso prize exhibits and enjoyable dream-pieces. He is accompanied by Xuesu Liu on piano and the Polish Chamber Orchestra conducted by Wojciech Rajski.

Free but lonely is the romantic life's motto of the violinist Joseph Joachim, who was sponsored by Mendelssohn and Schumann and through his friendship with Clara Schumann and Brahms matured into one of the most influential musicians of the 19th century. - "F - a - E", a series of notes derived from this motto, was also the title of a violin sonata, composed jointly for him in 1853 by Schumann, Brahms and Albert Dietrich. - "Free but lonely" is the title of a series of CDs presenting music by the composers close to Joseph Joachim, and by Joachim himself. This opens up a fascinating panorama of romantic music, born from the fruitful exchange of ideas between famous and little known composers whose works deserve to be discovered.

In the CD stereo version these interpretations of the two light-hearted works by Ludwig van Beethoven had given US great pleasure. Camerata Freden play the two works in a relaxed, warm-hearted way. The ensemble sounds homogeneous, pleasant and with a great deal of tangible delight in playing. Now here comes the musical sensitivity of these lovingly, and occasionally humorously, made recordings in the surround version, because the TACET sound engineers have gone for Real Surround: that means that as the listener you sit right in the middle of the music, something which in fact is not possible in reality. And that is what makes the production such an experience. You have surely never heard Beethoven like you can on this DVD! (pizzicato) "The best recording I have ever heard is from a small German audiophile label called TACET. It is a DVD-audio featuring the Camerata Freden chamber Orchestra. What is so special about this recording is the multi-channel technique. Each speaker seems dedicated to one or a group of instrument. Far from being a gimmick this makes the recording sounds like you are IN the ensemble and each instrument sounds exactly as it should. This is a far-cry from many multi-channel recordings which are mainly stereo, with a little bit of echo in the surround speakers." (Jean Marc Serre)

At a concert in 1862 a small 10-year-old boy listened to a modest-looking guitar. It was "La Leona", an experiment by guitar-builder Antonio Torres. He never forgot that sound. Six years later he acquired his first own "Torres". Much later, in 1894, by which time Francisco Tarrega had long since become the world's most famous guitarist, he finally held his dream in his hands. This legendary instrument is recorded here for the first time on disc. And there is more: Wulfin Lieske plays the best instruments by the world's most famous guitar manufacturers for comparison...