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Subject: Re: New Bruggen Beethoven Cycle
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> The Harnoncourt 5-CD set is currently on sale at UK outlets: =A0$19 at MD=
T,
> $21 at Presto (which is likely to have a lower shipping cost to the US,
> which affects some of us). =A0I've been thinking for quite a while of pic=
king
> it up, and this looks like a good opportunity.
>
> [The 14-CD Beethoven set is only about $37 at Presto, but I'm less
> interested in most of the remaining contents.]


A wise assessment.  The symphony performances constitute one of the
great cycles of recent decades.  The concertos are forgettable, the
Missa merely OK.  Save yourself the money and shelf space and get the
symphony set.