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A Beethoven cycle that is fun from the first to the last note! Wojciech Rajski guides us through the sheer inexhaustible wealth of ideas energetically and sensitively, humorously and dance-like, with radiant elegance. And he brings to light details that have not been heard before. Pleasure without pathos. The highly acclaimed series was recorded between 2005 and 2015 in Sopot, Poland, and in St. John's Church in Gdansk.
But Rajski's Beethoven not only has musical qualities that go far beyond the "normal", it also sets recording standards. The Inspiring Tube Sound with tube microphones from TACET, for example, continues to find new enthusiastic fans. That's why the series is now being released once again, as an exclusive, limited LP box set for collectors, containing all the symphonies on 9 LPs.
The vinyl was pressed at PALLAS in Germany, the transfer in the "half-speed process" was done by SST in Frankfurt. Sides 10, 14 and 18 are cut in the legendary "Play Backwards" process. Here, the needle is placed on the inside of the LP and the tonearm is transported to the outside in the direction of the run-out groove (so please don't worry about crashing tonearms!). The anti-skating does not have to be adjusted for this. This procedure brings sonic advantages, since especially dynamic passages are further out on the LP, where there is more space for sampling high frequencies.
The LPs are pressed on 180-gram vinyl and packaged in lined inner sleeves. A large-format explanation of the recordings is included in both German and English. The box set comes in an especially high-quality presentation in a linen-covered box with a gold rim on the lid and sequential serial numbers. The worldwide edition is limited to 1,000 copies. Each box is personally signed by producer and TACET mastermind Andreas Spreer.
LP 1
Side 1
Symphony No. 2 in D major op. 36
1. Adagio - Allegro con brio
2. Larghetto
Side 2
Symphony No. 2 in D major op. 36
3. Scherzo. Allegro
4. Allegro molto
Symphony No. 8 in F major op. 93
5. Allegro vivace e con brio
6. Allegretto scherzando
LP 2
Side 3
Symphony No. 8 in F major op. 93
1. Tempo di Menuetto
2. Allegro vivace
Symphony No. 1 in C major op. 213. Adagio molto - Allegro con brio
Side 4
Symphony No. 1 in C major op. 21
4. Andante cantabile con moto
5. Menuetto. Allegro molto e vivace
6. Finale. Adagio - Allegro molto e vivace
LP 3
Side 5
Symphony No. 3 in E flat major op. 55
1. Allegro con brio
Side 6
Symphony No. 3 in E flat major op. 55
2. Marcia funebre. Adagio assai
3. Scherzo. Allegro vivace
LP 4
Side 7
Symphony No. 3 in E flat major op. 55
1. Finale. Allegro molto - Poco andante - Presto
Symphony No. 4 in B flat major op. 60
2. Adagio - Allegro vivace
Side 8
Symphony No. 4 in B flat major op. 60
3. Adagio
4. Allegro molto e vivace - un poco meno allegro
5. Allegro ma non troppo
LP 5
Side 9
Symphony No. 5 in C minor op. 67
1. Allegro con brio
2. Andante con moto
Side 10 (Play backwards!)
Symphony No. 5 in C minor op. 67
3. Allegro
4. Allegro
LP 6
Side 11
Symphony No. 6 in F major "Pastorale" op. 68
1. Angenehme und heitere Empfindungen, welche bei der Ankunft auf dem Lande im Menschen erwachen. Allegro ma non troppo
2. Szene am Bach. Andante molto moto
Side 12
Symphony No. 6 in F major "Pastorale" op. 68
3. Lustiges Zusammensein der Landleute. Allegro
4. Donner. Sturm. Allegro
5. Hirtengesang. Wohltätige, mit Dank an die Gottheit verbundene Gefühle nach dem Sturm. Allegretto
LP 7
Side 13
Symphony No. 7 in A major op. 92
1. Poco sostenuto - Vivace
2. Allegretto
Side 14 (Play backwards!)
Symphony No. 7 in A major op. 92
3. Presto - Assai meno presto
4. Allegro con brio
LP 8
Side 15
Symphony No. 9 in D minor op. 125