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Review title: Eroica2: 2fast2furious
Product review: For the life of me I cannot understand why Gardiner is the darling of critics making recordings like this. People are comparing Hogwood to Gardiner frequently here and to my senses, there is no comparison, because Gardiner's Eroica is simply tasteless and way out of bounds. The tempo of the first movement is so fast it barely makes sense at all. Many times parts which should be in the background are firmly in the foreground and it sounds bizarre, but I'm not sure that's the mixing or the orchestra (not that it really matters). Hogwood's is every bit as energetic and intense but Hogwood's sense of phrasing, timing, choice of tempo, orchestral balance, hell everything - is impeccable. Hogwood's Eroica from '83 or so is one of the greatest in recording history (if not the greatest) - this is just an experiment.
