The Beethoven experience is rarely as direct as it is here; even in basically similar interpretative approaches from Scherchen and Leibowitz to Harnoncourt and Gardinet, there usually remains a certain distance from the listener based on reverence that Raiski"s ensemble seems to bridge: one"s feels spoken to directly. - Incredible that such a significant contribution to the Beethoven discography was also produced in marvellous, puristic analogue and/or tube quality. To be collected! (vinylkatalog.de)