Anne Ozorio ([log in to unmask]) wrote:
>The Hanover Band (cool name) also released a complete set of period
>Beethoven a few years back.
Which may be even cheaper.
Like Norrington's the HB set is a mixed bag. I think the 9th (under
Goodman) is very good and 2nd only to Bru"ggen's (who, incidentally, I
believe is easily the best HIP conductor of Beethoven on record). The 5th
(Monica Huggett) is IMHO pretty week. The rest fall somewhere in between
and are probably much of a muchness with Norrington and Hogwood.
Deryk Barker
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