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 well - so unadulterated that it need not fear comparison with a living pianist! Can you tell the difference: dead or alive?
Reviews
Fono Forum (01/02/2007):
"Dead men playing:
Seit Telefunken 1957 die ersten monauralen 25-Zentimeter-LPs mit Überspielungen von Klavierrollen herausbrachte, rissen die Versuche nicht mehr ab, den Fundus von weltweit knapp 20.000 Papier-Tonträgern aus knapp dreißig Jahren neu zu erschließen. more...
Pizzicato (06/01/2006):
"Bei TACET ist man nie um gute Ideen verlegen, wenn es darum geht, ganze Sachen zu machen. Man hat kurzerhand den Pianisten Peter Orth verpflichtet, um die 5 Préludes zu spielen, die auf den Welte-Mignon-Rollen von Chopins Zyklen op. more...
Audiophile Audition (04/01/2006):
"This is the latest continuation of "The Welte-Mignon Mystery" - from Germany′s Tacet label - Volume IV to be exact. We′ve reviewed in the past here several different CDs made from the amazing Welte piano rolls. more...
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Gwyneth Herbert - All The Ghosts
Ramon Ruiz - Flamenco Havana
Mike Lindup - Conversations with Silence
Fred Simon - Dreamhouse
Earwax Control - 2 Live
Chris Anderson - From the Heart
Antonio Forcione, Neil Stacey - Acoustic Mania - Talking Hands
SCHUBERT, STRAVINSKY, MOZART, The Allegri String Quartet - Arpeggione Sonata // Three Pieces for String Quartet // Three Pieces for Clarinet Solo // Clarinet Quintet in A Major
SCHUBERT, MENDELSSOHN, The Norwegian Chamber Orchestra - Symphony No. 5 in B Flat // Symphony No.4 in A