David Cozy wrote: >Ian Hobson's four CD set of the thirty-two Beethoven piano sonatas is >available from Daedalus at $5.98 a disk. I'm thinking of taking the >plunge, so I'd like to ask list members--especially those who belong >to the inner circle--if it's any good. Oh, inner circle heh. Elitism? Quel snobisme. Since this is not a case of a "Hobson's choice," (he has recorded a CD with that eponymous title) I assume you already own the Schnabel, first Kempff (mono), and Nat sets. From what I know of Hobson's other recordings, I think I would save my money and wait for the completion of Kovacevich's new EMI set (including an astonishingly articulate Waldstein). Rod DeCecco, from the Outer Circle