In a documentary featuring Gardiner / ORR doing Beethoven and Berlioz,
Gardiner admitted that the name 'Orchestre Revolutionaire et Romantique'
might be a slightly pretentious name for a freelance orchestra based in
London.  They were formed to play early Romantic music on instruments of
the period, and have recorded the Beethoven symphonies and piano concertos,
the Schumann symphonies, the Faure requiem, and many more.  They play
phenomenally well considering they're a thrown-together orchestra (I'd be
willing to wager that the average technical standard of a London freelancer
is higher than that of players from the big-name European orchestras).

By the way, has anyone heard the new Gardiner / ORR recording of 'Die
Paradies and der Peri (sp?')?

Brian Blackwell