I find it amazing that Gramophone 'experts' did not spot the fake orchestra and conductor, neither of which, to my mind, made any recordings in the past. Also the fact that major talents were ripped off and not spotted (eg Haitink ...) The real question this raises for me is the validity or reviews in the light of the Hatto scandal. What does all this say about the standard of reviews and knowledge? There has not been enough discussion of this in Gramophone. Classicstoday.com did at least compare their Hatto reviews with some of their original reviews for the original 'real' recordings, to their credit. David Harbin Nottingham UK *********************************************** The CLASSICAL mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's HDMail High Deliverability Mailer for reliable, lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html