Kaczyński was the author of a classical recording series, The Golden Collection.

Polityka magazine, ranked Kaczyński among the ten greatest Polish television personalities of the 20th century.

Film critic Zygmunt Kałużyński said Kaczyński for opera, as an art form, did more than anybody in the country's whole history.

Kaczyński was the founder of the charity foundation ORFEO, which supports Polish culture.

In 2016, he suffered another stroke and died in Warsaw, aged 73.