D. Stephen Heersink:
>I can't claim an interest in having Hogwood do the Vanhal symphonies,
>but the first release from Naxos is very, very good. What a wonderful
>symphonist, too long neglected. Once again, Naxos is out on a limb,
>and hopefully will complete THIS cycle.
I share Stephen's opinion of the Naxos Vanhal, but I fear he's doomed to
disappointment in his hopes for a complete cycle. Grove says there are c73
(note the c) symphonies. I don't think even Klaus Heymann's faith in us CD
addicts would extend to that degree of optimism.
Richard Pennycuick
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