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"period interpretation" beethoven?

I was at a wonderful classical music store in northern Indianapolis a couple of weeks ago where they told me about some relatively recent (15 years or less) performances that had benefitted from scholarly study into beethoven's forces and tempos. Unfortunately, I have lost the paper on which I wrote this down... anybody got a pointer to who this might be?
blw

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gregm
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Eric, do I detect a soft touch of innuendo there ;)?
Blw, you might also add Gardiner & the London Fortepiano Trio for "original" instruments. But I think you'll be served by Norrington, as Ewha suggests. Cheers
gregm
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Pls1: I second Furt at Bayreuth. Even though the sound of the chorus is strange (coming from below) due to the Bayreuth stage.
Also recommend Furt's '43 recording of the 5th/Berliner (DG).
Finally, I'm not sure Bwl's referring to Harnoncourt if it was back in the late '70s... admittedly, I'm not a fan of "period" playing! Cheers!
gregm
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I'll track the Biddulph down. Thank you! Furt's 1937 was my "ref" 5th (picked it up on tape fm the local radio).
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