"Placing the musicians around the listener has a very unusual effect, because the music besets your body and binds it; you sit in the middle of the musical action and you are under attack from all sides. You physically feel the vibration because it physically spreads through your body. But that is not all: your ears bathe in a sea of fairy-tale colours of the most sublime culture. [...] Thank you, dear Auryns, for this intensity!" (pizzicato)

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"[...] As already briefly mentioned, this recording is in DVD-Audio format, which means: you are best owning a surround (5.1), system and then you can hear an instrument from each speaker. In centre front is the pianist, left of the pianist the violist, on the right the second violin, at back left the first violin and finally at back right the cello. So you are situated in the middle of the ensemble and you have the impression you belong to the musicians, which gives you a hugely enhanced enjoyment of the music and a very different, more active experience of the performance. The listener in with the musicians: it’s a great experience. And with such a natural, balanced sound, you’re gobsmacked! No instrument is neglected here and the whole picture is organic and transparent." (klassik.com)

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"[...] Having grown up as a lover of music in stereo, I am used to hearing music coming from different directions; but I have never been so close to (recorded) music; no other production has ever captured the mood of the recording location so intensively. [...]" (stereoplay)

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"I usually find such choral works low on my interest scale, but in this case I situated myself and listened really closely, enjoying the intricate play of voices and instruments that were so cleanly placed in space around me." (Audiophile Audition)

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"A triumph of surround sound recording (...) Many listeners may wonder if they really need another recorded set of the Brandenburgs (...). The answer is: yes, there is always room in any collection for a disc like this one." (Bangkok Post)

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"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)

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"[...]The composer would have been delighted with this interpretation of his octet: in the surround sound of the DVD Audio the listener sits in the middle of the eight musicians, who are placed around him or her in the form of four string trios. But it is not only the sound that we find so good: above all it is the pulsating music-making of the Auryn and the Minguet Quartets which is so enthralling. The overflowing melody, the wealth of colour, the swing and bounce of the music are quite remarkable. Strong musical fire burns in this interpretation..." (pizzicato) "(...) This has been my personal favorite Mendelssohn work most of my life. My favorite performance has been an old mono one from Toscanini in an expanded arrangement but the superb playing and in-the-room realism of this multichannel effort could easily replace that old classic in my estimation. The quartet is also exquisite, full of lovely tunes and perfect proportions." (Audiophile Audition)

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" Mozart’s Flute Quartets appear on this DVD with excellent sound, and with the instrumentalists situated around the listener, which has become the trademark of the TACET label. The result is a chamber music tonal picture in which all the instruments are of equal importance and the flute does not force itself to the fore. Musically the recording is also remarkable; [...]" (crescendo) "TACET's creative use of this multichannel medium takes Mozart's lovely Baroque background music out of the soporific and into the energetic. And the playing is first rate." (Audiophile Audition)

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"[...] All in all, this DVD Audio is a most successful example of multi-channel sound and a must for any lover of classical music who is not yet convinced of the advantages of this technology." (klassik.com)

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"[...] The recording technique is also aimed at sensitive souls; it has captured the noble sound of the Guarnieri violin and the Gofriller cello excellently. In "Tacet Real Surround Sound" – only to be heard on DVD – the company boss and Tonmeister Andreas Spreer lets the listener sit with their back to the piano, while the violin and cello can be heard from front left and right respectively, thus providing a really three-dimensional listening experience [...] (Kulturspiegel)

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This unboundedly fantastic interpretation is now also available as an Audio DVD in a surround version; here the lover of amazing musical experiences can follow a most original staging of this incredible event. The wind trio is assembled in a triangle (left, right, behind), the viola is opposite the listener – at twelve o’clock so to speak – whilst the violins one and two are slightly to the left front and back, cello and double bass similarly slightly to the right. In the centre of this cleverly designed directing we find a completely new approach to symphonic chamber music unrivalled in early Romantic music. Following on the outstanding CD and DVD of Beethoven′s Septet op. 20 and Octet op. 103, the ensemble′s unique quality is confirmed once again.

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"[...] The musical success is partly due to the highly sophisticated, excellent surround sound system of the TACET label, which for the Impromptus directed the mikes to the back (sic!). This makes the sound fuller, more dramatic and simply not as harsh or direct as we are used to it. This is a real revolution. You simply must listen to it. [...] This time the good performance goes way beyond the range of what is normally reviewed here. It is simply delightful. [...] It could not be better." (klassik.com)

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