David Harbin ([log in to unmask]) wrote:

>Dear All, Virgin re-released the Norrington/London Classical Players
>Beethoven at super bargain price.  In some stores they cost below 2 per CD.
>
>Norrington can be controversial and has his critics.  I've heard that some
>of the soloists in the 9th are not up to scratch.  Also, that the #2 and #8
>won Gramophone orchestral awards.  However are these a real bargain?

It's a bit out of date (and I'm not sure I'd rate the Harnoncourt set as
highly today), but I do discuss these issues in my Beethoven symphony
survey:  http://turing.cs.camosun.bc.ca:8080/Beethoven

Deryk Barker
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