Virginia Knight asks: >A friend of mine is a huge Beethoven enthusiast and is sad that her >favourite recording of the 9th symphony is a cassette that has been >loved to death and is no longer playable. > >The performance is Rudolf Kempe conducting the Munich Philharmonic and >it used to be available (in Britain) on the Classics for Pleasure label. >Now, has it been picked up anywhere else on CD? Lucky her. She can get all 9 Beethoven symphonies plus the Prometheus, Egmont, and Leonore No. 3 overtures from Berkshire Record Outlet for the low, low price of $17.94 (6 records in the set!). Go to www.berkshirerecordoutlet.com and put the argument "Beethoven Kempe" in the search engine. Steve Schwartz