You're right about Vox, of course, and lots of those performances (Brendel, Horenstein, Skrowczewski, even Slatkin) still hold up. But what I'm interested in knowing is, was the rest of the recording industry in as much of a panic then as they are now about Naxos? I'm genuinely curious about that: I've been pondering the differences between the two scenarios. Barenboim's early EMI recording is only available in a complete box set. Deutsche Grammophon issued Barenboim's 1985 remake in the 3D Classics series, but I think that's out of print. It doesn't appear that the particular one you mentioned is currently in print. Steve Smith ssmith36@sprynet.com -----Original Message----- From: zorn-list-admin@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:zorn-list-admin@mailman.xmission.com]On Behalf Of Jim Flannery Sent: Monday, December 09, 2002 5:58 PM To: zorn-list@mailman.xmission.com Subject: Re[2]: classical orchestras (typical long-winded reply) The Naxos strategy isn't that new, actually -- one of the pleasures of growing up in the 60s was the Vox Turnabout series, which was, like Naxos, good recordings at about half the price of what the majors were charging at the time. Some of those records were first-rate; I still prefer Brendel's recordings of Mozart from that era to his later, pricier renditions. A question on the reissue issue ... has anyone re-released Barenboim's recording of the Hammerklavier Sonata? I've gone thru half a dozen other interpretations and while some of them are interesting (esp. the Horszowski from the early 50s) none of 'em's really moved me as much as that crackly old Command lp from my teen years, which could really use the upgrade.