Jeffrey Hall ([log in to unmask]) wrote: >The top pick for Beethoven's Eroica symphony in a recent Penguin guide >is a recent recording by Sir Colin Davis on Philips, I believe with the >Bavarian State Orchestra (or something very close to that). Any comments >on it would be much appreciated. I have yet to hear this one, but Davis's earlier Beethoven (2 7ths, a 6th and an Eroica) are pretty good. However: don't trust the PG on Beethoven, they're still raving about Karajan's 1977 cycle (or were last time I looked) and Eliot Gardiner.... Deryk Barker [log in to unmask]