Scherchen's Eroica in 1958 with the Vienna State Opera comes in at 14:30 (with the repeat) in the first movement! The orchestra has trouble keeping up. Norrington in his first set with the London Classical Players gets it done in 15:13. David L. Simmons [log in to unmask] *********************************************** The CLASSICAL mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's HDMail High Deliverability Mailer for reliable, lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html