Comments on: Music Review: Beethoven Complete Piano Sonatas on Period Instruments http://www.mcelhearn.com/2007/10/07/music-review-beethoven-complete-piano-sonatas-on-period-instruments/ Writings about more than just Macs, by Kirk McElhearn Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:04:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Nethersage http://www.mcelhearn.com/2007/10/07/music-review-beethoven-complete-piano-sonatas-on-period-instruments/#comment-12513 Nethersage Tue, 08 Feb 2011 16:05:37 +0000 http://www.mcelhearn.com/wordpress/?p=195#comment-12513 While it does scrape in as the first complete recorded survey of the sonatas to include the early WoO 47 set of three, both Malcolm Binns (L'Oiseau-lyre LPs) and Paul Badura-Skoda (CDs) pre-date the Claves set. Both those earlier sets also used a range of instruments. By the way, I ordered the Claves set from Blackwells in December 2010, priced £45 including p&p. It was delivered today, (2 months later). However, their current price has now more than doubled what I paid. While it does scrape in as the first complete recorded survey of the sonatas to include the early WoO 47 set of three, both Malcolm Binns (L’Oiseau-lyre LPs) and Paul Badura-Skoda (CDs) pre-date the Claves set. Both those earlier sets also used a range of instruments.

By the way, I ordered the Claves set from Blackwells in December 2010, priced £45 including p&p. It was delivered today, (2 months later). However, their current price has now more than doubled what I paid.

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