Bernard Chasan wrote:

> For those willing to consider the heretical notion that it
> just might be worth listening to recordings of Beethoven
> symphonies less than 60-70 years old may I suggest the
> work of Zinman and of Harnancourt.

I love the Harnoncourts, but the contrast between very loud and very
soft is so great that I need to keep my hand on the volume control.
Still, they are an exciting set.

I still have a soft spot in my heart for the Klemperers.  They were not
the first set I heard, but they are the set I crave when I get in a
Beethoven Symphony mood.

Mimi Ezust

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