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 [log in to unmask]