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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